CDFW Awards $17M to Restoration Projects Across California

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has awarded $17 million in grants for 18 statewide restoration and protection projects. These initiatives focus on disadvantaged communities, salmon and steelhead recovery in the Klamath-Trinity watershed, and the restoration of wetlands, meadows, and areas impacted... Read More.

CDFW Resumes Payments to Ranchers for Wolf-Related Livestock Losses

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is once again accepting applications for direct compensation to ranchers who have lost livestock to gray wolf attacks, reopening the first “Prong” of its Wolf-Livestock Compensation Program. This program, established to address the impacts of the... Read More.

CDFW Anticipates Good Conditions for Quail and Chukar Hunting

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is anticipating good hunting for quail and chukar in 2024-25 as the statewide seasons for both open Saturday, Oct. 19 and run concurrently through Jan. 26.California has three native species of quail – the California quail,... Read More.

CDFW Reports New Wolf Depredations in Northern California

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released new data on gray wolf depredations in the state, covering July, August, and September of 2024. A total of twelve new depredation determinations were posted to the CDFW Gray Wolf webpage, with the incidents... Read More.

CDFW Wildlife Areas Prepared to Welcome Dove Hunters Sept. 1

With select fields plowed, planted, mowed or otherwise primed, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is prepared to welcome dove hunters to many of its wildlife areas for the Sept. 1 season opener.“Doves key in on bare ground with seeds because 99... Read More.