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 [...]
This week, Ducks Unlimited placed 200 oyster reef elements at four-acre submerged site at the former Red Rocks Warehouse – Point San Pablo in the city of Richmond to create a unique living shoreline. DU is partnering with the State Coastal [...]
Ducks Unlimited was awarded $8 million from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority last month, providing the final funding necessary to complete Phase 2 of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project in the Ravenswood and Alviso Ponds and [...]
In early October of 2017, a devastating firestorm broke out in California’s Wine County just north of San Francisco. Strong winds turned a small, overnight blaze into a raging inferno, catching residents and wildlife by surprise, eventually [...]
The Japan Ecosystem Conservation Society recently visited several Ducks Unlimited project sites in the South San Francisco Bay. The tour included several completed projects and one upcoming construction site on the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay [...]
Ducks Unlimited recently completed the first phase of the San Francisco Bay Creosote Removal and Pacific Herring Habitat Restoration Project, which entailed removing debris from the former site of the Red Rock Warehouse in Richmond, California, [...]
Ducks Unlimited played a key role in the restoration work at the Eden Landing Ponds in the South San Francisco Bay, which is part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Check out this video on the latest [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Ducks Unlimited will receive $1,677,683 for wetlands restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area, as part of a suite of projects approved for funding by the EPA through the San Francisco [...]
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. was recently awarded $13,727,170 by the California State Coastal Conservancy for implementation of two Phase II projects of the South Bay Salt Pond (SBSP) Restoration Project, the largest tidal wetland restoration project on [...]
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. is pleased with the passage of Measure AA, titled the “Clean and Healthy Bay Ballot Measure,” a first of its kind regional ballot initiative that will generate $500 million for restoration of San Francisco Bay wetlands over [...]
Guests gathered under grey skies on Friday (5/6/2016) morning at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in Hayward to celebrate the official grand opening of Phase I of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, which includes a new kayak launch, [...]
The San Francisco Bay Joint Venture recently profiled Steve Carroll, who is Ducks Unlimited’s supervising engineer in the Bay Area and has had a hand in such notable projects such as Cullinan Ranch, Sear’s Point and Bair Island. Steve [...]
DU recently completed the first phase of work on a recently awarded North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant in the Suisun Marsh, which is a part of the San Francisco Bay Estuary. The Suisun Marsh Wetland Enhancement Project will [...]
A bucket loader pulled the last bit of earth from the dam in front of hundreds of guests Sunday afternoon in San Pablo Bay, releasing millions of gallons of sea water into an area that had previously been farmland. After 10 years of planning and [...]