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.

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

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

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 ...

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

The "non-target bear" was safely released into suitable habitat nearby, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tells ...

A group of roughly 45 people fishing for crab in San Francisco was interrupted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers late last month, the CDFW said Thursday. The department received a ...

Bellingham, Wash. aluminum boatbuilder All American Marine (AAM) announced it has delivered a new 74-foot catamaran patrol boat to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Law Enforcement ...

A Northern California fisherman may have set state and world records by catching a canary rockfish he says weighed in at 10.25 pounds.

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 ...

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