2004 News Releases
- DFG Returns to Sportsmen's Shows
in 2005 12/27/04
- California’s 2005 Ocean Groundfish
Regulations Available Online; New Telephone Information System Operational
in January 12/22/04
- Bay Area Anglers get Early Gift
as DFG Plants Extra Fish for Holiday Outings 12/15/04
- DFG Signs Agreement to Reopen Mad
River Hatchery 12/10/04
- Deadline Approaching for OUTDOOR
CALIFORNIA's Annual Photo Contest 12/1/04
- DFG Finalizes Partnership to Aid
Mono County Hatchery 11/30/04
- Dungeness Crab Season Now Open 11/30/04
- California's Recreational Abalone
Fishing Season Ends Nov. 30 11/29/04
- DFG Makes Holiday Gifting a Breeze
for all who Love the Great Outdoors 11/17/04
- Region 3 - DFG Announces Drawing
For 2005 Joice Island Pig Hunt 11/17/04
- Region 3 - DFG Announces Delayed
Waterfowl Opener for Westside Units on Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 11/03/04
- Region 3 -2004/2005 Waterfowl
Hunting Opportunities for Eden Landing Ecological Reserve 11/03/04
- Thanks to Hunter Education Programs,
Hunting is One of the Safest Outdoor Activities 11/02/04
- Outoor California's Latest Issue
Takes a Look Back at 2003 Fires 11/01/04
- Triple Upland Game Bird Opener;
Pheasant, Fall Turkey and Dove Seasons Open November 13 10/28/04
- Region 3 - DFG Announces Delayed
Waterfowl Opener for Westside Units of Grizzly Island Wildlife Area10/22/04
- DFG Announces Bay-Delta Sport Fishing
Enhancement Stamp Advisory Committee Appointments 10/20/04
- Region 3 - DFG Offers Special
Game Bird Heritage Junior Pheasant Hunt at Shamrock, Mendocino County 10/07/04
- Region 3 - Junior Duck Hunts
at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 10/07/04
- Region 3 - DFG Offers Special
Youth Pheasant Hunts at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 10/07/04
- Region 3 - Special Women's Pheasant
Hunt at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area 10/07/04
- Autumn Features Variety of Wildlife
Festivals 10/06/04
- Region 3 -DFG Offers Special
Gamebird Heritage Central Coast Women's Pheasant Hunting Clinic Near
San Miguel, Monterey County 10/04/04
- Fish and Wildlife Agencies Find
CALFED Program is Making Progress Toward Conserving Species 10/01/04
- DFG Arrests 4, Interviews 11 in
North Coast Abalone Poaching Case 09/30/04
- Big Bear Lake's Best Season is
Now 09/30/04
- New Landowner Program Aims to Boost
Central Valley Wildlife 09/28/04
- Second Free Testing Weekend for
Chronic Wasting Disease Offered Oct. 2-3 to California Deer and Elk
Hunters 09/28/04
- Commercial California Sheephead
Fishery Season Set to Close Oct. 13, 2004 09/28/04
- 2004 California Hunting Regulations
Booklet Wrongly Includes Santa Barbara County in Tree Squirrel Hunting
Map 09/23/04
- Second Free Fishing Day of the
Year Set for Sept. 25 09/22/04
- Napa County Fox Attack Prompts
Warning from DFG: Do Not Feed Wild Animals 09/20/04
- DFG Announces Closure of California
Portion of KMZ Commercial Salmon Fishery Due to Projected Attainment
of the Quota 09/17/04
- Retired DFG Captain Receives Recognition
from City of San Juan Capistrano for Efforts During 2003 Mountain
Lion Incident 09/17/04
- Shasta Lake Retains "Angler's
Paradise" Tag 09/17/04
- Federal and State Agencies Sign
Agreement to Save California's Official State Fish 09/17/04
- Free Testing for Chronic Wasting
Disease this Weekend for California Deer and Elk Hunters 09/15/04
- Coastal Clean-up Day Provides Opportunity
for Local Residents to view Alameda County's South Bay Salt Pond
Restoration Project 09/13/04
- Food Brings People and Bears Together;
Bears Pay the Price 09/10/04
- Region 3 -Special 2004-2005
Turkey Hunts Scheduled at Lake Sonoma 09/10/04
- Region 3 -DFG Offers Special
Game Bird Heritage Junior Pheasant Hunts at Highland Springs, Lake
County 09/10/04
- Region 2- Feather River Hatchery
Salmon Ladder to Open Sept. 13 09/02/04
- Region 2- Low water at Boca
Reservoir makes for Great Fishing Opportunity 09/02/04
- Use of Bait Allowed for Smith River
Effective Sept. 1; Barbed Hooks Remain Prohibited08/31/04
- Military Training Closes Camp Roberts
to Big Game and Dove Hunting Aug. 31 - Sept. 6 08/24/04
- Commercial Cabezon Fishery Season
Set to Close Sept. 4 08/19/04
- NOAA Awards California $12.8 Million
For Salmon Recovery08/19/04
- California's New Marine Patrol
Boats Assemble for First Time for Dedication Ceremony, Training08/19/04
- Shark Attack Serves as Reminder
of How to Minimize the Risk 08/18/04
- DFG Announces Outdoor Educational
Classes for Youth08/09/04
- Fish and Game Commission - California
Fish and Game Commission Approves Protections for Coho Salmon -08/06/04
- Reminder of Deadliine to Apply
to Auction or Sell Fund Raising Tags 08/05/04
- DFG Coordinates Plans for Central
Valley Wetland Areas to Minimize Risks of West Nile Virus Exposure08/05/04
- Commercial Greenlings Fishery Season
Set to Close Aug. 15 08/02/04
- DFG Releases Final Report for the
September 2002 Klamath River Fish-Kill 07/30/04
- Fire Restrictions Implemented on
Southern California Forests May Impact Deer Hunters07/30/04
- Red Abalone Fishery Reopens Aug
1 07/28/04
- All Around California, Responsible
People Can Help Keep Bears Wild 07/20/04
- DFG Offers August Class on How
to Survive in Wilderness 07/20/04
- DFG advises outdoor enthusiasts
on precautions for West Nile virus 07/16/04
- DFG Accepting Applications for
2004 Sage Grouse Hunting Permits 07/15/04
- Feeding Wildlife Can Be a Killer 07/14/04
- DFG's Navigation Series for Hunters
Focuses on Moving Through the Wilderness 07/07/04
- DFG's Fresh Water Fishing Guide
now On-line 07/07/04
- DFG Schedules Sheephead Stock Assessment
Review Meeting 07/06/04
- Deadly Bird Disease Can Spread
By Birdfeeders 07/06/04
- Region 3 -DFG Opens Canada De
Los Osos Ecological Reserve in Santa Clara County for Special Junior
Hunts 06/30/04
- Region 3 -DFG 2004/2005 Hunt
Schedule for Chimineas Unit of the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve 06/30/04
- Rabbit Season Hops Open July 1 6/29/04
- Rabies Test on Tulare County Mountain
Lion is Negative, Further Tests Pending 06/28/04
- DFG's Hunter Education Offers Summer
Clases, One for Archers, Two for WomeN 06/18/04
- Abalone Get a One Month Break in
July 06/16/04
- DFG Warden Marks Governor's "Drowning
Prevention Month" with Daring Rescue of 13-year-old Boy in San
Diego County 06/09/04
- Get Out There and Fish on Saturday's
Free Fishing Day 06/08/04
- DFG Announces 2-day Big Game Hunting
Clinic in June 06/03/04
- DFG Accepting Applications for
Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp Advisory Committee06/01/04
- Plenty of SoCal Waters Still Getting
Fish 05/26/04
- Pike Eradication Options Up for
Discussion at May 24 Lake Davis Coalition Meeting 05/21/04
- Scientists Determine April Sea
Otter Deaths were Associated with Brain Parasite, Sacrcocystis neurona 05/20/04
- Hunter Education Week Proclamation
kicks off 50th Anniversary, DFG Hosts International Conference 05/19/04
- More Desert Tortoises Falling Prey
to Pet Lovers, Dwindling Population Numbers Attributed to Illegal
Collection, Off-road Vehicles 05/19/04
- Fish and Game Wins 15 Awards, Including
PIO of the Year and Three Category Grand Prizes, in State Information
Officers Council Competition 05/13/04
- Department of Fish and Game Cautions
Outdoor Enthusiasts: Be Snake Safe 05/11/04
- Black Rockfish Recreational Fishery
to Close May 16 Along Northern California Coast 05/05/04
- DFG Big Game Draw Deadline Nears 05/04/04
- Recreational Bottom Fishing Bag
Limits Simplified; Significant Regulation Changes Scheduled for May
1 04/30/04
- DFG Breaks up Delta Sturgeon Poaching
Ring; Four Arrested 04/30/04
- Commission Receives Revised Management
Plan for Market Squid Fishery 04/30/04
- 2004 Recreational Ocean Salmon
Season Opens May 15 North of Horse Mountain 04/28/04
- Region 2 - Putah Creek to Re-Open
to Fishing April 24 04/16/04
- Anglers Gear for Strong April 24
Eastern Sierra Trout Opener 04/14/04
- In-Season Changes to Recreational
Groundfish Rules Set for May 1 04/09/04
- Third Input Meeting Set for Abalone
Recovery and Management Plan 04/08/04
- Region 1 - Upper Sacramento
- New Rules Proposed 04/07/04
- Region 1 - Good Steelhead Return
Leads to Regulation Change 04/06/04
- DFG Cautions to Expect More Contact
with Coyotes 04/05/04
- Recreational Lingcod Regulations
to Change April 1 03/23/04
- DFG Launches New Ocean Fishing
Monitoring Program 03/17/04
- Abalone Divers Prepare for Season
Opener April 1 03/17/04
- Region 3 -Avian Cholera Die-Off
Ends at Clear Lake, Lake County 03/15/04
- Region 1 - Two Public Meetings
Scheduled Regarding the Department's Proposed Changes to the 2004
Sport Fishing Regulations03/24/04
- DFG Offers Clinics to Take Hunters
a ‘Step Beyond’ 03/08/04
- Recreational Lingcod Minimum
Size and Bag Limits May Change 03/08/04
- Region 1 - Bacterial Kidney
Disease Diagnosed at Mount Shasta Hatchery 03/05/04
- Yuba River Fishing Access Special
Draw03/03/04
- Day of Tours and Duck Calling at
Los Banos Wildlife Area, March 1303/03/04
- Department of Fish and Game 2004
Sport Fishing Regulations Now Available Online 03/03/04
- State Pilot Project in Mono County
to Explore Feasibility of Non-Profit Foundation to Provide Critical
Hatchery Support 02/27/04
- DFG Says Filing Tax Returns Can
Help Save Endangered Species 02/26/04
- Cordell Bank Will Close to Most
Recreational Bottom Fishing For Remainder of 2004 02/23/04
- Recreational Lingcod Minimum Size
and Bag Limits to Change 02/20/04
- Region 3 - Special Drawing for
Spring Wild Turkey Hunts on Opening Weekend at Cache Creek 02/19/04
- Warden's Cooperative Philosophy
is Key as International Organization Names Wildlife Officer of the
Year 02/18/04
- DFG Adopts Strategic Plan for Trout
Management 02/18/04
- DFG To Host Public Salmon Meeting 02/18/04
- California Fish and Game Commission
Lists Xantus's Murrelet as a Threatened Species 02/18/04
- Fish and Game Commission Accepts
Coho Salmon Recovery Strategy and Proceeds With Listing Coho Salmon 02/05/04
- World's Bear Experts Converge in
San Diego for Fifteenth International Conference On Bear Research & Management 02/04/04
- Region 1 - Restoration of Full-Time
License Hours at Eureka Office Effective Feb. 9 02/05/04
- Fish and Game Commission President
Wins Fifth Annual CBH/SAA Award 02/02/04
- New DFG Director to be Keynote
Speaker at 15th International Bear Association Conference 02/02/04
- Fish and Game Commission to Receive
Public Comment and Consider Coho Salmon Recovery Strategy 01/27/04
- Reminder: Steelhead Report Card
Mandatory Return Due Date of Jan 31 Quickly Approaching 01/27/04
- Human DNA Found on Supsect Mountain
Lion Matches Both Attack Victims 01/26/04
- Mountain Lion Sightings Rarely
Spell Trouble 01/23/04
- Wild Turkey Expo set for Feb. 28
at Fair Oaks 01/22/04
- GOVERNOR'S NEWS RELEASE - Governor
Schwarzenegger Appoints Loris "Ryan" Broddrick Director
of the Department of Fish and Game 01/20/04
- Belmont Office Will Sell Licenses
and Permits by mail or Appointment Only 01/16/04
- Testing of Suspect Mountain Lion
Confirms Presence of Human Tissue 01/14/04
- Recreational Ocean Salmon Season
Opens Feb. 14 01/14/04
- Changes to Fish and Game Code for
Lake and Streambed Alterations 01/14/04
- DFG Offers Suggestions to Prevent
Spread of New Zealand Mud Snails 01/13/04
- California Fish and Game Commission
Teleconference Meeting Will Consider Permit Appeals in Executive
Session 01/12/04
- Flooding Affects Public Access
at Wildlife Areas and Refuges, DFG Sets up Telephone Recording for
Current Information 01/02/04
