We re thrilled : Another gray wolf has made its way to Northern California
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A new male gray wolf dubbed OR-103 was seen in northeastern Siskiyou County on May 4, following a similar journey to OR-93, a gray wolf that traveled from Oregon to San Luis Obispo County. This is a stock image of a gray wolf. Raimund Linke/Getty Images
OR-93, the young male gray wolf who made his way to Northern California by way of Oregon last January, just might have a companion to join him in his newfound territory.
Another male wolf dubbed OR-103 has followed suit, making his own trek from Oregon to Northern California, according to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife. He’s the second documented wolf to do so this year, wandering hundreds of miles south before arriving in northeastern Siskiyou County on May 4. Though his pack of origin remains unknown, Oregon state wildlife biologists previously traced his location back to Deschutes County through the signa
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A: No. Wolverines are fully protected mammals as defined by the FGC. It’s not legal to hunt them. Your confusion may stem from the taxonomy (scientific name) of a weasel family and genus as explained in the CCR.
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Q: I read about the elusive wolverine that scientists documented in the Truckee region of the Tahoe National Forest from 2008-18. I’m not interested in hunting wolverines but I can’t find the law that says you can’t. Aren’t they non-game weasels, which would mean you can legally hunt them?
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California Fish and Game Commission welcomes new member, adopts waterfowl hunting regulations changes
California Fish and Game Commission
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17 April 2021
At its April meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission acted on several issues affecting California’s natural resources.
The commission welcomed newly appointed Commissioner Erika Zavaleta and acknowledged the reappointments of Jacque Hostler-Carmesin and Samantha Murray as commissioners.
Zavaleta has been a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department since 2016, where she was a professor in the Environmental Studies Department from 2003 to 2016. Zavaleta was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley from 2001 to 2003.