NEWS RELEASE: CDFW Expands Partial Recreational Crab Trap Restriction and Delays Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Due to Poor Meat Quality and Whale Entanglement Risk

Natural Resources Secretary @wadecrowfoot’s statement on today’s release of PG&E’s draft surrender app & decommissioning plan for dams on the Eel and Russian Rivers (please click to read).🐟🌊

PG&E’s draft surrender app & decommissioning plan are a big leap toward removing outdated dams! A more natural state will benefit communities, salmon & wildlife, ensuring a thriving balance for people & habitats in California. 👏👏👏

NEWS RELEASE: Emergency White Sturgeon Harvest Regulations Now in Effect

NEWS RELEASE: Fish and Game Commission Suspends and Terminates Fishing Privileges for Two Southern California Commercial Lobster Fishermen

CDFW rescued 2 orphaned mountain lion cubs after their presumed mother was found deceased due to a car strike. CDFW staff captured the cubs by hand (after setting live traps the previous night) & took the siblings to @OaklandZoowhere they are being cared for and deemed healthy.

When are the next California Free Hunting Days? Is this the best time of the year to watch salmon spawning at Nimbus Hatchery, east of Sacramento? Can CDFW track down the source of a mysterious oil spill? Answers in the latest edition of CDFW's California Outdoors Q&A Column.

CDFW Director Bonham is in DC today testifying on the opportunities to expand migration & other wildlife corridors in CA. Grateful to Senator Alex Padilla for the opportunity & for spearheading bipartisan dialogue about these issues on the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee.

NEWS RELEASE: Vamos a Pescar Grant Applications Now Available

NEWS RELEASE: Fish and Wildlife Director Closes Razor Clam Fishery in Del Norte County

NEWS RELEASE: Free Hunting Days Offer Californians Opportunity to Connect with the Hunting Experience

NEWS RELEASE: California Drivers Reminded to be Aware of Wildlife on Our Roads

NEWS RELEASE: November 2023 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar

CDFW is still accepting proposals for its Boating Access Grant Program, and has extended the deadline to Nov. 15, 2023. See website for more information on how to apply and access a recording of the Oct. 4, 2023, public workshop. wildlife.ca.gov/Grants/Boating…

Is it unusual to see rattlesnakes at an elevation of 7,500 feet? Is trucking fish still necessary if the drought is over? Why is it helpful to CDFW for people fill out wildlife incident reports? Read CDFW’s answers to these questions in the latest California Outdoors Q&A.

Celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth with CNRA! Join us for our in-person and online events all month long! Learn more here ➡ resources.ca.gov/Initiatives/Eq…

NEWS RELEASE: CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales from Entanglement

🦆Commemorating recreational, agricultural and ecological improvements at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area today, Sec Wade Crowfoot said, “With historic investment, California is committed to green infrastructure and making projects like this one easier to permit and build.”

NEWS RELEASE: Fall Colors and Cooler Temperatures in Tahoe Mean Black Bear Behavior Is Also Changing

How do wildlife collars work and what factors are taken into consideration before the CDFW attaches them? Why does it seem like there are so many crows in urban Sacramento? Is it true that wolf urine is an effective deterrent for coyotes? Find the answers: