NOTEBOOK: GAME-BIRD STAMPS ON SALE UNTIL JUNE 30.Byline: Keith Lair Staff Writer The Department of Fish and Game will hold a final sale of expired duck and upland-game-bird stamps through June 30. The DFG DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) DFG Department of Fish and Game DFG District Factor Group DFG Data Flow Graph DFG Difference Frequency Generation DFG Diode Function Generator DFG Dog Faced Gremlin has more than $2 million worth of stamp-collector items in its inventory, dating to 1981. All stamps will be sold at face value and all unsold stamps will be destroyed after June 30. Also available are native species first-day-ossue envelopes. The stamps are illustrations of various species by renown artists. Revenue from the sale of the stamps is used to protect and manage California's waterfowl, upland game and habitat. A listing of available stamps and an order form are at the DFG's Web site, www.dfg.ca.gov. --Final chance: The final U.S. Forest Service Plan public meeting in the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. area will be held Tuesday at the Cal State L.A. Student Union, Room A and B, 5154 State University Drive, at 6 p.m. The meeting is designed to accept public input in future land- and resource-management plans in the Angeles, San Bernardino, Los Padres and Cleveland national forests. For more information, call (858) 524-0140 or visit the Web site www.r5.fs.fed/sccs. --New rules: The Fish and Game Commission will consider the adoption of changes in the 2002-04 sportfishing regulations on the second day of its scheduled two-day meeting, Dec. 6-7, in Long Beach. The commissioners met Nov. 2 in Redding, where they announced their proposed regulations. The new rules reflect public input and recommendations from the Department of Fish and Game and Pacific Fisheries Council. The session regarding fishing regulations will be held at the Long Beach City Council chambers, 333 W. Ocean Blvd. The first day of meetings, in which other commission business will be discussed, will be at Cal State Long Beach's Dumke Auditorium, 401 Golden Shore Drive. The new rules will be in effect March 1, 2002, to Feb. 28, 2004. Under Fish and Game Code restrictions, commissioners will accept additional public comment concerning the Upper Owens River, Big Chico Creek Big Chico Creek originates on Colby Mountain, located in Tehama County, California. The creek flows 45 miles to its confluence with the Sacramento River in Butte County. The creek's elevation ranges from 120 feet at the Sacramento River to 6000 feet at Colby Mountain. , Putah Creek, shelf rockfish rockfish, member of the large family Scorpaenidae (rockfishes and scorpionfishes), carnivorous fish inhabiting all seas and especially abundant in the temperate waters of the Pacific. Rockfishes are found among rocks and reefs. , nearshore near·shore n. The region of land extending from the backshore to the beginning of the offshore zone. near rockfish, lingcod lingcod Commercially popular fish species (Ophiodon elongatus) that is strictly marine, found along the Pacific coast of North America. It is a voracious predator with a large mouth and caninelike teeth. , surf perch, abalone abalone (ăbəlō`nē), popular name in the United States for a univalve gastropod mollusk of the genus Haliotis, members of which are also called ear shells, or sea ears, as their shape resembles the human ear. and the reorganization regulations for native reptiles and amphibians amphibians members of the animal class Amphibia. Includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and cecilians all capable of living on land or in water. . --Water crisis: Ducks Unlimited Inc. has joined other wildlife- conservation organizations to participate in the U.S. Magistrate's mediation process that is seeking solutions to the water crisis in the Klammath Basin. DU Western Region director Ron Stromstad says the group is hoping to help the region secure a reliable and adequate water source for the area. |
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