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General Hunting Seasons for Bear, Elk and Bighorn Opening Soon
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Big game hunters throughout California are eagerly anticipating the 2018 general hunting seasons. While deer are by far the most frequently hunted big game species in California, many hunters also enjoy fair chase of bear, elk and bighorn. Some of the seasons for these species are already underway, but the majority will open over the next month. The upcoming general season opening...
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CDFW Awards $27.8 Million for Ecosystem and Watershed Restoration and Protection Projects Including Fire Recovery
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced the selection of 24 projects to receive funding from its Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Prop. 1) Restoration Grant Programs. The awards, totaling $27.8 million, were made under CDFW’s 2018 Prop. 1 Restoration Grant Programs Resiliency, Recovery and Response Proposal Solicitation Notice. Of the $27.8 million, approximately $23.9...
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General Deer Seasons Set to Open; Hunters Advised to Check Wildfire-Related Closures
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wants to remind deer hunters to check for wildfire-related closures before heading to their favorite hunting spots for the general deer season, which is set to open in many parts of the state Saturday, Sept. 15. Deer season is already underway in California’s A and B4 zones along the coast and many coastal deer...
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Mourning Dove Harvest Unaffected by Long Season/Eurasians
by Jason Haley, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

About four years ago, ODFW extended the Mourning dove hunting season from 30 to 60 days, as part of a larger federal district change out west. Since that time, little to no change has been recorded in terms of harvest dynamics. According to Migratory Game Bird Coordinator, Brandon Reishus in Salem, the harvest is “still occurring within the first 15-days” of...
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Registration Now Open for Fall Sandhill Crane Tours in San Joaquin County
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now accepting online reservations for docent-led tours of sandhill cranes and their wetland habitat at the Woodbridge Ecological Reserve in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, just west of Lodi in San Joaquin County. The late-afternoon tours run from Oct. 6 through February 2019. They are offered the first, second and third Saturdays and Sundays of...
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Successful forest grouse and mountain quail hunters asked to return wings, tails for research
by ODFW, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

State wildlife biologists ask successful hunters to donate a wing and tail for research. The season for both forest grouse is Sept. 1, 2018 through Jan. 31, 2019 statewide. Mountain quail season is open Sept. 1-Jan. 31 in western Oregon, Hood River and Wasco Counties and Oct. 6-Jan. 31 in eastern Oregon counties with a season (Crook, Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Klamath, Umatilla, Morrow...
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