Californias
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California's last native crayfish
What’s on the menu? Everything from salmon and frog eggs to rare animals like the Shasta crayfish, California's last native crayfish, and the Mazama newt, a species found only in Oregon's Crater Lake
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Southern California's 'water doctor' pushes for transformation
In the past, everyone was focused on the delta as the solution for our future,” he said. “We need to diversify. We need to look at other options.”
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River's End - California's Latest Water War
Explore the global water crisis, using California as a microcosm. River's End shows how water politics that led to the draining of the Owens Valley by Los Angeles, made famous by the film "Chinatown," continue to this day in ongoing efforts to take ever more water from Northern California's San Francisco Bay estuary. Except this time, the water grab is at the hands of industrial agriculture.
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California's Salmon Seasons Finalized
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announces California recreational ocean salmon fishing season dates are now set for the remainder of 2022 and offer about the same number of open days as last year.
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Humpback Whales Cause California's Commercial Dungeness Crab Closure
This closure is being implemented because of two recent humpback whale entanglements that occurred off San Mateo County and in Monterey Bay involving California commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear.
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California's drought as lake beds turn to dust
These are the visions of California’s parched landscape as the state braces for another potentially devastating drought.
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California's Free Fishing Day
The first of two 2021 Free Fishing Days in California occurs Saturday, July 3,
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California's Recreational Red Abalone Fishery Closes Through 2026
While the spring season typically signals the start of the recreational red abalone season, CDFW has a reminder for anglers in Northern California
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California's Commercial Dungeness Crab Update
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) just completed the most recent marine life entanglement risk assessment under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP).
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California's Drought Condition's
Many lakes that are within my area are so low that people can not even launchm boat's.
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California's extreme drought conditions causes a 5-mph speed limit for boaters
A majority of the lake’s boat ramps are unusable because they are completely dry.
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California's Reduction Access to Hunting and Fishing
The California legislature is considering a bill to protect at least 30% of the state’s lands and waters by 2030
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California's Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishery Opening Delay
Much of the California Coast California’s recreational salmon fishery
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California's Salmon Barely Survived the 20th Century... What Now
Fishing was productive enough that he paid off his boat and made some decent money — especially from his primary target, Chinook salmon, the most valuable seafood from local waters.
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One of California's Best Salmon Fishing Seasons in Years
Thanks to heavy rain and snow that ended the state's historic drought.
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California's Disappearing Kelp Forests
Though annually variable, in the just past five years, California’s kelp forests have declined by 93%.
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Algal Bloom Season on California's Lakes
As the warmer weather approaches, so does the start of algal bloom season on the state’s waterways.
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California's Entanglement Settlement Fish and Wildlife Protections
Californians will be pleased to know that Dungeness crab will be caught off the coast with greater care for endangered wildlife under a settlement announced by the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA).
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California's Ocean Salmon Fishery to Open
California’s recreational salmon fishery will open in ocean waters on Saturday,