Drought Brings California Agencies Together In Common Goal
A group of government agencies, NGO’s and private landowners gathered for a press conference at the scenic Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area located just outside Sacramento on [...]
Drought
Despite spring rains, drought still continues
The Orange County Register’s Aaron Orlowski penned an interesting piece warning Californians that even though the state just experienced an above average rainy season, [...]
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 [...]
Sacramento Bee Addresses California Drought and Waterfowl Hunters
The Sacramento Bee’s Ryan Sabalow literally waded into the weeds over the weekend with an in depth story on how the massive California drought is affecting duck hunters [...]
More Water for Rice Fields and Birds
In case you missed it last week, the Bureau of Reclamation recently announced that it will be releasing an additional 50,000 acres of water to California rice farmers over [...]
Concern Mounts Over Water for Rice
Ag Alert, the weekly newspaper for California Agriculture, yesterday touched on the mounting concern over the lack of water for winter-flooded rice in the Sacramento Valley, [...]
DU CEO Dale Hall comments on California drought legislation
Last week, California Senators Feinstein and Boxer introduced the California Emergency Drought Relief Act as a way to mitigate the devastating effects of the drought [...]
OPINION: Water cuts hit wildlife, ag just as hard
DU Western Region Director Mark Biddlecomb and David J. Guy,president of the Northern California Water Association, worked together to place the attached opinion piece in [...]
Waterfowl and Rice Update
Ducks Unlimited this week joined with the California Rice Commission, the Northern California Water Association, the National Resources Conservation Service and several local [...]
Ducks Unlimited Supporting California Rice
With recent heavy media attention on the California drought and the use of water by agriculture, the California Rice Commission and Northern California Water Association held [...]
Bleak News on California Water
Standing in a grassy mountain field normally covered in snow this time of year, California Governor Jerry Brown yesterday announced mandatory state-wide water restrictions, [...]
What is DU doing for the western drought?
As the news trickled out this week that the Sierra snow pack is at only 19% of average for early March, a near record-low, California and other western states were faced with [...]
Let it Rain
Drought-plagued California finally received some substantial rain over Thanksgiving week, with even more precipitation and snow predicted this week. All of which is good news [...]
Al Jazeera America tackles botulism in Central Valley
Al Jazeera America continued to bring attention to the current drought conditions in California and the effects on the Pacific Flyway, specifically in regards to waterfowl [...]
Where will migratory birds find food this fall?
(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 [...]
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