Wildlife

Hunting and Fishing will be Expanded into NorCal Wildlife Refuges

Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife. The federal government announced a major expansion of hunting and…

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Tahoe Bear Gets Trapped in Car, Proceeds to Demolish its Interior

There was another car burglary in Tahoe on June 5th and, like most other car burglaries in the area, the…

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Rare Sight: Watch a Pod of Killer Whales Swim Through Humboldt Bay

A rare sight was gifted to visitors of Humboldt Bay when a pod of killer whales were seen cruising through…

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Video of Baby Deer Being Rescued in Auburn will Melt Your Heart

A group on a boat found a baby deer longing for help in the Lake of the Pines in Auburn…

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Fish and Wildlife Officials Offer $2,500 Reward for Information in Humboldt Elk Poaching Case

Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife In December 2018, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife pleaded with the…

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Watch: Bear Scampers Along Squaw Valley Run During May Storm

For the past month, bears have been awakening from their winter hibernation to return in droves to the Tahoe area…

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“Jump Start” Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Return to Coleman Fish Hatchery

Photo: Jacie Knight/USFWS Wildlife and water management officials are heralding the early returns of a special group of winter-run Chinook…

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New California Bill Would Allow Drivers to Eat Roadkill

Flickr/Don DeBold If you’re driving down a California highway and accidentally hit an animal, it’s currently illegal to remove that…

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Walk on the Wild Side Animal Show Returns to Turtle Bay Exploration Park

See a porcupine up close and personal or marvel as an owl flies inches from your head at Turtle Bay…

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Showcasing the Animals of Turtle Bay Exploration Park

Most families have some sort of pet, whether it be a dog, cat or goldfish. Humans and animals are connected…

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Threatened California Frogs Making a Comeback in Yosemite After a 50-Year Absence

Red-Legged Frog Release. Federally threatened California red-legged frogs are showing signs of a return to Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park after…

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Fisherman Cited for 10 Times the Legal Limit of Trout in Plumas County

On Sunday, April 28, a concerned angler called in a tip to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife after…

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Meet Bubba – A Ginormous Bear Living in this Northern California Neighborhood

There’s a neighborhood in Truckee, California that has an unusual neighbor. They call him Bubba – and he’s a ginormous…

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Off-Leash Dog Kills Endangered Seal at Point Reyes National Seashore

Guadalupe fur seal. Photo/The Marine Mammal Center Point Reyes National Seashore is known to be the home of a diverse…

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Jumping Chinook Salmon Seen in Chico’s Lower Bidwell Park

It’s that time of year when spring-run Chinook salmon are returning to the places they hatched to spawn in Northern…

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You Can Help Solve a Centuries-Old Mystery on the Northern California Coast

The nature of Northern California is full of so much beauty, and possibly just as much mystery. There is still…

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4,645 Pounds of Trash Removed from Illegal Marijuana Sites in Klamath National Forest

Photo by the Integral Ecology Research Center When recreational marijuana was legalized in California in 2018, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott…

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Contractor Chosen for Removal of Four Klamath River Dams

Photo: California Trout In January, a lawsuit was won by a group of Native American and conservation groups looking to…

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Federal Government Considers NorCal’s Summer-Run Steelhead for Endangered Species List

Photo by NOAA In November 2018, the Friends of the Eel River petitioned to list Northern California’s summer-run steelhead on…

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Watch a Giant Bobcat Just Strolling Down a Tahoe Road

With the snow melting in the Tahoe region, wild animal sightings (mostly bears) are on the rise. One of the…

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Caught on Camera: Cat Takes on Coyote on Northern California Porch

https://www.facebook.com/ed.wahl.73/videos/10214813880242655/ When a coyote approached a porch in North Highlands last week, it probably didn’t expect to encounter a ferocious…

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“Fish in the Classroom” Program Releases Steelhead into the Sacramento River

Teaching kids about the importance of the ecosystems in Northern California waterways has become an important initiative, with one school…

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Dead Whales are Washing Up on NorCal Shores at an Alarming Rate

Photo: Clara Field / The Marine Mammal Center On Monday, April 15th, commercial crabbing season in California came to a…

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Caught on Camera: Wild Animals are Returning to Whiskeytown Following Carr Fire

The Carr Fire had many ill effects on the human community of Shasta County, burning over 1,600 structures, claiming seven…

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Shocking Video Shows Bear Cub Cuddling Up to Snowboarder at Northstar in Tahoe

The above video posted to YouTube of a bear cub approaching a snowboarder at Northstar in Tahoe went viral, and…

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Explore the Diverse Wildlife of Tule Lake in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge

Tule Lake Refuge, established in 1928, rests in the fertile and intensely farmed Tule Lake Basin in Modoc County. The almost 40-thousand-acre refuge…

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WATCH: National Geographic Documents Pesticide Damage at Illegal Marijuana Grow Sites in NorCal

When recreational marijuana was legalized in California in 2018, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott announced that his concerns won’t lie within…

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International Succulent Smuggling Still a Major Problem on Northern California Coast

Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is stepping up their game…

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Lassen Man Convicted in California’s Largest Ever Poaching Case

A Northern California man has plead guilty of poaching more than 150 protected birds in Lassen County and has been…

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Enthusiastic Bear Cub Spotted, Captured in Yuba City Neighborhood

We see a lot of bear sightings all throughout Northern California, mostly in the Tahoe area. But Yuba City had…

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Turkey Hunter Comes Face-to-Face with Hungry Mountain Lions in Butte County

Billy Driessen, known for being a fishing guide in the area and catching giant bass, recently had a run-in with…

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185,000 Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Released into Battle Creek by Coleman Fish Hatchery

Press Release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 185,000 marked juvenile winter-run…

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Nesting Birds Close Down Sacramento High School’s Brand-New Field

Kildeer bird Construction workers had just finished the brand-new cork and synthetic turf field at Sacramento’s Rio Americano High School…

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Bringing the Majestic Condor Back to Northern California

Press Release from US Fish and Wildlife, Redwood National Park Service, and the Yurok Tribe: Photo from the National Park…

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Kayakers Surprised by Surfacing Whale on Humboldt Coast

A group of kayakers taking the Whale and Wildlife Tour from Kayak Trinidad received a once in a lifetime experience…

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Yosemite Conservancy Provides $15 Million for Yosemite National Park Projects

Yosemite Conservancy is providing $15.3 million in support to Yosemite National Park to protect the rare Sierra Nevada red fox, revitalize…

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Tahoe Couple Adopts Orphaned Northern California Cubs

In early March, two small bear cubs were found along Highway 96 just outside Yreka. The cubs were moved to…

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Mistake Causes the Deaths of 390,000 Juvenile Salmon at Coleman Fish Hatchery

Photo: Steve Martarano/USFWS An unfortunate mistake led to the deaths of 390,000 juvenile fall Chinook salmon at the Coleman National…

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Jaws of Life Used to Rescue Deer Stuck in Lodi Fence

Firefighters arrived at a scene in Lodi on Thursday where they discovered a desperate deer stuck in a fence. The…

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NorCal’s Dungeness Crab Season Cut Short to Protect Whale Populations

Flickr/Mike Baird This week, a legal settlement reached between state regulators, environmentalists and crab fishermen will cut the commercial fishing…

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Crew Mistakenly Cuts Down 27 Healthy Oak Trees in Bidwell Park

The City of Chico Public Works directed an inmate crew to cut and remove a group of damaged Catalpa trees…

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The San Francisco Bay is Currently Full of Migrating Whales

Photo: San Francisco Whale Tours The San Francisco Bay has recently seen an increased population of migrating whales and marine…

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Sites Reservoir Plan Publicly Criticized by Conservation Groups

Proposed site of Sites Reservoir. Photo: Sacramento River Preservation Trust As California continues to create new water storage initiatives, the…

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Shasta Pack Murder? What Happened to NorCal’s Famed Gray Wolfpack?

Photo of the Shasta Pack in 2015 Four years ago, two wolves had a litter of five pups in the…

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Flock of Millions of Butterflies Migrating Towards Northern California

With the unbelievable precipitation in California this winter, flower superblooms have exploded the population of painted lady butterflies in the…

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Increased Populations of Ticks Found in Butte County

The western black-legged tick The Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District reminded Butte County residents that tick populations continue…

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Abandoned Bear Cubs Found in Far NorCal Spark Poaching Investigation

Earlier this month, two small bear cubs were found along Highway 96 just outside Yreka. The cubs were moved to…

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Public Warned Against Eating Fish in Whiskeytown Lake

Flick/Wayne Hsieh While Whiskeytown Lake isn’t known for its world-class fishing, there are certainly some fish to be caught in…

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Watch: Rare Albino Deer Spotted Along the Trinity River

It can be a stunning sight the likes of which many people never get a chance to see. An albino…

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Watch this Poor Duck Get Sucked Into the Lake Berryessa Glory Hole

With water running high in Northern California, the Lake Berryessa glory hole overflowed, pumping water into the spillway tunnel that…

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“Trout in the Classroom” Program Flourishing in Northern California Schools

Teaching kids about the importance of the ecosystems in Northern California waterways has become an important initiative, with one school…

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Researchers Recapture Rare Red Foxes in Lassen Volcanic National Park

Photo: Lassen Volcanic National Park State wildlife biologists in Lassen Volcanic National Park have been trying to learn about the…

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Turtle Bay Partners with California Trout on Aquatic Adventures Program

Photo: Turtle Bay Turtle Bay Exploration Park, a museum and animal conservation along the Sacramento River in Redding, announced a…

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Over 22,000 Baby “Winter Run” Chinook Salmon Released into the Sacramento River

Under the cover of darkness last night, officials transported over 22,000 baby “winter run” chinook salmon to the Sacramento River…

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Watch Black Bear Defend its Cub Against Sheriff’s Officers in Tahoe

It’s winter in Tahoe and, for the most part, bears have gone into some form of hibernation. But black bears…

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Seals Took Over a Point Reyes Beach During Shutdown, Forcing it to Close Indefinitely

Flickr/Rick Berg When the Point Reyes National Seashore was forced to close during the record 35-day government shutdown, visitors weren’t…

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Hoopa Tribe Wins Federal Lawsuit Paving Way for Klamath Dam Removal

Photo: California Trout The Hoopa Valley Tribe emerged victorious from federal court of appeals against PacifiCorp on Friday, with a…

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Squaw’s Olympic Meadows to be Acquired and Preserved for Public Use

Photo Courtesy of the Poulsen Family Set in a beautiful meadow with Squaw Creek meandering through and the peaks of…

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Northern California Chinook Salmon up for Endangered Species Consideration

Spring Chinook Salmon. Photo courtesy Michael Humling, US Fish & Wildlife Service The recent volatility of Northern California waterways has…

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Wild Horses Rounded Up in the Devil’s Garden are Protected… For Now

Photo by Stacy Snow In October 2018, officials rounded up nearly 1,000 mustangs in Modoc County’s Devil’s Garden, know for…

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Fish and Wildlife Officials Seek Public Help in Humboldt Elk Poaching Investigation

Via Flickr/Terry Feuerborn The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking information about an elk poaching case currently…

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Northern California Abalone Diving Banned Until 2021

Photo: California Department of Fish and Game After prohibiting abalone fishing in 2018, the California Fish and Game Commission has decided to…

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Beautiful New Trail System Coming to the Grove of Titans in Jedediah Smith Redwoods

The Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, located in the northwest corner of California near Crescent City, is one of the most…

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Trophy-Sized Rainbow Trout to be Stocked into Lake Siskiyou

Although it’s never been a fishing destination, Lake Siskiyou has always been a place you can fish. More known for…

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Lawsuit Challenges Government’s Failure to Protect Shasta Salamanders From Extinction

*This is a press release submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity The Center for Biological Diversity and the Environmental Protection…

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Bear Casually Opens Door and Strolls into Tahoe CHP Facility

Tahoe bears are becoming much more brash in their actions in search of human food, and on top of that,…

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Bear Incidents Down in Yosemite but Vehicles Still a Big Threat

Over the past 20 years, Yosemite National Park officials have achieved notable results in their work to protect bears by…

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Watch as Police Officers Free Bear Cub Stuck in a Tahoe Car

Bear encounters continue to be on the rise in Tahoe, with the furry animals learning new tactics to get their…

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Bald Eagles Delay Trail Repairs at Lake Natoma

When heavy rains in the winter of 2017 sent soil and boulders crashing down onto the popular hiking and biking trail…

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Man Rescued After Great White Shark Attack Near Farallon Islands

A man was rescued by the coast guard on Tuesday after he was attacked by a shark near the Farallon…

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Officials May Begin Killing Point Reye’s Tule Elk in Favor of Dairy Cows

Point Reyes National Seashore, sitting north of San Francisco on the California coast, is home to a flourishing wildlife population,…

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Officials Forced to Euthanize Young Mountain Lion Who Wandered into NorCal Bakery

“You hear stories of Firefighters called for cats stuck in trees… We got called for a lion stuck in a…

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Video: Tiger Stalks Man Who Jumps Over Barrier at Oakland Zoo

A man jumped over the wooden barrier that separates the tiger pen from visitors at the Oakland Zoo on Sunday,…

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The Controversy Surrounding Tahoe’s Growing Bear Population

The community surrounding Lake Tahoe has a problem. With a growing population of bears moving into the area during summer…

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Black Bear Spotted “Grocery Shopping” in Tahoe

Now that it’s the fall season and bears in Tahoe are becoming more brazen in their attempts to get their…

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Studying the Iconic Tunnel Tree – Estimated to be Over 1,000-Years-Old

After the famous Pioneer Cabin Tunnel Tree toppled to the ground, California State Parks, Save the Redwoods League and Humboldt…

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Bulls vs. Bears: Northern California’s Bloody Spectator Sport of the 19th Century

In the 1800’s, when Spanish conquistadors and early gold rush optimists flocked to the newly settled areas of Northern California,…

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Thousands of Wild Horses in Modoc Could Be Sent to the Slaughterhouse

In the northeast corner of Northern California sits the Modoc National Forest, which is home to thousands of wild horses…

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Governor Brown Declares October “California Redwoods Month”

California Governor Jerry Brown has issued a proclamation declaring October 2018 “California Redwoods Month.” The announcement honors California’s state trees,…

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Walk Through a Beautiful Redwood Forest in Downtown San Francisco

Save the Redwoods League is bringing the beauty of the redwood forest to thousands of commuters at San Francisco’s Montgomery Street…

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Lassen Man Arrested in California’s Largest Ever Poaching Case

After following an anonymous tip, Game Warden Todd Kinnard visited an 80-acre property in the Lassen County town of Standon,…

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California Tahoe Conservancy Receives $1.7 million to Restore Largest Wetland in the Sierra Nevada

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has awarded $1,700,066 to the California Tahoe Conservancy (Conservancy) to help fund the…

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Bear Causes Massive Power Outage in Butte County

On Monday morning, a pesky bear took to a 60,000-volt electric pole in Butte County for a little bit of a…

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Bear Uses Force to Break Into Multiple Cars Near Lake Tahoe

Visitors to the Desolation Wilderness returned to their parked cars to see that they had been burglarized. Immediately, they knew…

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Massive Sturgeon Caught on Shasta Lake

The stories of giant sturgeon in Shasta Lake have been circulating for decades. The giant fish are known to hang…

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After a Decade, Researchers Finally Caught a Red Fox in Lassen. Then They Caught Another One Three Weeks Later.

On March 6th, a 10-pound female red fox walked into a box trap near Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic National…

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Northern California Coyote Rescued After Spending Two Weeks with Head Stuck in a Jar

We don’t typically see coyotes as a great friend to mankind, but anyone who could see this poor animal with a…

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Watch: A Superpod of Roughly 1,000 Dolphins Swim Through Monterey Bay

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is known to have some of the coolest underwater creatures on the planet. But an even…

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How Your Selfies Are Killing Northern California’s Seal Puppies

During seal pupping season on the coast of Northern California, baby seals will be basking in the sunshine on the beach…

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Symbol of the State: Bringing the Grizzly Bear Back to California

Although the grizzly bear sits front-and-center on the California state flag, the animal hasn’t roamed California in nearly 100 years.…

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The Incredible Recovery of a Bear Cub Severely Burned in the Carr Fire

California wildfires can have devastating effects on humans living near the fires. These fires can also be equally devastating for…

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This Northern California Destination Made World’s 100 Greatest Places in 2018 from Time Magazine

Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove is famous for being one of the largest collection of mature trees in the world. The grove’s sequoias…

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Q&A with Michelle Titus – the Owner of Northern California’s Premiere Fishing Lodge

In a short time, Michelle Titus went from a Bay Area city-dweller to a North Valley, horse wrangling “anglet”. When she…

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The Wildfire Debate: What’s the Cause of these Massive NorCal Fires?

It’s a wildfire year to remember in Northern California. The past 10 months have produced four of the top eight…

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9 Family-Friendly Camping Spots in Northern California

The insistent bzzzzzzzz of a mosquito roused me from sleep, but my eyes refused to open in hopes it would…

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Fly Fishing on the Haunted Upper Sacramento River

Thankfully, no invisible or bony hand ever reached out to touch my shoulder on dark evenings while fishing the October…

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Explorers Study Ancient Underwater Forests with a Submarine at Fallen Leaf Lake

Mapping out the history of our the outdoors can be a difficult task, one that requires time, money, and maybe…

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Win Great Fishing Gear with the 2018 California Trout Photo Contest

The 2018 California Trout Photo Contest is now accepting submissions July 15 through August 31st! Share your best photos of California’s…

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Rare White Raccoon Spotted at Lake Merritt

Lake Merritt is a beautiful urban lake in Oakland, California, and a new photo has emerged that shows it’s also…

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Firefighters Rescue Baby Deer During the Creek Fire

As fires swept through Shasta County during the Creek Fire, firefighters rushed to save homes, evacuate nearby residents and contain…

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