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Photo courtesy of Julie Munoz The Idaho Fish and Game recently worked with DU volunteers in Idaho to trap and band waterfowl at the Schlepp easement, which DU has been restoring for the last seven years. North Idaho District Chairman Martin Munoz
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August 27, 2014 // 918 Comments
Mark Low, DU Regional VP of Region 1, sent out the following urgent message this morning for all DU members in California regarding pending legislation over ammunition. Please take a moment to read on this important issue: Dear DU Supporter,
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August 26, 2014 // 604 Comments
According to a Ducks Unlimited press release, the first Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) was sold 80 years today and has gone on to protect nearly 6 million acres of habitat through expenditures of more than $900
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August 22, 2014 // 588 Comments
Artesian and Black Lakes are situated on a 1,800 acre property owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, northeast of the city of Moses Lake in central Washington, and part of a chain of water bodies situated along an important migratory route for
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August 20, 2014 // 680 Comments
Duck’s Unlimited’s Western Region Office released the following statement late Wednesday regarding the recently approved water bond in California, which will now be placed before the voters in November: Ducks Unlimited
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August 15, 2014 // 697 Comments
(L to R): Dave Shuford of Point Blue, Leigh Martinez of CBS 13, Mark Smith of DU Western Region Director of Public Policy, Mark Smith, made an appearance on CBS13’s Friday news to talk drought and waterfowl. You can see the full interview
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August 11, 2014 // 651 Comments
Ducks Unlimited is teaming with several other conservancy groups in a coalition dubbed Water for Wetlands, which includes Audubon Society, Nature Conservancy, Point Blue, Wildlife Defenders, and the California Waterfowl Association, to raise public
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August 8, 2014 // 623 Comments
This project took place on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area, which covers approximately 21,000 acres in Lincoln County of eastern Washington. Approximately 17,000 acres of the Wildlife Area is upland
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August 5, 2014 // 681 Comments
The Sacramento Bee’s Matt Weiser penned a long story in this morning’s paper regarding the recent deaths of waterfowl in California that are being tied to the drought, which included an interview with DU’s Western Region Director
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July 31, 2014 // 681 Comments
Three esteemed volunteers from California and Nevada were elected to Ducks Unlimited Inc.’s national board of directors during the organization’s annual convention held recently in St. Louis last month, it was announced this week by the
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July 25, 2014 // 588 Comments
Ducks Unlimited CEO Dale Hall and President George Dunklin Jr. capped off a midweek trip to California with a visit this afternoon to the Western Region Office in Rancho Cordova. After touring projects in the Bay Area yesterday, Hall, Dunklin Jr.
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July 24, 2014 // 690 Comments
The Ducks Unlimited Western Regional Office is extremely proud to announce that The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation has awarded a $1.5 million dollar grant to the continued restoration of San Pablo National Wildlife Refuge in the Bay Area,
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July 18, 2014 // 703 Comments
NBC Bay Area’s feature on the plight of shorebirds and waterfowl in California’s current drought ran last night (7/17/14) and turned out extremely well, further spotlighting the water problems for wildlife within the state . Jeff
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July 17, 2014 // 659 Comments
DU’s Western Region Director of Conservation Programs, Jeff McCreary, joined representatives from Point Blue and the California Audubon Society yesterday at the Cosumnes River Preserve outside of Sacramento for an interview with NBC Bay Area
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July 15, 2014 // 662 Comments
Located north of Sacramento, Calif., Gray Lodge WA is one of the most important wetland areas in the Pacific Flyway and supports up to 1 million ducks and 100,000 geese during the winter. Public use of Gray Lodge WA is extensive and the area
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July 11, 2014 // 925 Comments
A recent article by Shotgun Life’s Holly Heyser detailed some of the issues that duck hunters in California could face this upcoming season due to the ongoing drought. And according to her, it ain’t looking great: All the water
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July 8, 2014 // 650 Comments
The US Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday released its report on 2014 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total populations were estimated at 49.2 million breeding ducks in the surveyed area. This
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July 3, 2014 // 654 Comments
Over the past century, the Tualatin River basin in Oregon has undergone significant changes to accommodate increased population and urbanization resulting in a staggering 60% loss of the original wetlands in the basin, as well as degradation of the
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June 27, 2014 // 684 Comments
DU received some great news from Orange County in Southern California this week as a recent amendment of SB 26 (Correa) in the California Legislature eliminated potentially harmful legislation for duck clubs in the area. The troublesome feature of
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June 26, 2014 // 638 Comments
Located in Rancho Cordova, Calif, the Western Regional Office of Ducks Unlimited is proud to launch DUWestBlog.org. We hope that this site becomes a central place for DU members, volunteers, staff and anyone else looking for information about the
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June 23, 2014 // 677 Comments
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