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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ducks Unlimited’s Chief Conservation Officer joins North American Wetlands Conservation Council and Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Advisory Group. [...]
DU staff in Spokane, Washington, completed restoration of 110 acres of NRCS Wetland Reserve Easement property in northeastern Washington. https://www.ducks.org/press-room/wetland-reserve-easement-program-property-restored-in-northeastern-washington [...]
Dusky Canada geese are one of the smallest populations of geese in North America. Nesting predominately on Alaska’s Copper River Delta, each Fall the geese migrate to parts of Western Washington and Oregon’s Willamette Valley. To [...]
