DFG Calendar of Events

September 2008

• 1
  Labor Day (State Holiday) -- DFG offices closed
• 8-12
  Abalone/Urchin Subtidal Surveys, Caspar Cove, Mendocino County
  Contact: Laura Rogers-Bennett, rogersbennett@ucdavis.edu
• 13
  Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Tour, Davis
• 13
  Advanced Hunter Education: Upland Game Hunting Clinic, Williams, CA
• 20
  Advanced Hunter Education: Waterfowl Hunting Clinic, Williams, CA
• 20
  Advanced Hunter Education: Upland Game Hunting Clinic, Gorman, CA
• 27
  Advanced Hunter Education: Waterfowl Hunting Clinic, San Jacinto Wildlife Area (Riverside County)
• 27
  Free Fishing Day
• 27
  14th Annual Oroville Salmon Festival
  10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  Contact: Anna Kastner (530) 538-2222
  Location: DFG's Feather River Hatchery, 5 Table Mountain Blvd., Oroville, CA 95965
  • The Feather River Fish Hatchery, located on the river across from historic downtown Oroville, will feature active salmon spawning for public viewing. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) will provide guides for interpretation of this activity from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • The Feather River Nature Center will once again showcase The First Salmon Ceremony, a Maidu Tribal ritual recognizing the return of salmon to the Feather River.
  • Throughout the day, there will be Native American dancing, hand games, displays of Maidu spear fishing tools and dry-land demonstrations of spear fishing techniques.

October 2008

• 11
  Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Tour, Davis
• 11
  Find the DFG booth at the
  Santa Barbara Harbor and Seafood Festival

January 2009

• 17
  Winter Bird Festival, Galt
  McCaffrey Middle School, 997 Park Terrace Drive, Galt CA 95632
  Contact: Misty Bell, Winter Bird Festival Event Coordinator, (916) 832-9713