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Since its inception in early 2021, Ducks Unlimited’s Team Resource Assistance Program (DU TRAP) has assisted more than 7,000 youth shooters by providing immediate funding for team activities. Two hundred teams from 36 states have used the grant
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June 23, 2022 // 0 Comments
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – June 22, 2022 – The 2022-23 Federal Duck Stamp goes on sale Friday, June 24. The stamps, which cost $25 and raise about $40 million for conservation each year, are valid from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. Purchased by
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June 22, 2022 // 0 Comments
Thanks to grassroots cooperation from public and private partners in the Klamath Basin, including the Klamath Drainage District, landowners, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Ducks Unlimited, additional water began to flow from a newly completed
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June 9, 2022 // 0 Comments
Friday, April 22, is the 52nd annual celebration of Earth Day MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 20, 2022 – Ducks Unlimited encourages you to celebrate Earth Day by getting outdoors and experiencing the natural wonders around us. Earth Day 2022 is April 22,
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April 20, 2022 // 0 Comments
Congressmen Doug LaMalfa and Mike Thompson recently introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize the significant role that California ricelands play in wildlife conservation. “California’s ricelands play an essential role
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April 12, 2022 // 0 Comments
Second-annual document shows trends in large-scale waterfowl patterns For the second year in a row, DU has released their Season in Review, a report designed to show broad-scale habitat conditions, weather and regional duck abundance from the
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April 6, 2022 // 0 Comments
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today (March 30, 2022), Ducks Unlimited responded to the Governor’s Office announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) advancing Voluntary Agreements to update and implement the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan:
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March 30, 2022 // 0 Comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxYtY0v7do DU Director of Conservation Planning Mark Petrie took part in a panel discussion on “The Evolving Sacramento Valley Landscape” during the Northern California Water Association’s 2022
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March 16, 2022 // 0 Comments
Ellen L. Wehr of Los Banos, Calif., was recently elected to Ducks Unlimited’s (DU) national board of directors. “Ducks Unlimited’s leadership assures our organization conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated
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March 10, 2022 // 0 Comments
U.S. Senate approves Martha Williams in bipartisan vote “We’re thrilled to see Martha Williams confirmed as Director of USFWS with such bipartisan support,” said DU CEO Adam Putnam. “It’s a testament to her genuine love of the outdoors and
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February 18, 2022 // 0 Comments
By Rich Landers FOR THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW One of those “memories” popped up on my Facebook page recently with a hunting photo I’d proudly posted in 2016. It featured my 9-month-old Brittany pup standing over the first wild pheasant we’d
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February 3, 2022 // 0 Comments
On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Ducks Unlimited (DU) will join conservationists around the globe and celebrate World Wetlands Day (WWD) to recognize the importance of wetland ecosystems for humans and wildlife.
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February 2, 2022 // 0 Comments
Saturday, Jan. 29, marks Ducks Unlimited’s, the world’s largest wetlands and waterfowl conservation organization, 85th anniversary. In 2022, DU and more than a million of its supporters are celebrating the conservation of over 15 million acres
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February 2, 2022 // 0 Comments
It’s been over two decades since growers stopped burning rice stubble after harvest. Now rice is known as ‘The Environmental Crop.’ When California rice farmers were told about 25 years ago that they’d have to find an
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January 26, 2022 // 0 Comments
After years of planning and fundraising, the 649-acre Hill Slough Restoration Project was recently completed by Ducks Unlimited, in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “DU was brought into the tidal marsh restoration
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January 10, 2022 // 0 Comments
Through a recent contract with the Bureau of Land Management, Ducks Unlimited is updating the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) for a large portion of southeast Oregon. Established in 1986, the NWI is a publicly available resource for classifying
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January 5, 2022 // 0 Comments
In July, Ducks Unlimited Regional Biologist Kelly Warren joined biologists from the Alaska Department of Game and Fish and US Forest Service (USFS) to collar and band more than 600 Dusky Canada geese near Cordova, Alaska, on the Copper River Delta.
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January 4, 2022 // 0 Comments
Ducks Unlimited recently named Matt Little as its Western Region Director of Public Policy, adding more than 20 years of conservation policy experience with federal natural resource agencies and leading conservation organizations in the Pacific
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December 1, 2021 // 0 Comments
In early November, a plaque paying tribute to DU Past President and current Board Member Paul Bonderson Jr. and his contributions to Ducks Unlimited was unveiled at DU’s Western Regional Office in Rancho Cordova, California. “Paul’s plaque
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November 16, 2021 // 0 Comments
Moderate fall rainstorms are putting renewed emphasis on the state’s threatened wetland habitats, responsible for keeping people and wildlife hydrated each year. California has lost 95% of its original 4 million historic wetland acres. The loss of
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November 15, 2021 // 0 Comments
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