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Help update the California Water Plan
by Department of Water Resources, FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is working on Update 2018 of the California Water Plan (Update 2018). Central to this Update is an assessment of how effective current water actions (programs and projects) are in advancing sustainable water management in California. Your contributions to this assessment will help shape State government water policies and investment priorities in Update 2018. You...
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Bonneville hatchery closed due to hazard trees, snow and ice
by ODFW, JANUARY 31, 2017

Bonneville Fish Hatchery and the Oregon Sturgeon Center are closed to the public until further notice due to hazardous conditions caused by recent snow and ice storms. Many of the trees on the hatchery property have broken branches that have not yet fallen to the ground, which create a public hazard. In addition, the sturgeon center for Herman the Sturgeon is...
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Possible avian cholera outbreak in northeast Oregon
by ODFW, JANUARY 31, 2017

State and federal wildlife managers are investigating a possible outbreak of avian cholera in ducks after members of the public reported several hundred dead ducks at wetlands on private land in the Stanfield and Milton-Freewater areas over the weekend. The public is asked to report sick or dead birds to 1-866-968-2600 or Wildlife.Health@state.or.us. ODFW is still waiting on tests to confirm whether the...
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CDFW youth waterfowl days, Feb. 4-5
by CDFW, JANUARY 31, 2017

Youth hunters have a special opportunity coming up the weekend of Feb. 4-5. Youth Waterfowl Days will provide young licensed hunters an extra weekend to hunt after the regular season ends. Each year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) opens many of their wildlife areas for these special hunt days, as allowed under federal regulations. Last year an estimated...
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Wildlife Question of the Week: Name this Bird
by BLM, JANUARY 31, 2017

Common, especially in the south, it may wander far to the north in late summer. Nearly wiped out in the United States in the late 1800s, when its plumes were sought for use in fashion, this water bird made a comeback after early conservationists put a stop to the slaughter and protected its colonies; as a result, this bird became...
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Razor clam fishery closure in Humboldt extended
by CDFW, JANUARY 30, 2017
Humboldt County Coast

Under new authority granted this year, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton H. Bonham has acted to extend the closure of the recreational razor clam fishery in Humboldt and Del Norte counties due to continued high levels of domoic acid, as determined by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment in consultation with the California Department of Public Health. The...
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