High numbers of whales off the California coast and low quality crab meat in testing are keeping the commercial fishery closed.
Tag: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
Ahead of deer hunting season, Mendocino National Forest issues safety reminders
California Department of Fish and Wildlife provides info on hunting season opening dates.
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‘A milestone’: Mendocino cannabis cultivators awarded state grant funds for sustainable farming
Regenerative farming collective Sun+Earth received $395,643 from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, while $1.3 million went to the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District to support cultivators’ water conservation efforts.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
Hope for kelp on the Mendocino Coast: landmark restoration report shows regrowth after urchin removal
Despite a long road ahead and a purple seafloor, nearly two years of hard work and grant money have shown that clearing purple urchin by hand could help bring back Northern California’s bull kelp forests.
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Whale entanglements prompt CDFW to close North Coast commercial dungeness crab fishery early
The Lost and Abandoned Gear Removal Program will start pulling crab traps out of the waters off of Humboldt and Mendocino counties April 27.