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Hot Topics

• CDFW News | Factual Information About Lake Tahoe’s Black Bears
• Dangers of Feeding Deer Brochure(PDF, 664KB)
• Residential Wildlife Friendly Fencing(PDF, 668KB)
• Agricultural Wildlife Friendly Fencing(PDF, 607KB)
• Managing Human-Wildlife Conflicts
• The Status of Wolves (Canis lupis) in California
• Best Management Practices for Fencing(PDF, 1MB)
• Caltrans Report to F&W Commission on Wildlife Undercrossing in El Dorado County, Oct 25, 2023
• Why Feeding Deer is Harmful to Them(PDF, 7MB)
• Restoring California's Wildlife Connectivity (2022)(PDF, 3MB)
• More background information available at CDFW website
• Deer-Vehicle Collisions During the Fall Mating Season (By CA Deer Association)
• Avoiding Deer on Backroads, Around Here Magazine, Winter 2021(PDF, 3MB)
• Information on why non-lead bullets are replacing lead bullets in California 
• Are Wildlife Crossing Necessary and Do they Really Work? (October 2021)(PDF, 349KB)
• Fencing Article, Around Here Magazine, Summer 2021(PDF, 3MB)
• How California snared two elite hunters posting ‘once a lifetime’ kills on social media

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