Plan to kill thousands of owls in California draws fierce opposition from some lawmakers
In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers are seeking a halt to the plan to kill 450,000 barred ...
Low salmon numbers in California could prompt shutdown of fishing for a record third straight year
California's fishing fleet depends on catching Chinook salmon. Low population numbers could lead regulators to shut down or ...
Mountain lion caught on camera peeking through pet door in California
The Shingle Springs resident was reviewing their surveillance camera trained on their doggy door when they noticed the visitor.
California hunters expose smuggled turtle skull and more crimes to wildlife officials, leading to prosecution
California hunters pleaded guilty after exposing a series of wildlife crimes, including illegally smuggling the skull of an endangered sea turtle, to state Fish and Wildlife officials on a flight in ...
Low Salmon Counts Could Lead to Another Canceled Fishing Season in California
California’s embattled salmon populations continue to struggle. According to figures released on February 26 by the ...
California Salmon Fishing May Be Shut Down
Chinook salmon populations in California are still declining, despite salmon fishing being banned for two years.
Could putting swamp rat on your dinner plate help save California marshland?
The invasive marshland rodent is wreaking havoc but California residents can do their part by catching and eating them, the U ...
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Chinook Salmon Are Swimming in This California River for the First Time in More Than 80 Years
The juvenile fish recently hatched from eggs that scientists deposited in the gravelly riverbed of the North Yuba River last ...
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March 2025 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar
3 — Release of Draft State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) 2025, for tribal, external partner, and public review and comment. The ...
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US wildlife officials suggest eating nutria, the invasive rodent found in California wetlands
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nutria were first introduced to the U.S. from South America by ...
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Injured bear and cub removed from Truckee apartment parking lot
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is currently monitoring a sow and its yearling after removing the pair from an ...
California condor born at L.A. Zoo dies in the wild from lead poisoning
A California condor, known as Pey-noh-pey-o-wok’, has died from lead poisoning just months after being released into the wild as part of the Yurok Tribe’s Northern California Condor ...