The Smith River, long celebrated as California’s last wild river, now faces rising concerns that lily field pesticides are ...

Anglers on the American River are facing uncertainty as salmon and steelhead trout production at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery ...

With commercial salmon fishing in California closed for the third straight year, the state has relied on hatchery operations ...

Since 2005, CDFW and partners have implemented SWAP conservation strategies with funding support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s State Wildlife Grant (SWG) program, which has awarded CDFW with ...

Public and Tribal feedback played a vital role in shaping the plan. In March 2025, the SWAP Team hosted two public webinars, four conservation partner meetings, and two inter-Tribal listening ...

This is the second part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read the first part here. In May ...

Sable purchased the Santa Ynez Unit from Exxon Mobil in 2024 for nearly $650 million primarily with a loan from Exxon. Exxon ...

Otter 841 went viral in 2023 for harassing surfers in California, but 841's first attacks were reported in 2021 ...

Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1056 into law on 13 October, phasing out the use of drift gillnets in California’s waters. The ...

The Nevada Division of Natural Heritage (NDNH), in partnership with state, federal, tribal, and local agencies, has completed ...

A wild bear wandered into Eureka’s Sequoia Park Zoo and “interacted” with the three zoo bears across the fence before it was ...