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CDFW raid at a black-market marijuana cultivation site for 1,700 plants in White Slough Wildlife Area
Law enforcement officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently conducted a successful outdoor raid on a black-market marijuana cultivation site in the White Slough Wildlife Area in San Joaquin County. In all, wildlife officers removed approximately 1,700 plants at the site.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is currently accepting applications for Wildlife Officer (Warden) Cadet
Do you have a love of the outdoors and a passion for fish and wildlife conservation? The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Law Enforcement Division (LED) is currently accepting applications for Wildlife Officer (Warden) Cadet. All prospective applicants must submit a warden cadet application by Sept. 30, 2018 to be considered for the 2020 law enforcement academy.
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CDFW SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR NATURAL RESOURCE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IN REDDING AREA
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is currently seeking applicants for its Natural Resource Volunteer Program (NRVP) in the Redding area.
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CDFW’S BAY DELTA REGION HEADQUARTERS MOVING FROM NAPA TO FAIRFIELD IN JUNE
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Bay Delta Region is relocating its headquarters — including its License Sales Office — from Napa to Fairfield in June.
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CDFW increased patrols following several recent gross overlimit cases on crappie anglers in the San Joaquin Valley
In one case, a wildlife officer contacted three anglers in Madera County in the early morning hours of April 12 as they pulled their boat from a local lake. They were in combined possession of 404 crappie. Subtracting out a legal limit of 25 fish each, they were in possession of a combined overlimit of 329 crappie.
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CDFW Releases Thousands of Steelhead into Oroville Afterbay
The practice of stocking the Afterbay with steelhead that are in excess of the Feather River allotment of 400,000 fish started in 2006 and has been very successful when the fish are available.
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CDFW announced an extended area open to commercial rock crab fishing
Following the recommendation of state health agencies, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced today that it has extended the area open to commercial rock crab fishing from the Sonoma/Mendocino County line (38° 46.1′ N. Lat., near Gualala, Mendocino County) south to the California/Mexico border.
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Rescued Steelhead Released into Feather River | CDFW Stocking Half -Million
Hatchery trucks from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today began the weeklong process of stocking a half million young steelhead smolts on the Feather River near Yuba City. The 125,000 fish released Monday were the first of the fish reared from eggs rescued from the Feather River Fish Hatchery during last year’s Feather River spillway failure. Plants will continue through Thursday near Yuba City.
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CDFW announced 15-day delay for the northern California commercial Dungeness crab season.
The Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced a final 15-day delay for the northern California commercial Dungeness crab season. Crab condition improved from the last round of pre-season quality testing conducted on Dec. 19. However, crab had not reached the minimum meat recovery criteria as established by the Tri-State Dungeness Crab Committee testing protocol.
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CDFW Awards $1.3 Million for Cannibis Cultivation Restoration in Watersheds
Damage from a trespass grow.Photo: Scott Bauer/CDFW for habitat restoration projects within California’s Northern Coastal watersheds most impacted by unregulated cannabis cultivation.
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For 2017 and 2018 CDFW Expanding Lands Pass Program to Dozens of Properties
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is expanding its Lands Pass Program to 41 wildlife areas and ecological reserves this fall and winter and will soon require a CDFW lands pass of all visitors 16 or older. Those carrying a current hunting or fishing license are exempt from this new requirement.
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Hagfish Day | CDFW
Also known as slime eels, hagfish are rather unattractive creatures that have remained basically unchanged since the Paleozoic era. Slime glands on each side of the hagfish’s body produce a protein-based secretion that combines with water to make a thick “goo”
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CDFW Arrests Four Suspects for Poaching
Wildlife officers have arrested four suspects on charges of harvesting abalone with a recreational fishing license then selling it on the black market for profit, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will offer free swan tours near Marysville
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will offer free swan tours near Marysville on Saturdays beginning in November and extending through mid-January.
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Man Wanted for Attempted Murder of a CDFW Officer Surrenders
Shawn Eugene Hof, Jr., suspected of attempting to shoot a California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officer in August 2016, has turned himself in.
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CDFW Bust Leads to California Fish Trafficking Ring Sentencing
Three Fresno men face jail time and fines after being caught poaching and unlawfully trafficking sport-caught fish, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced.
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CDFW Law Enforcement Now Hiring Wildlife Officers
Do you have what it takes to be a California wildlife officer? The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Law Enforcement Division (LED) is currently accepting applications for wildlife officers and cadets. CDFW is particularly interested in recruiting applicants with a love of the outdoors and a passion for fish and wildlife conservation.
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CDFW Seeking Grant Proposals to Restore Habitat Impacted by Cannabis Cultivation
Regulations went into effect as of May 26, 2017 to close a 5.5 mile stretch of the Sacramento River to all fishing, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced. An emergency regulation had expired on Mar. 30, 2017, but was made permanent upon adoption of the Fish and Game Commission and filing with the Secretary of State.
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CDFW RELEASES FIRST MILLION OF EVACUATED FISH INTO FEATHER RIVER
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released one million state and federally listed threatened spring-run Chinook salmon into the Feather River on Monday, March 20.
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Juvenile Salmon Rescue from Hatchery Below Oroville
CDFW is trying to make the best out of a tough situation by evacuating juvenile salmon from the Feather River Hatchery (just downstream from the Oroville Dam).
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