Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations for Wildlife Rehabilitation August 2, 2024 California Department of Fish and Wildlife
A notice of proposed changes in regulations pertaining to the possession of wildlife and wildlife rehabilitation has been posted to the Commission's website. The notice and associated documents can be accessed at: https://fgc.ca.gov/Regulations/2024-New-and-Proposed#sec-679
Don't Make Them Cross the Road August 1, 2024 California, Bay Nature
... California has historically lagged behind other Western states in building wildlife crossings, but momentum has in the past few years shifted ... nearly 50,000 mule deer became roadkill last year in California ... Deer were among the earliest adopters of the new Highway 17 tunnel...
Los Banos, North Grasslands deer hunting opportunities July 25, 2024 California, Escalon Times
... Recently, CDFW requested the California Fish and Game Commission make deer a huntable species on the Los Banos Wildlife Area and the China Island and Salt Slough units of the North Grasslands Wildlife Area. This new designation allows CDFW for the first time to offer limited access to hunt these areas ...
California’s bears are thriving. Here’s the case for letting hunters kill more July 21, 2024 California, Los Angeles Times on MSN
... The Fish and Wildlife Department issued a draft black bear management plan in April that estimates California’s black bear population to be about 65,000, up from around 20,000 in 1998, when the last such plan was adopted... From 2012 to 2022, black bear hunters paid more than $27 million in licensing fees that funded the salaries of state biologists and game wardens ..,
Uncommon technique is helping save wildlife — and humans — on Highway 101 July 17, 2024 California, KSBY
... mounds of dirt ... that lead over a fence ... called jumpouts ... successfully used by deer that were trapped in the right of way ... using the jumpout to get safely out of the right of way ...
What to Know About the World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing July 9, 2024 California, The New York Times
... The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, as it is called, is expected to be completed in 2026 to connect the Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills. It’s a $92 million project — with $58 million from the state and the rest from philanthropy — and is said to be the biggest wildlife overpass in the world...
A wildlife crossing is proposed for Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains July 8, 2024 California, Los Angeles Times on MSN
... The project, which has been in the works for 10 years, focuses on an area that the UC Davis Road Ecology Center identified as one of the state's top six hotspots for wildlife and traffic collisions ... The state of California already has at least 185 wildlife crossings, according to the Wildlands Network wildlife crossing database ...
Not just crossings, but also fencing, helps save California wildlife from being roadkill July 3, 2024 East Bay Times
... “Wildlife crossings don’t solve roadkill. Sure, they provide a safe way across the road but fencing is the only way we know that stops roadkill,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the UC Davis Road Ecology Center, a program of the Institute of Transportation Studies. “Fencing remains the only way to reduce wildlife vehicle collisions on the statewide scale,” ...
Meeting features multiple issues for Fish, Game Commission June 27, 2024 California, Riverbank News
... The Santa Catalina Island Conservancy was approved for its five-year renewal plan with an initial 500 deer tags to be issued for the 2024 hunting season. Upon written request in October, 250 additional deer tags may be issued, and an additional request of 250 deer tags may be submitted in December...
Drivers hit 196 animals on Highway 17 near Lexington Reservoir; a new project aims to make it safe June 25, 2024 California, Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN
... a 2-mile-long portion of Highway 17 ... killed ... 10 mountain lions, 181 deer, 4 bobcats, and one coyote ... a $38 million plan to build a pedestrian bridge over the roadway, along with a separate undercrossing for wildlife ...
FISH AND GAMES June 21, 2024 California, The Sheet
... In Inyo County Supervisor board meetings. The subject: A perceived diminishing of the local mule deer herds. The suspected culprit: A burgeoning mountain lion population ... 44% were killed by lion... The automobile, at 20% ...
Roadkill a 'preventable natural disaster,' report finds June 19, 2024 California, Phys.org
... More than 48,000 deer, thousands of Pacific newts, close to 100 mountain lions and many thousands of other animals are killed each year by vehicles on California roads, according to the 2024 "roadkill report" from the University of California, Davis' Road Ecology Center ... The 11th annual report, "Roadkill, A Preventable Disaster," notes that about more than twice as many deer die from vehicle collisions each year in California than from hunting ..,
Report: Roadkill a 'Preventable Natural Disaster' June 18, 2024 California, UC Davis
... The 11th annual report, “Roadkill, A Preventable Disaster,” notes that about more than twice as many deer die from vehicle collisions each year in California than from hunting. Collisions are responsible for more than 10% of deer deaths each year, as the state’s total deer population has been dropping for decades. The report said roadkill may be partly responsible for their overall decline..,
Catalina island deer-shooting plan is shelved, other solutions sought May 29, 2024 California, CBS News on MSN
... there were concerns about the shooting plan from residents and Supervisor Janice Hahn... "I heard from residents who were terrified at the thought of bullets raining down from helicopters over their beloved island and others who couldn't stand the thought of the deer carcasses that would be left in their wake," ...
Catalina's invasive mule deer are spared death from above: They still face an uncertain fate May 29, 2024 California, Phys.org
... As the conservancy continues to plot how to hasten their demise, the deer are starving and dying of thirst. Photos presented at Wednesday's meeting included a young dead deer lying on a paved walkway ... "The island and the deer are both fighting for survival, and neither one is winning," ...
California Has a New Wolf Pack May 28, 2024 Grand View Outdoors
... gray wolves new to the state’s database and confirmed the existence of a new pack, the state’s seventh. The lab identified five individuals — one adult female and her four pups, two males and two females. While they did not find samples from the father, DNA indicated he came from the Lassen pack in Northern California..,
With 2 CWD-positive deer, California becomes 34th state to report fatal disease May 8, 2024 California, cidrap.umn
... The CDFW has been monitoring elk and deer for CWD using lymph node testing of more than 6,500 cervids since 2000 and has been working with hunters, taxidermists, and meat processors to boost disease surveillance since 2018. But given that the affected counties don't share a border and the CWD incubation period can be months to years, officials said CWD has probably been in the state for some time... [see CDFW report]
Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in California Deer Population May 7, 2024 California Department of Fish and Wildlife News
... samples collected from two deer, one in Madera County near Yosemite Lakes and the other in Inyo County, near Bishop. The deer in Madera County was found dead due to unknown causes and the Inyo County deer was found dead after a vehicle collision... CDFW Urges Hunters to be Vigilant and Participate in Disease Surveillance Efforts ..,
LA County tries to stop Catalina Island plans to shoot down invasive deer via helicopters April 30, 2024 California, The Hill on MSN
... the region’s county supervisor, Janice Hahn, to send a letter last week to Fish and Wildlife ... “Eradicating Catalina Island’s entire population of more than 1,770 mule deer through aerial shooting from helicopters is inhumane and drastic, and potentially dangerous to the public,” ...
Fawning season begins on the Central Coast April 25, 2024 California, KSBW The Central Coast
... people may see some fawns alone, and it may look like their moms have abandoned them. But that's almost never the case, Cann said. Moms will leave their white-spotted babies for long periods of time while they feed...
LA County Supervisors reject plan to shoot Catalina Island deer from helicopter April 23, 2024 California, CBS News
... Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected Catalina Island's plan to shoot and kill their entire deer population from a helicopter on Tuesday... two petitions with nearly 90,000 signatures called on the Catalina Island Conservancy, which manages most of the land, to halt the eradication plan...
‘The definition of poaching’: Conspiracy alleged after group hunted dozens of deer in California April 22, 2024 California, Sacramento Bee on MSN.com
... one California’s largest deer poaching cases in years ... the group drove around at night through populated neighborhoods to poach deer with bows or rifles, using bright flashlights or car headlights to help target the animals...
Catalina Island Deer meeting comments April 19, 2024 California, The Catalina Islander
... As reported last week, in the face of strong public opposition the council took no action on the proposal, essentially stopping it... The proposal, according to the city manager’s staff report, would have required changing the Municipal Code to allow the capture and sterilization of deer within city limits...
Mountain lion kills man, injures another in Northern California March 23, 2024 California, Yahoo
... The attack in El Dorado County is believed to be the first fatal incident involving a mountain lion in California in 20 years... The younger brother was expected to survive ..,
Round Valley mule deer get boost of support March 18, 2024 California, Inyo Register
... Twice each year, the mule deer herd migrates between its winter range on the valley floor to its summer range in the High Sierra meadows and forests. The mule deer herd travels on the same paths each year, forming what biologists call a migration corridor... has unfortunately seen a decline in population due to various factors ...
Diamond Valley applauded for resisting deer cull March 5, 2024 California, Western Wheel
... I applaud Craig Beaton, operations manager for the Town of Diamond Valley, who refuses any idea of a cull for the deer... One can purchase marigold flowers that deter the deer from eating up gardens; also chicken wire can help keep them out if gardens are your concern...
Science guns down excuses for hog-dogging & hits rationale for deer culls February 29, 2024 California, Animals 24-7
... scheduled massacre of about 1,000 mule deer on Catalina Island by sharpshooters ... Robert Kröger, a Ph.D. restoration ecologist and executive director of the pro-hunting organization Blood Origins, countered that “The science does not support that to protect native plants, and meet recovery objectives, the number of deer––a species that have social and recreational values on the island––should be zero.” ...
CDFW to Conduct Helicopter Surveys to Monitor Big Game Populations, Inform Hunting Regulations February 8, 2024 California Department of Fish and Wildlife news
... In more forested environments, CDFW employs the use of trail cameras and fecal DNA. In more open habitats, aerial surveys provide an efficient and rapid method of data collection, affording CDFW biologists the ability to cover larger areas in relatively shorter time periods. CDFW scientists use the survey data in statistical models to estimate the total population size of each species in different hunt zones or management units...
Catalina deer in the crosshairs: Will compromise avert a planned slaughter? February 2, 2024 California, Los Angeles Times on MSN
... After months of intense community outrage over its planned slaughter of thousands of nonnative mule deer, Catalina Island Conservancy officials have indicated that they may be open to considering optional plans, such as relocating the deer and reducing the population through sterilization...
Hornbrook Fire Dept. readies for animal rescues at Iron Gate Reservoir, with ten deer dead January 31, 2024 California, KDRV
... This week, ten deer reportedly died at Iron Gate's lakebed, stuck in mud... where its dam removal has drained the lake's water this month... people are reporting stranded animals that have left some euthanized, stuck in mud, or muck, of the reservoir...
Genetic structure of California's elk: a legacy of extirpations, reintroductions, population expansions, and admixture BN Sacks, TM Davis, TJ Batter - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2024
... California, USA, is home to 3 subspecies of North American elk ... we detected admixture between Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain
elk at a contact zone in northern California, and between Roosevelt and tule elk in north‐coastal California and central‐ coastal California... Among tule elk populations, genetic structure revealed several cases of successful and unsuccessful reintroduction or augmentation attempts...
California mountain lion population is thousands fewer than previously estimated January 8, 2024 Phys.org
... The total number of mountain lions is estimated to be between 3,200 and 4,500, which is thousands fewer than previously thought... the group spent roughly $2.45 million in state funds over seven years to produce three population estimates: One suggests there are 4,511 cougars living in California, and the other two suggest the number is roughly 3,200..,
Residents protest Irvine Company plan to build 1,180 houses in wildlife corridor January 8, 2024 California, Orange County Register on MSN
... Bobcats, mountain lions, deer ... use the V-shaped corridor to cross between the two parks and into the nearby Santa Ana Mountains ... No Orange Heights petition ...
Redding local takes 'deer-ect' action to get warning signs posted January 3, 2024 California, KRCR
... too many dead deer along the roadside ... he came across a buck still struggling for life... it just tore my heart out ... Within the next week, Redding had already posted several signs along the road ...
Redwood Park Rangers Explain Why Not All Elk Lose Their Antlers During the Winter January 4, 2024 California, PetHelpful
...the elk with antlers are their "bachelor herd" - they tried to compete against other elk but lost and didn't mate during the rut ... they'll continue to hang out together and practice fighting so that hopefully next fall they'll find a mate. Until then, they keep their antlers...
