DFG's Central Region serves Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties.

Central Region

Places to Go

• Wildflowers in the Central Region of California
• Wildlife Areas
• Ecological Reserves
• Fish Hatcheries

News

• Effective July 1, 2008: Lead ammunition restrictions for hunting in condor range (PDF)
• Fish Planting Schedule

EVENTS, PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES

• Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Game Bird Heritage Program -- Special HUNTS
  • 2009 Dove Hunting Opportunities in the San Joaquin Valley
• Salmonids in the Classroom
  Working cooperatively with volunteers and teachers, students raise trout or salmon from eggs to small fish in their classrooms, and then release the fish into a local river.
• Free Fishing Days
• Hunter Education Classes
• San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust
• Grasslands Environmental Education Center (GEECe)
• San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) (PDF)

Scientific Reports

• Restoration of the California golden trout in the South Fork Kern River, Kern Plateau, Tulare County, California, 1966-2004 (2008. Pister, E. P.) (PDF)