Nevada: Ducks Unlimited was represented well at the recent Nevada Bighorn’s Unlimited annual dinner. DU Region 1 Vice President/Public Policy Committee member Tom Enos and Western Region Director of Public Policy Gary Link spent a great evening [...]
Now you can specifically follow Ducks Unlimited’s Western Region Office on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more information, pictures, and fresh scoops on all the work Ducks Unlimited is performing in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, [...]
Ducks Unlimited recently celebrated its 30th year of conservation work at Summer Lake in Oregon, where DU’s very first Beaver State project was completed in the fall of 1987. Since 2003, DU has completed six more projects benefiting more than [...]
North America’s Boreal Forest is the world’s largest remaining intact, productive ecosystem, encompassing more than a billion and a half acres of pristine forests, wetlands, lakes, rivers and streams. A keystone habitat for the [...]
Sacramento’s long-anticipated Powerhouse Science Center, of which Ducks Unlimited is a title sponsor and has provided input on a special “California Water” exhibit, broke ground on Thursday, May 31 in front of local, state, and [...]
Ducks Unlimited CEO Dale Hall recently shared his insights in the DU Magazine on the North America Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) and the benefits to DU from the Joint Ventures, which are partnerships made of private industry and landowners [...]
Online magazine Slate released its profile of Ducks Unlimited today as part of Slate 90, a series that examines and ranks the multibillion-dollar nonprofit sector. Author Henry Grabar examined DU’s operating model and the deep connection [...]
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 [...]
A collaboration between Ducks Unlimited, Grassland Water District, the State of California’s Wildlife Conservation Board and Department of Water Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and local private land owners to conserve wetlands [...]
Ducks Unlimited announced the winners of the 2018 Wetland Conservation Achievement Awards during the 83rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference recently held in Norfolk, Virginia. This year’s recipient in the local/private [...]
Ducks Unlimited needs your help! The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) conserves North America’s waterfowl, fish and wildlife resources while producing a variety of environmental and economic benefits. Its success is driven by [...]
Ducks Unlimited recently hosted the “California Water Panel” discussion as part of its 2018 Winter Board of Directors meeting in Napa, Calif., featuring U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05), Chair of the California Water Resources Control [...]
Recently, the Anchorage Spring BBQ chapter allocated funds they raised through Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s Auction Tag program, commonly known as Conservation or Governor’s Tags in many states, to purchase rough cut spruce and other [...]
Ducks Unlimited’s current Chairman of the Board and former President Paul Bonderson was recently inducted into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Sacramento, honoring his contributions to waterfowl hunting and wetlands [...]
Paul Bonderson, current Chairman and past President of Ducks Unlimited, will be inducted into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame during the International Sportsmen’s Exposition this weekend at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Paul is a dedicated hunter [...]
Ducks Unlimited recently partnered with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to complete the third subsidence reversal project of Sherman Island in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta. These particular subsidence reversal projects work to [...]
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 [...]
Ducks Unlimited joined partners at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area on Thursday (12/7/17) outside Sacramento to celebrate California’s collective progress towards the conservation of waterfowl habitat. DU Western Region Director Mark Biddlecomb [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, from Ducks Unlimited! Parents looking for a special gift for their son or daughter this Christmas should check out the the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the California Wildlife Officers Foundation’s [...]
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. Pintail is on the southern edge of the preserve, and is a former settling [...]