“The Eurasian lineage of avian influenza is primarily a disease impacting birds but is occasionally being detected in wild mammals. We don’t expect this to have a population-level impact for California’s mountain lions or other mammalian carnivores, but it is a...
California’s 2021-22 state budget allocated $3 million to fund CDFW’s Wolf-Livestock Compensation Grants Pilot Program. Grant funding is currently available to producers for confirmed livestock loss due to wolf attacks and for implementing non-lethal deterrents to minimize wolf-livestock conflicts. ...
“The capture of these wolves is fantastic since we lost the only functioning satellite collar last summer, and ground capture efforts since then have been unsuccessful,” said Kent Laudon, a senior environmental scientist and CDFW’s wolf specialist. “A lot of people...
Clear Lake hitch require adequate stream flows during spring for spawning. In some years, flows can become intermittent or can disappear, resulting in fish strandings and even fish kills. Immediate actions are needed to ensure flows are sufficient for successful spawning...