The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is conducting its annual art contest to select the design for the state ...

Public and Tribal feedback played a vital role in shaping the plan. In March 2025, the SWAP Team hosted two public webinars, four conservation partner meetings, and two inter-Tribal listening ...

Since 2005, CDFW and partners have implemented SWAP conservation strategies with funding support from the U.S. Fish and ...

New Melones pumping out bass and trout, Kyle Wise reported. Don Pedro bass, king salmon and trout bites good, Monte Smith ...

California wildlife officials have backed off for now on a recommendation to regulate the hunting and killing of coyotes amid an uproar from ranchers, farmers and politicians from rural areas who say ...

California commercial salmon fishing will not happen for the third year in a row. The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to close commercial salmon season for the remainder of the year on ...

On Friday, the National Marine Fisheries Service moved to open all-depth fishing of multiple species of rockfish in federal waters off the coast of most of California, after research earlier this year ...

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned for federal protection for two frog populations separated by Southern California’s Transverse Ranges. It recommends listing the northern group as ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Quino checkerspot butterfly a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting ...

State officials granted temporary protections to the Quino checkerspot, setting up a review — and a new flashpoint in the housing-versus-conservation fight. SACRAMENTO, California — California ...

The California Fish and Game Commission revoked a local fisherman’s commercial fishing license and lobster operating permit after he abandoned lobster traps around Santa Barbara and the Channel ...

Wildlife officials say the population of a native California species is continuing to rapidly plummet. Dinosaur-like in appearance and existing on Earth for the past 200 million years, white sturgeon ...