2005 News Releases
- Flooding Affects Public Access
at Wildlife Areas and Refuges Recorded Phone Line (916) 358-2839
Set up for Future Updates 12/27/05
- Fish and Game Commission Appoints
John Carlson, Jr. as New Executive Director 12/22/05
- DFG Plants Catchable-Sized Coho
Salmon at Lake Oroville 12/22/05
- Fish and Game Commission Approves
Final Plan for Abalone Recovery and Management 12/22/05
- DFG Will Provide More Than 500,000
Pounds of Salmon to Needy Groups 12/13/05
- Second Dungeness Crab Season
Delay Notification 12/09/05
- DFG Will Hold Scoping Meeting Dec.
12 on Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Land Management 12/08/05
- Chronic Wasting Disease Checkpoints
Serve to Educate Hunters 12/07/05
- Fishermen Must Return Punch Cards
for the Now Closed 2005 Recreational Abalone Season 12/01/05
- DFG Announces New Web link for
California Big Game Hunters 11/23/05
- DFG will Suspend Recreational Cabezon
Fishery on Dec. 1 11/18/05
- WCB Approves $6.38 Million in Grants
for Steelhead Recovery, Land and Habitat Preservation 11/17/05
- Endangered Winter-Run Chinook Show
Highest Numbers Since 1981
11/15/05
- Upper Trinity Reopening to the
Take of Adult Chinook Salmon
11/14/05
- Region 3: DFG Announces Drawing
for 2006 Joice Island Pig Hunt 11/05/05
- Region 2: Nimbus Hatchery Fish
Ladder to Open 10/26/05
- Recent Deer Attacks Highlight
the Importance of Keeping Wildlife at a Distance 10/26/05
- DFG Urges Anglers to Catch and
Release with Care 10/19/05
- Portions of Klamath and Trinity
to Close Oct. 22 for Adult Salmon as Anglers Reach Quota
10/18/05
- DFG Names Lake County Warden as
Best Wildlife Cop in State
10/18/05
- Scoping Period for Lake Davis Pike
Eradication Project Proposal Closes Oct. 31 10/18/05
- Region 3: JUNIOR DUCK HUNTS AT
GRIZZLY ISLAND WILDLIFE AREA 10/11/05
- Region 3: DFG OFFERS SPECIAL YOUTH
PHEASANT HUNTS AT GRIZZLY ISLAND WILDLIFE AREA 10/11/05
- Region 3: DFG OFFERS SPECIAL GAMEBIRD
HERITAGE PROGRAM EVENT AT NAPA-SONOMA
MARSHES WILDLIFE AREA 10/11/05
- Region 3: SPECIAL WOMEN’S
PHEASANT HUNT ATGRIZZLY ISLAND WILDLIFE AREA 10/11/05
- DFG Offers Special Game Bird Heritage
Junior Pheasant Hunt at Shamrock Ranch, Mendocino County 10/05/05
- Salmon Festival Coming Oct. 8-9 10/04/05
- DFG Warden Nominated for National
Wild Turkey Federation Recognition 09/23/05
- Moss Landing Wildlife Area Closed
Between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2005 09/23/05
- Lake Davis Pike Eradication Project
Public Scoping Meetings Scheduled for Sept. 26 and 28; Scoping Process
Lasts Until Oct. 31 09/23/05
- DEER AND ELK HUNTERS URGED TO HELP
KEEP CALIFORNIA FREE FROM FATAL DEER DISEASE 09/22/05
- DFG Will Close Commercial Cabezon
Fishery Season on Oct. 1 09/21/05
- Second Chance to Wet a Line as
Statewide Free Fishing Day is Saturday, Sept. 24 09/19/05
- Oct. 11 Deadline to Apply to Auction
or Sell Fund-Raising Tags 09/19/05
- Back Bay Science Center to Celebrate
Stringray Births with a “Name the Stingray” Contest 09/15/05
- DFG Announces Upcoming Schedule
for Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 09/15/05
- DFG URGES CALIFORNIA DEER & ELK
HUNTERS: “GET YOUR HEADS EXAMINED” 09/15/05
- Special 2005 Fall Wild Turkey Hunts
Scheduled at Lake Mendocino 09/14/05
- Special 2005-2006 Turkey Hunts
Scheduled at Lake Sonoma 09/14/05
- DFG Announces Proposal for Lake
Davis Pike Eradication 09/14/05
- Region 2: DFG Offers Special Gamebird
Heritage Central Coast Women’s Pheasant Hunting Clinic Near
San Miguel, Monterey County 09/13/05
- Region 2: Feather River Hatchery
Salmon Ladder to Open Sept. 15 09/12/05
- Region 3: DFG OFFERS SPECIAL GAME
BIRD HERITAGE JUNIOR PHEASANT HUNTS AT HIGHLAND SPRINGS, LAKE COUNTY 09/09/05
- Back Bay Science Center to Participate
in California Coastal Cleanup Day, called ‘World’s Largest
Garbage Collection’ 09/09/05
- DFG the best waterfowl-hunting
clinic in Williams on Oct. 1 09-09-05
- Lower Klamath Size Restrictions
to the take of Adult Fall Chinook 09/09/05
- Recreational ocean salmon season
to close Sept. 11 north of Horse Mountain 09/08/05
- Region 3: Fish and Game to Reward
Anglers for Tagged Trout 08/31/05
- Region 2: Registration Opens for
Sandhill Crane Tours 08/31/05
- Region 2: Salmon Festival Returns
Oct 8-9 08/31/05
- Southern California Ocean Sport
Fishing Restrictions Will Change Sept. 1 08/25/05
- Becoming an Outdoors-Woman, California
Hooks Anglers for September Weekend 08/25/05
- DFG Sets Two Upland Game Hunting
Clinics for September 08/22/05
- DFG Announces Youth Outdoor Educational
Classes 08/17/05
- Multi-Course Workshop Scheduled
for October 08/16/05
- DFG’s Waterfowl and Upland
Game Hunting Clinic set for Sept. 10 08/16/05
- Warden Injured in Marijuana Eradication
Operation 08/05/05
- BLM Closure at Clear Creek Management
Area Impacts Hunters 08/05/05
- DFG Announces Schedule for Public
Meetings to Receive Angler Input on Hook and Weight Restrictions
of the Freshwater Fishing Regulations 07/29/05
- STEP OUTSIDE AND BECOME AN OUTDOORS
WOMAN 07/29/05
- Recreational Abalone Season Reopens
Aug. 1 07/28/05
- DFG Now Accepting Applications
for Sage Grouse Hunting Permits 07/26/05
- DFG Announces 2005/2006 Waterfowl
Hunting Opportunities for Eden Landing Ecological Reserve 07/22/05
- DFG Opens Chimineas Unit of Carrizo
Plain Ecological Reserve for Junior Deer Hunters 07/22/05
- Commercial Greenlings Fishery Season
Set to Close Aug. 1, 2005 07/18/05
- California Fish and Game Commission
Announces Special Meetings to Solicit Public Comments 0715/05
- Fish and Game and Water Resources
Seeking Help from Feather River Anglers 07/06/05
- DFG Stocks More Than 1.5 Million
Fingerling Salmon in Inland Waters; Four New Sites Added This Year
for Kokanee 07/01/05
- Department of Fish and Game Urges
Californians to Leave Wildlife Alone 06/30/05
- Northern California Land Navigation
and Survival Clinic set for July 16-17 06/30/05
- Recreational Abalone Fishery Closes
in July and will Reopen Aug. 1 06/24/05
- DFG Creates an Ocean Sport Fishing
Regulations Hotline 06/24/05
- DFG Announces Schedule for Town
Hall Meetings to Help Improve Efficiency of State's Fish Hatchery
System 06/21/05
- Grizzly Island Wildlife Area Closed
Between August 1 and September 23, 2005 06/17/05
- DFG offers August Black Bear Ecology
Workshop 06/15/05
- California Breeding Population
of Ducks Increases 06/10/05
- DFG Announces Rabbit Hunting
Opportunities at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 06/08/05
- Department of Fish and Game 2005/2006
Hunt Schedule for Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve, Chimineas Unit 06/08/05
- Events Highlight California's Free
Fishing Day on Saturday, June 11 06/08/05
- Fish and Game Commission Schedules
a Teleconference Executive Session 05/27/05
- Two-day Land Navigation and Survival
Clinic set for June 11 05/26/05
- DFG Announces Fishing Opportunities
in Solano County 05/18/05
- DFG Offers Pig Hunt Clinic on June
4 in Sonoma 05/16/05
- Going to the Dogs: DFG Opens Gun
Dog Handling Clinic on June 4 05/11/05
- Department of Fish and Game Urges
Outdoor Enthusiasts to be Snake Smart 05/10/05
- DFG Asks Abalone Divers to Make
Extra Effort to Accurately Record Catch 05/06/05
- Department of Fish and Game Busts
Nine in two Sacramento/San Francisco Sturgeon Caviar Poaching Operations 05/05/05
- DFG's Big Game Hunting Clinic set
for May 14-15 04/25/05
- DFG Belmont Office Open for Limited
License Services 04/22/05
- Proposed Settlement Benefits Yuba
River Salmon and Steelhead, Provides Certainty for Local Farms and
the Environment 04/21/05
- DFG's
"Becoming an Outdoors-Woman" Program Revived as Non-Profit "BOW
California, Inc." 04/21/05
- DFG Seeks Public Input To Improve
Efficiency of State's Fish Hatchery System 04/20/05
- Another Banner Season Ahead as
Eastern Sierra Trout Opener Set for April 30 04/13/05
- 75th Anniversary of California's
First Wildlife Area 04/13/05
- MLPA Task Force Adopts Master Plan
Framework Recommendation to Guide Creation of Marine Protected Areas 04/13/05
- Media Advisory - Marine Life Protection
Act "Blue Ribbon Task Force" Holds Public Hearing in Pasadena 04/07/05
- Wild Pig Clinic Offered April 30
in Monterey County 04/05/05
- DFG Announces Additional Recreational
Groundfish Opportunities 04/05/05
- Back Bay Science Center Sponsors
April 9 Shark Viewing and Shark Pup Naming Contest 04/05/05
- DFG to Celebrate 75th Anniversary
of California's First Wildlife Area 03/28/05
- Recreational Ocean Salmon Season
Opens April 2 Between Point Arena and U.S. Mexico Border 03/25/05
- Abalone Season Opens April 1 in
Northern California Waters 03/25/05
- Diamond Valley Reservoir Offers
Ample Trophy Trout Opportunities 03/22/05
- Special Draw for Yuba River Fishing
Access 03/11/05
- Public Input Sought on New Exhibits
at Warm Springs Fish Hatchery and Visitor Center 03/08/05
- WCB Funds Largest Tidal Marsh Restoration
Project on West Coast 03/07/05
- Department of Fish and Game
Opens Canada De Los Osos Ecological Reserve for Junior Hunters 02/28/05
- Bowhunting Clinic Scheduled
March 19 in Williams 02/25/05
- Special 2005 Spring Wild Turkey
Hunts Scheduled At Lake Mendocino 02/22/05
- Eighth Annual Wild Turkey Expo
set for March 5 at Fair Oaks 02/18/05
- Wildlife Biologist's Effort To
Preserve Habitat Corridor Earns Wildlife Office of the Year Recognition
from International Organization 02/18/05
- DFG Clarifies Culling Rules: Better
Option is to Catch and Release Before Limit 02/17/05
- DFG Asks Northern Californians
to Remove Bird Feeders to Slow the Spread of Avian Disease 02/01/05
- Special Drawings for Spring
Wild Turkey Hunts on Opening Weekend at Cache Creek 02/07/05
- DFG Offers Full Slate of Clinics
to Improve Hunters' Success in 2005 02/01/05
- Joint Federal/State Operation Nets
Conviction and $230,000 in Fines in California's Largest Snakehead
Smuggling Bust 01/27/05
- Steelhead Report Cards Due Jan.
31 01/21/05
- Sandhill Crane Tours Still Available
Through Feb. 27 01/19/05
- USFWS and DFG Offer 2005 Special
Youth Waterfowl Hunting Opportunity; Reservation Application Due
Jan. 19 01/13/05
- Recreational Ocean Salmon Season
Opens Feb. 12, 2005 Between Horse Mountain and Point Arena 01/13/05
- DFG and Local Non-Profit Group
Celebrate Reopening of Mad River Hatchery 1/12/05
- Department of Fish and Game Feeds
Northern Californians More Than 500,000 Pounds of Salmon 01/11/05
- Marine Life Protection Act Science
Advisory Team Members Announced; First Meeting Scheduled Friday in
Oakland 01/06/05
