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    • May 25, 2023
    Big Chico Creek

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce $20.4 million in awards to 15 projects to improve salmon habitat and support climate resiliency, wildlife corridors and wetlands restoration.

    Categories: General, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Salmon
    • May 19, 2023
    Images/OCEO/News/ARChinookSalmon.jpg

    The California Fish and Game Commission acted unanimously to enact a full closure of California’s recreational salmon fishing season in the Klamath River Basin and Central Valley rivers through its annual process for adjusting seasons and bag limits on Tues., May 17, 2023.

    Categories: FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Klamath Basin, Marine, Salmon
    • May 16, 2023
    image of map depicting yuba river restoration

    A framework agreement between state, federal and local agencies will reopen miles of habitat to multiple native fish species and promote the return of imperiled spring-run Chinook salmon to their native habitat in the North Yuba River for the first time in more than 100 years.

    Categories: Fisheries, General, Habitat Restoration, Salmon, Species
    • May 1, 2023
    image of CDFW director, Winnemem Wintu chief, NOAA admin

    The CDFW, NOAA Fisheries and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe signed agreements to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California, on May 1, 2023.

    Categories: Salmon
    • April 13, 2023
    Underwater photo of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Klamath Basin.

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced nearly $36 million in projects to benefit salmon and their habitats, and to further support climate resiliency, wildlife corridors and wetlands restoration.

    Categories: Fire, Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Klamath Basin, Salmon