Ford found inspiration for her painting in her love for pigeons, both domestic and wild. “I've been raising and rescuing homing pigeons for 20 years,” she said. “I used one of several birds in my coop as models. The band-tailed pigeons...
“This is a major milestone for a California icon,” said Tiffany Yap, D.Env./Ph.D., urban wildlands science director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Mountain lions are a marvel but too many across the Golden State are struggling in the diminished and...
"Five pupfish species or subspecies live in Death Valley National Park. These fishes’ ancestors lived in large freshwater lakes. As Lake Manly dried up at the end of the last Ice Age, the Salt Creek Pupfish found themselves in a short...
The January capture, which occurred near Mammoth Lakes and was conducted by biologists from the CDFW Bishop Field Office, marks the first time the Department has captured, fitted with a GPS-tracking collar and released a Sierra Nevada red fox in the...
CDFW Cannabis Program Resources
For cultivators: CDFW’s role in cannabis involves issuing lake or streambed alteration (LSA) documentation for cultivators seeking licensing. We encourage licensed cannabis cultivators to review their documentation periodically to ensure it is up to date, and that we...