Home Government Department of Fish and Wildlife

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Latest

yearling male wolf being released to the wild

Wolf Program to Pay Ranchers for Livestock Impacts

April 28, 2023

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Why Was Delta Pumping Restricted in January?

January 31, 2023

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Lessons to Be Learned From Frogs in Mississippi

August 2, 2022

Snow geese take flight in a Sutter County rice field

Rice Farmers Enlisted to Sustain Pacific Flyway Birds

Department of Fish and Wildlife February 28, 2022

By Edgar Sanchez Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation Sixth-generation rice grower Jeff Gallagher is perpetually surrounded by birds on...

Hurtado Attends Historical Groundbreaking of Construction On Friant-Kern Canal

Department of Fish and Wildlife February 28, 2022

Press release provided by Senator Melissa Hurtado On January 25th, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement after attending the historical...

Is There Any Hope for Delta Smelt?

Department of Fish and Wildlife August 1, 2021

By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics Delta smelt have been protected under both the federal and state Endeared Species Acts since...

Bacterial Outbreak Forces Euthanization of Fish at Three Southern California Hatcheries

Department of Fish and Wildlife July 24, 2020

Press Release Provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Three California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) fish hatchery facilities...

SWC Sues State of California Over Updated Permit Conditions for the Long-term Operation of...

Department of Fish and Wildlife June 1, 2020

Press Release provided by State Water Contractors The State Water Contractors (SWC) recently filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Water...