#Rewilding #CA: This year marks the launch of a $1.44 million per year California Department of Fish and Wildlife (#CDFW) program to bring #beavers back to #watersheds throughout their #historicrange in the state.

“We agree: time for California to embrace beavers,” CFDW director Chuck Bonham wrote in a January 2023 op-ed in Outdoor California.

#KeystoneSpecies #HealthyLandscapes #FoodSheds #BeaverBelievers #BeaverAnalogues #transformer #monsterslayer #SpiritOfTheEarth

https://mavensnotebook.com/2023/05/03/feature-california-taps-beavers-to-restore-watersheds/

Protecting migration: As #whales begin arriving in large numbers to feed, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (#CDFW) announced a two month early season closure, off Central #California, to prevent whale entanglements in the state’s commercial crab #fisheries nets.

https://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/central-california-dungeness-crab-season-to-close-early-to-prevent-whale-entanglements/

Here's a view of the #LagunaDeSantaRosa in #Sonoma County, #California for #SilentSunday.

The #Llano in between #SantaRosa and #Sebastopol is protected from urbanization with a #greenbelt policy and several thousand acres held in reserve by cities and state agencies like #CDFW.

The thriving #wetland system has a series of pools and #floodplains that connect and flow to the Russian River in the wet season.

#silentsunday #CAwater

After receiving a comprehensive medical evaluation, #CDFW has received a clear picture of the mountain lion P-22’s medical condition and overall health. He had several severe injuries and chronic health problems. Based on these factors, compassionate euthanasia under general anesthesia was unanimously recommended by the medical team at #SanDiegoZooSafariPark, and CDFW officials made the decision to do so on Dec. 17.

#P22
https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/mountain-lion-p-22-compassionately-euthanized-following-complete-health-evaluation-results

Ocean’s problem of anything Commercial: #CrabFishing north of Mendocino has been delayed at least until Dec. 16, and pending meat quality testing. For the rest of the state, the #CDFW anticipates assessing the presence of #whales — which can become entangled in crab fishing gear — on Dec. 7.
https://richmondstandard.com/community/2022/11/22/bay-area-dungeness-crab-fishing-season-delayed-to-protect-whales/

Via Dan Bacher in California: I don't think most journalists or conservationists realize the significance of this huge #cawater story. An estimated 19,773 spring Chinook salmon out of the 21,580 fish total that returned to spawn in #ButteCreek died before spawning in 2021. #CDFW
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