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 ...
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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 ...
California ranks second in the nation for birding. Here's where to birdwatch
California's bird diversity and accessibility of parks and other public spaces make the state second best in the U.S. for ...
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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Wildlife tours, programs scheduled throughout March
Join CDFW for a free, family-friendly guided tour to explore the Nimbus Fish Hatchery and neighboring American River on the ...
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Kirshner Wildlife Sanctuary closed, under investigation, animals relocated
Peter Tara, information officer for the CDFW northern and north central regions said he couldn’t discuss the details of an ...
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New Fish and Wildlife campaign urges people to "Save a swamp, Sauté a Nutria"
With its meat being lean, mild, and similar to rabbit, wildlife officials say nutria would make for a mean gumbo. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, nutria are considered ...
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Salmon seen in California's North Yuba River for first time in almost a century
Several months after the start of a pilot program aiming to restore salmon runs in California ... manager for the Fish and Wildlife Department’s North Central Region, said in the agency ...
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California couple expose smuggled turtle skull and more crimes to wildlife officials, leading to prosecution
A California couple 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 ...