The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is still on the lookout for a specific bear that has taken up residence in an ...

Governor Gavin Newsom last week celebrated a monumental achievement for California as salmon are making a comeback in Northern California. This summer, several juvenile Coho salmon were spotted in the ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today that protections for mountain lion populations ranging from ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners in Northern California, will open Jan. 5 in central California waters, the state Department of Fish ...

California wildlife officials are recommending threatened species protections for several mountain lion populations across ...

CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction beginning Jan. 2, 2026, at 8:01 a.m., between the California/Oregon border and Cape Mendocino (40°10’ N. latitude) and between the ...

SACRAMENTO, California — Chuck Bonham, the longtime director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, is leaving the position to join environmental group The Nature Conservancy in January.

Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said eight people were arrested and more than 20,000 cannabis plants were eradicated in raids targeting illegal growing operations ...

Chuck Bonham has helped California confront such environmental challenges as the collapse of salmon and the return of wolves.

California wildlife officials are now allowing mountain lions to be killed to protect endangered bighorn sheep, changing a ...

The yearling bear cub was severely burned in the Carr Fire in California. A black bear cub that was severely burned when a wildfire roared through her habitat in Northern California is receiving a ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is recommending listing mountain lions in Southern California and the Central ...