The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that a Sierra Nevada red fox was captured on trail camera video Nov. 13, 2025, in Blackwood Canyon on Tahoe’s west shore. It marks the first documented sighting in the Lake Tahoe Basin since the mid-1900s. | Active NorCal

Can you guess the top commercial fishery in California for 2025? Coming in with an impressive 174,231,738 lbs landed valued at $82,883,790, the 2025 winner is market squid! Learn more about California's other commercial and recreational fisheries, as well as 2025 highlights for CDFW’s Marine Region in the 2025 Marine Region by the Numbers Report. Available now, this annual report summarizes commercial and recreational fishing totals from pounds and dollar values to otoliths and scales processed.

Wildlife officials fitted tracking collars on five gray wolves in Northern California to help monitor the growing wolf populations in Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou and Tehama counties. This video, from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shows teams capturing a gray wolf, fastening a collar on it before releasing it back to the wild. READ MORE: https://bit.ly/4bCTXNt #wold #wolves #california #northerncalifornia #northstate #norcal #news #localnews #breakingnews #newvideo | KRCR Ne

California sturgeon fishing is a one-of-a-kind experience. In the video below, join CDFW on a trip to Suisun Bay and learn how to fish for white sturgeon. CDFW sturgeon experts share some of the gear and bait options as well as casting and reeling techniques to help you land this prehistoric fish. California’s white sturgeon sport fishing season opens Oct. 1, 2025, and runs through June 30, 2026. It’s a catch-and-release fishery available in the ocean, the San Francisco Bay, the Delta and the Sa

CDFW, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service and the Wildlands Conservancy, recently took a big step in securing the future of an endangered and fully protected fish species. More than 200 unarmored three spine stickleback were caught with nets and crayfish traps at one small lake in the mountains of San Bernardino County, then released hours later into another nearby lake in the San Gorgonio Mountains. That translocation of stickleback was made possible after the Wil

Tomorrow's a great day to go hunting! Lots of season openers this weekend, including general duck and goose in the northeastern waterfowl zone; general deer in zones D11, D13, D14, D15 and D17; general black bear in zones X1 through X7b; and archery-only pheasant season. Check the regs on our website (www.wildlife.ca.gov) before you head out, and if you get good pictures, send them our way! You can email them to publications@wildlife.ca.gov (please make sure all animals are properly tagged). Hap

Winter tidepools can be dramatic with big swells crashing over all the undiscovered critters you want to go find. Explore with care, especially during winter low tides. Here are some easy California tidepool Do’s and Don’ts. DO’S: - Do check the tides. Plan your visit around low tide and keep your eye on incoming waves. Winter swells can move fast. - Do know the rules. Review California regulations before collecting anything. - Do carry the right license. Anyone 16 needs a valid sport fishing li