JASON ROBERTS NAMED REGIONAL MANAGER FOR CDFW'S NORTHERN REGION

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 9 -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife issued the following press release:

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has named Jason Roberts as the new Regional Manager for its Northern Region.

Roberts has more than two decades of experience with CDFW as a fisheries biologist, supervisor, program manager, policy expert and tribal liaison. He joined CDFW's Northern Region in 2014 and, among other assignments, managed CDFW's Upper Sacramento River Basin fisheries efforts and most recently served as Inland Fisheries Program Manager.

Roberts was instrumental in two of CDFW's most ambitious initiatives to help restore north state Chinook salmon populations: The pilot program with the Winnemem ...