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    • May 9, 2023

    CDFW’s Restoration Grant Program is holding two in-person workshops in central and Southern California to provide information on various grant funding opportunities and the application process.

    Categories: Grants
    • December 29, 2022
    image of creek in forest with running water

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced the selection of 25 projects that will receive funding for the restoration, enhancement and protection of anadromous salmonid habitat in California watersheds.

    Categories: Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration
    • November 30, 2022
    landscape image of upper truckee marsh

    CDFW has announced the availability of over $200 million in new funding for multi-benefit ecosystem restoration and protection projects under Drought, Climate and Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives.

    Categories: General, Grants
    • June 3, 2022
    Two boys planting whistletop at the Elkhorn Slough estuary

    The ninth annual California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW) runs from Saturday, June 4 through Sunday, June 12, 2022. Sponsored by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), this week provides an opportunity for Californians to learn about the hundreds of harmful non-native plants and animals that threaten our state’s natural resources, ecology and economy.

    Categories: Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species, Lands, Species
    • March 28, 2022
    A wild, male ring-necked pheasant emerges from heavy cover at the Little Dry Creek Unit, Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area.

    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.

    Categories: Drought, Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Lands, Licensing, Waterfowl, Wildlife