Swan Festival 2014
The annual Swan Festival in Marysville, Ca took place last weekend, and as usual, was a big success with visitors from all over Northern California. Ducks Unlimited had a [...]
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Project Spotlight: Mesa Lake Wetland Restoration
by Tina Blewett, DU Regional Biologist Mesa Lake Project after restoration, showing new dike and water control structure The Columbia Basin of east central Washington is a [...]
Reminder to get out and vote!
As the day descends into afternoon in the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, DU’s Western Regional Office would like to remind its members to make their votes count by [...]
DU reaches 1 million Facebook fans
Since 2010, Ducks Unlimited’s Facebook page has grown brand awareness and loyalty while spreading the word about the organization’s mission of waterfowl and wetlands [...]
Ducks Unlimited and CA’s Prop 1
This November, California voters will head to the polls tasked with deciding their state’s water future. Proposition 1 – the Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure [...]
Five Fantastic Pacific Flyway Public Waterfowling Destinations
With a 107-day duck season and seven-bird daily bag limit in the Pacific Flyway again this year, the West may indeed be the best for waterfowl hunters. From the northern [...]
Intermountain West Joint Venture touches on DU Partnership
The Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV) is a self-directed partnership that operates across all, or parts of, 11 western states including: California, Oregon, Washington, [...]
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 [...]
Ducks out of luck in water-scarce rice fields?
The Marysville Appeal-Democrat, located in the heart of rice farming country in Northern California, touched on the potential problem for waterfowl this fall and winter if [...]
Project Spotlight: North Woods Field Improvement Project
Beginning in about 2005, DU has collaborated with Modoc National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) staff on California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) Duck Stamp proposals. [...]
DU and CWA with an important plea for California Rice Farmers
Ducks Unlimited, working with the California Waterfowl Association, recently sent an informational flyer out to rice farmers in the Golden State asking for their assistance [...]
Thank you for helping Ducks Unlimited fight back against SB 53 in California
The following letter was sent to California DU members this morning: Dear DU Supporter, The photo below says a lot with few words, displaying all of the letters [...]
DU September Legislative Update for the West
by Mark Smith, Western Region Director of Public Policy The California legislature adjourned last month, which means that none of our nine states are currently in session, [...]
Waterfowl, Rice and the California Drought
Ducks Unlimited made several news appearances this week in the Sacramento market, specifically regarding the California drought and its potential effects on rice farmers and [...]
Promoting the plight of waterfowl during a drought
Ducks Unlimited is teaming with several other conservancy groups in a coalition dubbed Water for Wetlands, which includes Audubon Society, Nature Conservancy, Point Blue, [...]
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