Related CDFW Links

• Hunting Program
• Wildlife Investigations Lab
• Conservation Planning Program
• California Endangered Species Act
• Environmental Review and Species Take Permits

Threats to Wildlife

Habitat Loss and Modification

• Major Causes of Coastal Wetland Habitat Loss, Restore America's Estuaries
• Habitat Damage - Along the Coast and Under the Water, Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Habitat Loss and Population Decline: a Meta-analysis of the Patch Size Effect, Ecological Society of America

Biological Threats

• West Nile Virus, California Department of Health Services
  • West Nile Virus Brochure, California Department of Health Services
• Sudden Oak Death, California Oak Mortality Task Forcer

Free-ranging and Feral Cats

• Cats and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Cats and Wildlife, A Conservation Dilemma, University of Wisconsin
• Information on Managed Cat Colonies and TNR, American Bird Conservancy
• Domestic Cat Predation on Birds and Other Wildlife (PDF), American Bird Conservancy

Free-ranging Dogs

• Impacts of Free-ranging Pets on Wildlife, University of Florida

Problems with Bird Feeders

• Fact Sheet: Coping with Diseases at Bird Feeders, National Wildlife Health Center
• Keeping Your Yard Safe for Birds, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Spring Safety Precautions for Bird Feeding, National Wildlife Federation
• Backyard Bird Feeding, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Backyard Bird Problems, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Make Your Feeder Safer for Birds, Bird Point Reyes Bird Observatory
• House Finch "Eye" Disease, Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska
• Caution: Feeding Waterfowl May Be Harmful!, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Feeding Wild Animals

• Keep Me Wild, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Prohibition Against Feeding Big Game Mammals, California Fish and Game Code, Sec. 251.3
• If You Love Them, Please Don't Feed Them, California Coast and Ocean
• Eight Good Reasons... why you shouldn't feed wildlife, Friends of Monterey County Wildlife (includes reference to a Ventura County ordinance prohibiting the feeding of wild animals)
• Suggestions for Living with Wildlife in Carmel-by-the-Sea Carmel Police Department (includes reference to the Carmel City Code prohibiting the feeding of wild animals)
• Raccoon Roundworms and Human Disease, Monterey County Health Department (includes reference to a Monterey County ordinance prohibiting the feeding of wild animals)
• "Do not feed wild park animals" East Bay Regional Park District (includes reference to a park ordinance prohibiting the feeding of wild animals)
• Helping Wildlife Stay Healthy & Wild

Human Harassment of Wildlife

• Birds, North American Nature Photographers Association and American Birding Association
• Large Mammals, Etiquette For Wildlife Observers and Photographers, Grand Teton National Park
• Large Mammals, Wildlife Safety Guide, Bear Country
• Marine Mammals, Guide to Responsible Wildlife Watching, The Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums
• Watchable Wildlife, Colorado Department of Wildlife

Moving Fish, Wildlife, and Plants

• Moving Wild Animals Is Against the Law! Massachusetts Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement

Invasive, Nuisance and Exotic Species: Birds, Mammals and Reptiles

Non-Native Invasive Species: General Information, Plants, Aquatic Animals