March 2016

DU receives $1 million grant for Honey Lake Valley wetland conservation work

Ducks Unlimited was recently awarded a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant to conserve 3,456 acres of habitat in Honey Lake Valley and adjoining areas in northeast California, the first NAWCA Grant to focus entirely on this [...]

March 29, 2016 // 893 Comments

Californians seeing water partnership benefits

DU Western Region Director of Conservation Programs, Jim Well (center), spoke to the gathered media on the partnership between rice farmers and waterfowl. Ducks Unlimited joined a group of water district managers, farmers and fish biologists in [...]

March 18, 2016 // 734 Comments

DU CEO Dale Hall Writes Op-Ed on California

Ducks Unlimited’s CEO Dale Hall recently penned an editorial that ran in Tuesday’s Contra Costa Times, highlighting the collaborative effort between DU and rice farmers to create habitat during the California drought. Like other [...]

March 11, 2016 // 707 Comments

DUTV Spotlights the Central Valley

DUTV headed west to California just prior to Christmas, joining long-time DU supporter Dennis Campini and his son, Logan, for a great exposure to the Grasslands in the northern San Joaquin Valley. Dennis is the president of the Grassland Resource [...]

March 3, 2016 // 752 Comments

DU needs your help!

The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) conserves North America’s waterfowl, fish and wildlife resources while producing a variety of environmental and economic benefits. Its success is driven by partnerships involving federal, [...]

March 2, 2016 // 597 Comments