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FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE Travis Tanaka1*, Kirsten Ramey2, Shoshana Lescht-Smith3, Michael Patton1, Matthew Warren1, and Paul Reilly1 1 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region, 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100, Monterey, CA 93940, USA https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9056-2952 (TT)2 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region, 619 2nd Street, Eureka, CA 95501, USA https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5483-54953 California Department … Continue reading Evaluation of the California halibut trawl grounds
2025-12-29
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REVIEW PAPER Marcus E. Blum1, Jesse Blum2, and Vernon C. Bleich3* 1 Texas A&M University, Natural Resources Institute, 1001 Holleman Drive East, College Station, TX 77840, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4817-55852 Raven Environmental Services, Inc., 6 Oak Bend Drive, Huntsville, TX 77320, USA3 University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 1664 North Virginia … Continue reading Drones, sensors, and their potential utility for mountain sheep surveys
2025-12-29
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RESEARCH NOTE Jordan M. Buxton*, Marissa L. Wulff, Veronica L. Violette, Danielle L. Palm, Matthew J. Young, and Frederick Feyrer U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, 3115 Ramco Street, Suite 180, West Sacramento, CA 95691-5761, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-0944 (JMB) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-9066 (MLW) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7390-4655 (VLV) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3045-5287 (DLP) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-6866 (MJY) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1253-2349 (FF) *Corresponding Author: jbuxton@usgs.gov Published 29 December … Continue reading Status of Clear Lake Hitch in Lower Blue Lake, Lake County, California, 2024
2025-08-28
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JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Ange Darnell Baker Design and Layout Editors Gabe Quillman, Andrew Willkens, Lea Koerber, Alison Nevins, Diane Haas, Jennifer Gaffey, Maggie McCann, Rose Dodgen, Shelby Thompson, and Lanette Richardson Associate Editors Wildlife Branch: Laura Patterson, Katherine Miller, Karen Converse, Katrina Smith, Matt Meshiry, Anne Hilborn, Kimiora Ward, Ryan Bourbour, Arjun Dheer, and Austin … Continue reading Cover and Front Matter
2025-08-28
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Our summer issue is coming out on time still in the midst of official summer—hooray! It always feels good to get things back on track. This issue has a number of excellent articles including an essay, short communication, and research note, as well as two full research articles. Dr. Matt Johnson, a professor in the … Continue reading Notes from the Editor
2025-08-28
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SHORT COMMUNICATION William B. Ludt1*, Michelle C. Horeczko2, Todd R. Clardy1, and Benjamin W. Frable3 1 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Department of Ichthyology, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-9699 (WBL) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-8789 (TRC)2 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region, 2451 Signal Street, Berth 57, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA3 … Continue reading Recent beach strandings of the Pacific Footballfish on the Pacific coast of the United States
2025-08-28
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FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE Brian Cypher* and Erica Kelly California State University, Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-545X (BC) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-1607 (EK) *Corresponding Author: bcypher@esrp.csustan.edu Published 28 August 2025 • doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.111.14 Abstract The immense ecological plasticity of coyotes (Canis latrans) facilitates their use of anthropogenically altered habitats including urban areas. We analyzed scat samples … Continue reading Coyote food item use along an urban gradient in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California
2025-08-28
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RESEARCH NOTE Kristin Denryter1*, Thomas R. Stephenson2, and Kevin L. Monteith3 1 Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Nutrition Lab, 1800 Glenn Highway, Suite 2, Palmer, AK 99645, USA  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-82132 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region, 787 North Main Street, Bishop, CA 93514, USA  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9412-83093 University of Wyoming, Department of Zoology and … Continue reading Evaluating assumptions about gross energy in estimating nutritional value of forage: a case study using forages of Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
2025-08-28
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FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE Vernon C. Bleich* and Kelley M. Stewart University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, 1664 North Virginia Street, Mail Stop 186, Reno, NV 89557, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5016-1051 (VCB) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9643-5890 (KMS) *Corresponding Author: vcbleich@gmail.com Published 28 August 2025 • doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.111.13 Abstract Minerals are important nutrients and are essential components of … Continue reading Geographic variation in trace mineral concentrations in blood of mule deer from the Mojave Desert, California, USA
2025-05-21
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For the spring issue of the Journal, I am happy to introduce you to a number of new editors. My current Associate Editor (AE) staff was having difficulty keeping up with our submission workload, so I put out a call for new editors—and boy did my fellow CDFW scientists step up! Below you will find … Continue reading Notes from the Editor
2025-05-21
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JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Ange Darnell Baker Design and Layout Editors Gabe Quillman, Andrew Willkens, Lea Koerber, Alison Nevins, Diane Haas, Jennifer Gaffey, Maggie McCann, Rose Dodgen, Shelby Thompson, and Lanette Richardson Associate Editors Wildlife Branch: Laura Patterson, Katherine Miller, Karen Converse, Katrina Smith, Matt Meshiry, Anne Hilborn, Kimiora Ward, Ryan Bourbour, and Arjun DheerFisheries Branch: Jeff … Continue reading Cover and Front Matter
2025-05-20
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FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE Barbara Clucas* and Sydney L. McCluskey California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Department of Wildlife, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-0920 (BC) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-3509 (SLM) *Corresponding Author: barbara.clucas@humboldt.edu  Published 21 May 2025 • doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.111.8 Abstract Effective survey methods to detect small mammal species are often needed to develop conservation and management plans in … Continue reading Camera trap method effectively identifies small mammal species in forested habitats
2025-05-20
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FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE Barbara M. Leitner* and Philip Leitner Leitner Biological Consulting, 2 Parkway Court, Orinda, CA 94563, USA  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3100-7509 (BML)  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5042-6358 (PL) *Corresponding Author: bleitner@pacbell.net Published 21 May 2025 • doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.111.9 Abstract We conducted a regional camera trapping study in 2021 to assess the distribution of the Mohave ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus mohavensis; MGS) that … Continue reading Daily activity patterns of Mohave ground squirrels in a camera trapping study
2025-03-23
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BOOK REVIEW Bryan Hockett and Eric Dillingham (with contributions by Clifford Alpheus Shaw and Mark O’Brien). 2023. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, USA. 160 pages (hardcover). $85.00. ISBN: 978-1-64843-108-1 http://www.doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.111.6 The authors of this work, Bryan Hockett and Eric Dillingham, are retired U.S. Government scientists with may years of experience serving the U.S. … Continue reading Large Scale Traps of the Great Basin
2025-03-23
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RESEARCH NOTE Justin Garwood*, Grace Cunningham, Forest Peri, and Raziel Lederman-Beach California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern Region, 5341 Ericson Way, Arcata, CA 95521, USA  https://orcid.org/0009- 0009-7402-3145 (JG) *Corresponding Author: justin.garwood@wildlife.ca.gov Published 23 March 2025 • doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.111.2 Key words: fishery impacts, invasive predator, Klamath Mountains, Rana cascadae, Salvelinus fontinalis, Trinity Alps Citation: Garwood, J., … Continue reading Brook Trout predation on dispersing Cascades frogs shows invasive fish populations can impact amphibian recruitment from the broader landscape
2025-03-23
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JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Ange Darnell Baker Design and Layout Editors Gabe Quillman, Andrew Willkens, Lea Koerber, Alison Nevins, Diane Haas, Jennifer Gaffey, Maggie McCann, Rose Dodgen, Shelby Thompson, and Lanette Richardson Associate Editors Wildlife Branch: Laura Patterson, Katherine Miller, Karen Converse, Katrina Smith, Matt Meshiry, Anne Hilborn, Kimiora Ward, Thomas Connor, and Ryan BourbourFisheries Branch: Jeff … Continue reading Cover and Front Matter
2025-03-23
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FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE David J. Germano1*, Lawrence R. Saslaw2, and Eric Gerber3 1 California State University, Bakersfield, Department of Biology, Bakersfield, CA 93311, USA (retired)  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-03322 Endangered Species Recovery Program, California State University, Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382, USA3 Northeastern University, Khoury College of Computer Science, Boston, MA 02115, USA *Corresponding Author: dgermano@csub.edu … Continue reading Cattle grazing and long-term microclimatic fluctuations of simulated rodent burrows
2025-03-23
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While it’s not technically winter, here’s the first issue of 2025 as close as we could get it to official winter. The issue’s first article is a research note from two Westervelt Ecological Services scientists. The note documents the record of Lynch tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus lemmoni) in several vernal pools of the Central Valley of … Continue reading Notes from the Editor
2025-03-23
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RESEARCH NOTE Sean M. O’Brien* and Brent Helm Westervelt Ecological Services, 3636 American River Drive, Sacrament, CA 95864, USA https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-5161-7049 (SMO) *Corresponding Author: seanobrien1342@gmail.com Published 23 March 2025 • doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.111.1 Key words: largebranchiopod, Lepidurus packardi, playa, San Joaquin, tadpole shrimp, Tulare Basin, vernal pool Citation: O’Brien, S. M., and B. Helm. 2025. First record of … Continue reading First record of Lepidurus lemmoni (Holmes 1894) (Crustacea: Notostraca) in California’s Central Valley
2024-12-27
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JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Ange Darnell Baker Design and Layout Editors Gabe Quillman, Andrew Willkens, Lea Koerber, Alison Nevins, Diane Haas, Jennifer Gaffey, Maggie McCann, Rose Dodgen, Shelby Thompson, and Lanette Richardson Associate Editors Wildlife Branch: Laura Patterson, Katherine Miller, Karen Converse, Katrina Smith, Matt Meshiry, Anne Hilborn, Kimiora Ward, Thomas Connor, and Ryan BourbourFisheries Branch: Jeff … Continue reading Cover and Front Matter
2024-12-27
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The final issue of 2024 is coming out just under the wire! The first article in the issue, by CDFW scientists, Dr. Dylan Stompe and Dr. James Hobbs, details an experimental study using gillnetting to sample larger fish in the San Francisco Estuary (SFE). Traditional monitoring uses methods that focus on small fishes or juvenile … Continue reading Notes from the Editor
2024-12-27
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RESEARCH NOTE Jeff A. Alvarez1* and Jakob Woodall2 1 The Wildlife Project, P.O. Box 188888, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1875-63272 Stillwater Sciences, 2855 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7369-6737 *Corresponding Author: jeff@thewildlifeproject.com Published 27 December 2024 • doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.110.18 Key words: above ground, foraging, management implications, phenology, Spea hammondii, surveys, timing, western spadefoot Citation: Alvarez, J. … Continue reading Above ground phenology of terrestrial forms of western spadefoot with management recommendations
2024-11-04
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FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE Austin Roy1,2*, Arielle Crews1,3, Stephanie Castle1,4, Robert Klinger5, Deana Clifford2, and Janet Foley1 1 University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, 1320D Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2519-6455 (AR) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-283X (JF)2 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Health Lab, 1701 Nimbus Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-7787 (DC)3 San Mateo … Continue reading Assessment of detection methods for the endangered Amargosa vole
2024-11-04
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The third issue of 2024, which is coming quite a bit late (apologies!) due to me taking a new position as a supervisor, is a diverse one, taxonomically—from shorebirds and songbirds to mammals, fish, and invertebrates. The issue starts with an article by an East Bay Regional Park District biologist in collaboration with Point Blue … Continue reading Notes from the Editor
2024-06-06
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REVIEW PAPER Daniel Airola1*, Edward  C. Beedy2, Susan Sanders3, and Joseph Medley4 1 Conservation Research and Planning, Sacramento, CA, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6725-42302 Beedy Environmental Consulting, 12213 Half Moon Way, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA3 AECOM, 2020 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA 95811, USA4 USDA Forest Service, Bass Lake Ranger District, 57003 Road 225, North Fork, … Continue reading Tricolored blackbird survey methods