The 2026 adult Chinook salmon fishing season will soon close on the Upper Trinity River. The closure comes as California ...

A healthy river is more than just water flowing through a channel. It's a connected system of fish, insects, vegetation, ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), in partnership with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and Ojai ...

Adult hunters must have a valid California Hunting License, federal duck stamp, state duck validation and Harvest Information Program validations. Junior hunters must have a junior license and, if 16 ...

38°57.5 N. Latitude (Point Arena in Mendocino County) to 37°11 N. Latitude (Pigeon Point in San Mateo County) Includes a portion of Mendocino County, the portions of Sonoma, Marin and San Francisco ...

Classroom Aquarium Education Program (CAEP), regionally known as Salmonids in the Classroom, is a project-based science program for grades pre-K to college. CAEP offers students and classroom teachers ...

The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and ...

Both efforts are the result of California Assembly Bill 1254. Enacted in 2020, the legislation made it illegal to hunt, trap or otherwise take a bobcat except under limited circumstances such as a ...

Golden Mussel shells collected in October 2024 at a water quality station at Rough and Ready Island near Stockton in San Joaquin County, California, USA. Photo: Elizabeth Wells, Ph. D. (DWR).

Please see the Mendocino Management Area Recreational Groundfish Regulations Summary table for current rockfish recreational fishing regulations. The leopard shark is part of a group of fish known as ...

The California Legislature established the Big Game Management Account in 2010 (Fish and Game Code Section 3953) to ensure that funds generated through the purchase of pronghorn, elk, mule deer, wild ...