– CDFW press release
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will be conducting a wildlife checkpoint operation in in the Eastern Sierra in late April to promote safety, education and compliance with laws and regulations.
CDFW wildlife officers will be conducting the inspection on westbound Highway 108, north of Bridgeport, on Monday, April 27 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting.
The wildlife checkpoint is being conducted to protect and conserve fish and wildlife, and to encourage safety and sportsmanship by promoting voluntary compliance with laws, rules and regulations through education, preventative patrol and enforcement.
All anglers and hunters will be required to stop and submit to an inspection. CDFW officers will also be providing informative literature about the invasive quagga mussel and New Zealand Mudsnail.
low inyo- yes i have. even tho i have lived all of my life here, and my family has been here for generations, i have considered moving else where. Love the country, love most the people, but the politics ……..well all i will say is i have both seen and… Read more »
biggame….Some of what you said there,don’t know what your talking about….complain about the dust ?….what my neighbors are doing ?….I have GREAT neighbors on both sides…and as far as washing my truck on my property…first time the truck has been washed since December of last year….can you say that ?… Read more »
on that same note low inyo.. you moved to Lone Pine and complain about the dust and what the neibor does on his property? You think all drug offenders should be jailed, regardless of the financial impact it has, and at the same time you admit that you would not… Read more »
…biggame….If you can’t make a living or able to operate a business with a profit up here,as well as feeling the authorities in Inyo and Mono Counties are violating your rights……have you ever considered moving somewhere else ?
not only are our rights violated. the whole advertisement defeats the purpose. Those who exceet the legal limit and smuggle fish know there is a check point and therefor will more than likely take an alternate route to avoid being caught. The rest of us will end up waiting in… Read more »
wow low inyo did i offend you by saying our rights are being violated? They are. You are ok with that? I am not. Do not judge me or assume you know anything about me.
Its not about being afraid. Its about being harrassed and the unjust search and seizure without probable cause. It is a form of entraptment, a violation of our civil rights and should not be tolerated. Whats the matter with all you people and why are so many people accepting of… Read more »
biggame….Time to maybe put up or shut up….Maybe what you should do is set an example….CDFW usually announces when and where they conduct these checkpoints in advance.What you should maybe do,to set an example for all us “accepting to have our rights trampled on ” sissies is voluntarily go to… Read more »
I hear your plight, Tinner. I too, have witnessed (we all have) some very frustrating behavior by trailer-trash while fishing in the Eastern Sierra . I always return to my truck or camp with the rear portion of my fishing vest filled with cans and bottles, instead of fish (C&R)… Read more »
Tinner, stop fishing in the L.A. River!
Hmm, what is everyone afraid of? Most fisherman follow the rules and regulations but not all. I don’t fish like I used to partially because I don’t want to be compared to one of those littering, driving their big tough 4X4 trucks where they shouldn’t, taking more than their limit,… Read more »
But we have a tourist economy. We need the people you describe to buy sandwiches and trinkets. What’s a little trash? Think of the money….
Shouldn’t they be called the Fish and Wild Death Department? =
I guess they use public safety as their excuse to for this check point? A guy can’t even go legally fishing without getting harassed anymore.
Exactly why I don’t fish in California anymore, I refuse to support such abuse.
So CDFW is promoting safety, education and compliance with laws and regulations by way of demanding that EVERYONE be required to stop and submit to an inspection. i like it. As Tom Friedman has observed, if only we could be China for a day! And so we will be! Right… Read more »
according to the article, only fisherman and hunters are required to stop, so if I’m just travelling through, I would not be stopped. I wonder how they do this? a sign saying pull over if you’re a fisherman or hunter?