by Meghan Fought, Regional Biologist Ducks Unlimited recently received approval for funding through the California Wildlife Conservation Board to purchase a conservation easement on the C & P Duck Company property. The C & P Duck Company [...]
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 [...]
by DU Staff What makes Ducks Unlimited unique among conservation organizations is its ability to deliver large-scale, on-the-ground habitat improvements across the country. DU averages more than 250,000 acres of wetlands enhancement, restoration or [...]
Ducks Unlimited is providing our supporters the never before offered opportunity to bid on official DU event merchandise and collectible firearms outside of an event setting, providing you the chance to purchase exclusive DU items while supporting [...]
The 34th edition of the ‘Ducks in the Desert’ Las Vegas Continental Shoot wrapped up last month with Raymond Brown of California named the High Overall (HOA) champion thanks to a score of 188/200.Held at the world-class Clark County [...]
Gary Link Ducks Unlimited’s Western Region Director of Public Policy Gary Link recently sat down with the DUWestBlog to give a quick update on what’s going on with DU’s legislative efforts around the western region. What are some of the [...]
Ducks Unlimited recently hosted a special ‘Evening of Conservation’ at Sacramento’s famed Sutter Club located just a block from the State Capitol, featuring Ducks Unlimited CEO Adam Putnam as the keynote speaker. The evening presented an [...]
Ducks Unlimited is working directly with the California administration for the benefits of wetlands, waterfowl, and agriculture water needs by embracing collaboration as a way forward to address water issues in the Sacramento-San Joaquin [...]
In late 2018, Ducks Unlimited and partners used a controlled levee breach at the Cosumnes River Preserve’s Cougar Wetlands (outside Sacramento, Calif.) to restore the area to tidal floodplain habitat. Thanks to a timelapse camera, Ducks [...]
In case you missed it last week, Ducks Unlimited Western Region Director Mark Biddlecomb co-authored a piece with Dave Eggerton, director of the Association of California Water Agencies, advocating for cooperation when it comes to water in the [...]
Ducks Unlimited and partners recently completed the Giffin Lake Project located at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Sunnyside-Snake River Wildlife Area in Yakima County. The installation of a new water control structure will [...]
Our good friends at the California Rice Commission recently invited Virginia Getz, Ducks Unlimited’s manager of conservation programs for the Western Regional Office, to appear on the most recent episode of their popular podcast Ingrained. [...]
Matt Kaminski, DU’s Regional Biologist for the San Joaquin Valley in Central California, joins Ducks Unlimited’s national podcast show to discuss a multitude of topics, including a description of DU’s conservation efforts in the [...]
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently announced the selection of several projects to restore wetlands that will reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and provide other ecological co-benefits, including Ducks [...]
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 as a part of Phase II of the Leque Island Restoration project, a significant [...]
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 encompasses the West Coast and Alaska. “Senior Regional Director Dave Weber and [...]
What do smart California capitol staff do when the summer temps are high in Sacramento and a high sierra snowpack melts into the rivers? They go whitewater rafting of course. California Democrat and Republican staff members recently came together [...]
DU Conserve is an incredible new series of films about the people, places and species that matter to DU’s wetlands and waterfowl conservation mission. This weeks latest release spotlights California’s Central Valley and the efforts of [...]
Ducks Unlimited intern Evan Ward is involved with the Dusky Canada Goose Project in Alaska and has posted his latest blog, recapping a nine-day stay at camp that saw his group monitor 380 nest islands. Nest Island monitoring consists of us going out [...]
Ducks Unlimited, the Bureau of Land Management and other partners recently completed the Cougar Wetland Project, part of a larger broad-based effort to restore and safeguard the integrity of the Cosumnes River, the last undammed river flowing from [...]
