Media Contact Contact an Information Officer Related News Feeds California Outdoors Q&A OSPR News Marine Region News Subscribe Subscribe to CDFW News releases via email or text.* Sign Up(opens in new tab) *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW's media list. Follow Us Follow on Twitter @CaliforniaDFW(opens in new tab) Follow on Facebook(opens in new tab) Search News 2022-2024 News Releases CDFW Kicks Off White Sturgeon Season Opener with 'Conserve The Sturg' Campaign September 26, 2024 The white sturgeon sport fishing season opens Oct. 1, 2024, for catch-and-release fishing ONLY. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Rare Species, Species, Sturgeon Tagged: California fishingconservationCalifornia fisheriesCalifornia white sturgeon CDFW Awards $41M to Critical Restoration Projects Statewide September 25, 2024 $41 million in grants were awarded for 20 restoration and protection projects throughout the state to benefit wetlands and meadows, Southern California steelhead and watersheds impacted by cannabis cultivation. Continue reading... Categories: Environment, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Salmon, Wildlife Tagged: nature-based solutionsCalifornia 30x30ConservationSalmonStrategyCaliforniaSalmon State and Federal Fish Agencies Take Urgent Actions to Save Spring-run Chinook Salmon October 11, 2023 CDFW and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries biologists are pursuing urgent measures this fall to save some of the last remaining Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon after the numbers returning from the ocean this year fell sharply toward extinction. Continue reading... Categories: Hatcheries, Rare Species, Salmon, Species Tagged: Spring-run Chinook SalmonThreatened SpeciesConservation CDFW Awards $26 Million for Ecosystem and Watershed Restoration, Protection and Scientific Study Projects Statewide June 22, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has selected 23 ecosystem restoration and protection projects to fund under its Proposition 1 Watershed Restoration Grant and Delta Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program. The awards total $26 million. Continue reading... Categories: Grants, Habitat Restoration, Lands Tagged: grantsecosystem restorationhabitat restorationconservationwatershedDelta New Surcharge on Bird Hunting Validations to Provide Nesting Habitat for Waterfowl, Upland Game Birds in California March 28, 2022 State legislation to incentivize the creation of upland nesting habitat for ducks and other ground-nesting game birds in California will result in a $10 surcharge on the price of both the California Duck Validation and the Upland Game Bird Validation next hunting season. Continue reading... Categories: Drought, Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Lands, Licensing, Waterfowl, Wildlife Tagged: Waterfowl HuntingUpland Game Bird HuntingLicensingWildlife HabitatConservationRestoration