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Sacramento, CA 95811
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July 2008
7/3 DFG Employees Win Awards for Work on Wild Sheep
7/2 DFG Announces Closure of Central Valley Recreational Salmon Fishing
7/1 K-9 Graduation Ceremony Scheduled for Thursday, July 3

June 2008
6/30 Successful San Francisco Bay Halibut Catch Triggers DFG Survey to Ensure Sustainable Fishery
6/20 DFG Seeks Public Input on Longfin Smelt Listing Petition
6/19 DFG Sets Record With 20.2 Million Young Salmon Raised, Trucked, Acclimated and Released into San Pablo Bay
6/18 DFG Closes Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve for 90-Day Study, to Ensure Public Safety in Aftermath of Martin Fire
6/13 Public Workshops Scheduled to Begin MLPA Initiative South Coast Project (PDF)
6/9 Big Game Drawings Fuel Hunters' Dreams
6/6 Department of Fish and Game calls first invasive mussel checkpoint a success
6/5 Nature Bowl Top Winners Help DFG Stock Rainbow Trout
6/4 DFG Announces Free Fishing Day on June 7
6/3 Nonlead Ammunition Regulation For Hunting In Condor Range Starts July 1
6/2 DNA Results Prove DFG Successfully Found And Shot Dangerous Coyote That Attacked Toddler

May 2008

5/29 DFG Announces Changes to Central Valley Recreational Salmon Fishing Regulations
5/29 California Outdoors Q&As; New Outdoors Column Debuts
5/29 DFG Seeks Public Input On Proposed Longfin Smelt Regulation
5/28 DFG Completes 2008 Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey;
Twelve percent decrease in population seen among duck species
5/27 New “California Outdoors Q&A” column to debut
5/22 California Reminds Boaters & Water Users: Don’t Move A Mussel
5/21 California/Nevada Wildlife Agencies Sign Agreement Concerning Black Bear Management Practices
5/20 DFG Seeking Public Comment Regarding Delisting of the American Peregrine Falcon
5/20 Boaters should "clean, drain and dry" for holiday weekend; Watercraft checkpoint on I-5 North near Redding
5/14 Lake Davis Trout Restocking Celebration Scheduled May 17
5/13 Lake Tahoe Invasive Mussel Inspection Training May 16; K-9 Detection Demonstration
5/13 Department of Fish and Game to Inspect Watercraft for Quagga/Zebra Mussels May 22-23 on I-5 North near Redding
5/9 DFG Announces Changes to Recreational Groundfish 2008 Fishing Regulations

April 2008
4/30 Groundfish Regulation Changes Reconsidered for North Coast, Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Areas Will Not Be Implemented on May 1
4/25 Department of Fish and Game Graduates Additional K-9 Teams in Second Academy
4/24 California Hunting Digest Big Game Book Now Available
Deadline to Apply for Big Game Hunts is June 2, 2008
4/24 Early Detection Monitoring Classes for Quagga/Zebra Mussels offered in Southern California
4/24 DFG Schedules Public Meetings for Biennial Groundfish Management Regulations
4/23 MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force Again Sets Milestone and Makes Recommendations for Improving California’s System of Marine Protected Areas
4/22 DFG Offers Big Game Hunting Clinic This Spring
4/18 DFG Announces Changes to Recreational Groundfish 2008 Fishing Regulations
Public Meeting Scheduled April 26 in Ukiah
4/16 Quagga/Zebra Inspection and Decontamination Training Offered at Don Pedro
4/11 DFG Seeks Bilingual Hunter Education Instructors
4/10 Director McCamman Makes Statement on Salmon Closure

March 2008

3/28 DFG Warns: Leave Wild Animals Alone
3/28 Early Trout Season Opener on the Middle Fork Feather River in Plumas County
3/27 Welch named 2007 Statewide Hunter Education Instructor of the Year
3/21 Additional Evidence of Wolverine Found in the Tahoe National Forest
3/21 Nine Nabbed in Sturgeon "Operation Sacked Again"
3/18 Abalone fishing season to open April 1; New tagging requirement
3/18 Department of Fish and Game Stages First K-9 Units around the State
3/17 Remember Wildlife at Tax Time
3/11 DFG Offers Spring Outdoor Opportunities for Youth Archery

February 2008

2/29 DFG Now Accepting Applications For The Senior Volunteer Program in Orange County
2/29 Game Warden Named California Officer of the Year by National Wild Turkey Federation
2/25 Game Warden Named California Rifle and Pistol Association Law Enforcement Officer of the Year
2/25 DFG to Host Public Meeting on Salmon
2/7 Recreational Ocean Salmon Season Opens Feb. 16 -- Angling Permitted from Horse Mountain to Point Arena
2/5 Scientists to Discuss First Five Years of Monitoring the Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas
2/1 Public Workshops Scheduled for Draft North Central Coast Marine Protected Area Proposals

January 2008

1/31 DFG Offers Bear Hunting Clinic on March 1
1/30 Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project Update Open House Scheduled
1/25 Lake Davis Once Again Open To Anglers
1/23 DFG Offers Free Mad River Hatchery Tours to the Public and School Groups
1/18 Steelhead Catch Is Up
1/16 Zebra Mussels Found in California Reservoir
1/15 DFG Offers 2-day Wilderness Survival Clinic Scheduled for Feb. 9-10
1/11 Avian Cholera Cause of Recent Bird Deaths
1/9 Delta Smelt Information Requested
1/7 DFG Seeks Assistance in Slowing Spread of New Zealand Mud Snails