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News Releases, 2022-Present

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Scenic landscape at San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now accepting applications for a limited number of deer and wild pig hunting access permits for opening weekend, Aug. 9 and 10, 2025, in Merced County (Zone A) for the general season. This is not a special hunt; the drawing is to control the number of hunters in these areas on opening weekend only.

Categories:   Big Game, Deer, Hunting, Lands, R3
waterfowl taking flight

Hunters can soon participate in no-fee waterfowl hunts amid restored salt ponds at Congressman Pete Stark Ecological Reserve at Eden Landing (formerly Eden Landing Ecological Reserve) in Hayward, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) land.

Categories:   Hunting, Lands, R3, Waterfowl
Several mourning doves perch in bare tree limbs.

With select fields plowed, planted, mowed or otherwise primed, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is prepared to welcome dove hunters to many of its wildlife areas for the Sept. 1 season opener.

Categories:   Upland Game
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area birds flying over wetlands

CDFW will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters regarding hunting programs on Type A Wildlife Areas in the Bay Delta Region. The online meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Categories:   Hunting, Lands, Outreach, Waterfowl
An American flag flaps off the stern of a boat on a lake.

CDFW thanks California veterans for their service to and sacrifice for our country.

Categories:   Fishing, Hunting, R3

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