The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released the draft Conservation Plan for Gray Wolves in California and is soliciting input about the draft.
The plan is the product of collaboration between CDFW scientific and wildlife experts, and a diverse stakeholder group that has spent many hours since 2012 to develop it.
The group includes Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, California Farm Bureau Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, California Woolgrowers Association, California Deer Association, California Cattlemen's Association and the Center for Biological Diversity, among others.
Interested parties are encouraged to review CDFW's Web site with information about gray wolves in California, including the legal status of wolves under federal and state law, the migration of the first documented wolf in the state in nearly 100 years and CDFW's announcement about the Shasta pack this summer.
The Web site also features procedures for contacting CDFW for those who may experience wolves in the wild.
Informational workshops will be held to provide information and hear views about the plan in early 2016. All meetings will be held from 5 to 8 p.m.
Dates and locations are as follows:
– Yreka: Jan. 21, 2016. Miner's Inn Convention Center/Best Western, 122 E. Miner St.
– Long Beach: Jan. 26, 2016. Pointe Conference Center at CSU Long Beach, Walter Pyramid (entrance on Merriam Way), 1250 N. Bellflower Blvd.
– Sacramento: Feb. 1, 2016. Double Tree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way.
Comments will also be accepted via e-mail at [email protected] , and regular mail at Wolf Plan Comments, P.O. Box 26750, San Francisco, CA 94126.
Please postmark the comments no later than Feb. 15, 2016.
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