Working Together.
On a gusty day in an area of Northern California that deeply understands and respects the power of wind, Mother Nature decided to cooperate for a few hours for a gathering of [...]
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Leque Island is breached
For the first time in 135 years, ocean water flowed onto Leque Island in Washington this week when Ducks Unlimited and partners breached an island dike bordering the island [...]
Dave Weber: Alaska regional director named Ducks Unlimited ‘RD of the Year’
Alaska’s own Dave Weber was named Ducks Unlimited’s (DU) Regional Director of the Year for his outstanding efforts as a staff member in Region 1, an area that [...]
VIDEO: Ducks Unlimited helps create living shoreline in Bay Area
In May, oyster reef elements were placed in the San Francisco Bay to assist the creation of a living shoreline near Giant Marsh near Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in the [...]
Ducks Unlimited visits the Galt Winter Bird Festival
Our newest video on Ducks Unlimited’s Western Region YouTube channel follows DU regional biologist Aaron Will and his black Labrador Retriever, Tess, putting their [...]
Rice farmers & duck hunters work with Ducks Unlimited & USFWS for ‘world class habitat’
Author John Heil penned a great piece for the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s website chronicling the symbiotic relationship rice farmers and duck hunters have with [...]
DU in Alaska: From an intern’s perspective
Nathan Boma recently spent the summer as Ducks Unlimited’s summer intern in Alaska for the Dusky Canada Goose Program and chronicled his work for readers. Boma was [...]
Idaho residents recognized for lifetime of wetlands conservation work
Ducks Unlimited announced the winners of the 2018 Wetland Conservation Achievement Awards during the 83rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference recently [...]
Work completed at Jackson Bottoms Wetlands Preserve
Ducks Unlimited recently completed work on Pintail Pond at Oregon’s Jackson Bottoms Wetland Preserve to help keep the pond at a steady level during the rainy season. [...]
DU receives permanent conservation easement at McArthur Swamp in CA
Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced that it has donated 4,491 acres at the McArthur Swamp to the Fall River Resource Conservation District (RCD), followed immediately [...]
Ducks Unlimited submits support for Los Vaqueros and Sites Reservoirs
Ducks Unlimited recently sent the attached public letter to the California Water Commission in support of funding for two large water supply projects in California: the Los [...]
Download the January 2017 Issue of the Western Region Newsletter
The January 2017 issue of the Ducks Unlimited’s Western Region Newsletter is now available to download. Click on the link below to save the PDF and find out [...]
First-Ever Channeled Scablands Survey
It is estimated that over 70 percent of the wetlands in the arid West are privately owned, and in the Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington, over 70 percent of those are [...]
Download the July Issue of the Western Region Newsletter
The July 2016 issue of the Ducks Unlimited’s Western Region Newsletter is now available to download. Click on the link below to save the PDF and find out what’s [...]
DU Recognized by Rice Industry
Ducks Unlimited was recognized on Wednesday at the California Rice Commission’s Circle of Life Reception as one of 14 conservation groups, water districts and agencies [...]
Ducks Unlimited credited by head NOAA Administrator
Ducks Unlimited was honored last week to take part in a meet-and-greet at the Sears Point Restoration Project with Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA (National Oceanic and [...]
Western Region chapters among top fundraisers in country
Ducks Unlimited recently announced the top volunteer chapters across the nation honored in four categories: Chairman’s Elite, Chairman’s Roll of Honor, [...]
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 [...]
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: Carson Lake and Pasture
As part of DU’s March 2014 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant award for wetland conservation work for the Lahontan Valley – Western Nevada region, DU [...]
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 [...]
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