DU’s Pacific Northwest field office named Washington DFW Partner Organization of the Year
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Ducks Unlimited hosts Zoom chat on the Klamath Basin
Ducks Unlimited Directors of Development Anne Hansen and Jessop Boden recently hosted a Zoom chat for DU Major Sponsors entitled, The Klamath: Perspectives, Predicaments and Progress. The event featured a waterfowl migration update from DU Director [...]
Dusky Canada geese not legal to harvest
Photo by David Bowers Information in the most recent edition of Wildfowl Magazine suggested that dusky geese were a legal species to harvest this season. This IS NOT correct.Dusky geese are NOT legal to harvest. The season for dusky Canada geese has [...]
NAWCA funding approved for San Joaquin Wetlands project
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (MBCC), chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, recently approved more than $130 million in funding for various wetland conservation projects, including a project in California’s [...]
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge Sump 1B is filling with water
DU Regional Biologist Amelia Raquel stands in a field of smartweed at Sump 1B in the Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge. Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Tule Lake Irrigation District (TID) opened the canal between Tule Lake National [...]
DU continues sponsorship of National Hunting and Fishing Day
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Lee Bosch is new Ducks Unlimited Nevada State Chair
WINNEMUCCA, Nev. – Sept. 16, 2020 – Nevada Ducks Unlimited is pleased to announce Lee Bosch of Winnemucca, Nevada, as the chapter’s new state chair. Bosch, a DU volunteer for more than 15 years, began his new volunteer role on Sept. 1.“We [...]
Why Tule Lake NWR Sump 1B is going dry
By Ducks Unlimited Biologist Amelia Raquel; John Vradenburg, USFWS – Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex supervisory biologist; and Brad Kirby, Tule Lake Irrigation district manager The Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern [...]
Steve Carroll receives DU Excellence in Conservation Award
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Dr. Renee Spenst receives DU Excellence in Conservation Award
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Bridges installed in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area improve wetlands management
Photo by Aaron Will Construction crews installed two bridges in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (Wildlife Area) on Aug. 5, part of a larger construction project taking place this summer to create new habitat, improve wetlands management and support [...]
Western Region Conservation Chat: DUMAC
Watch our latest episode in our series of DU’s Western Region Conservation Zoom Chats, focusing this week on the important habitat work Ducks Unlimited de México (DUMAC) is performing for waterfowl. This week’s episode with host Anne [...]
Update on West Coast Goose Study
Dr. Mark Petrie of Ducks Unlimited recently gave an update to DU’s Alaska Convention on an important study taking place along the West Coast. California’s Central Valley has seen goose numbers triple to nearly three million birds over the [...]
Positive North Dakota waterfowl survey results for 2020
For the first time in its 65-year history, the 2020 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was cancelled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and state partners due to COVID-19 restrictions. [...]
Easement funding approved to conserve Sacramento Valley habitat
by Meghan Fought, Regional Biologist Ducks Unlimited recently received approval for funding through the California Wildlife Conservation Board to purchase a conservation easement on the C & P Duck Company property. The C & P Duck Company [...]
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Financial fallout of coronavirus has hit nonprofits hard. Here’s how Congress can help.
DU President Rogers Hoyt penned an op-ed in USA TODAY on Friday to highlight the new reality for America’s nonprofit organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how Congress can help. Read this important piece to find out how nonprofits [...]
DU’s Bay Coast team working on essential levee repairs in SF Bay Area
by DU Staff Recent heavy winter rains combined with a number of other factors to create extensive levee damage at the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area, just north of San Francisco across the San Pablo Bay. High tide events, local stream flows, and [...]
A pair of mallards, a clutch of eggs, and a lesson in conservation
by DU Staff Migrating waterfowl visiting California’s Central Valley for the fall and winter find a vastly different landscape than their ancestors hundreds of years ago. Almost 95 percent of California’s historic wetlands have been developed [...]
Still working to conserve habitat
by DU Staff What makes Ducks Unlimited unique among conservation organizations is its ability to deliver large-scale, on-the-ground habitat improvements across the country. DU averages more than 250,000 acres of wetlands enhancement, restoration or [...]
Complete list of DU’s Western Region online auctions. Bid now!
Ducks Unlimited is providing our supporters the never before offered opportunity to bid on official DU event merchandise and collectible firearms outside of an event setting, providing you the chance to purchase exclusive DU items while supporting [...]
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