The highly popular Snow Goose Festival, now in it’s 16th year, takes place in Chico, Calif. this weekend, and Ducks Unlimited will have a booth present for festival-goers to visit. For more info, visit www.snowgoosefestival.org. DU and the [...]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has provided the public with an update of the current status of the waterfowl hunt areas and other public use areas within the Sutter, Colusa, Delevan, and Sacramento National Wildlife Refuges: SUTTER NWR: Due to [...]
The holidays are a great time for family and friends to gather and enjoy each other’s company while catching up on the successes of the past year. Ducks Unlimited’s Western Region Office got a chance to do the same this week when staff [...]
Bill Monroe, the WF360 Pacific Flyway Migration Editor, just released an update on the conditions for waterfowl in California on DU’s website. And thanks to recent storms, the numbers are encouraging. The survey tallied 500,000 [...]
Drought-plagued California finally received some substantial rain over Thanksgiving week, with even more precipitation and snow predicted this week. All of which is good news of course for the waterfowl who call the Central Valley home in the winter [...]
Now that the dust has settled from the elections earlier this month, Ducks Unlimited would like to congratulate and thank its California members who voted on November 4th, helping pass Proposition 1—a significant victory for waterfowl conservation [...]
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 heavy presence at the event thanks to DU’s State Marketing Chairman, [...]
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 continentally important area for hundreds of thousands of migrating and [...]
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 heading to the polls before they close this evening. Of particular importance [...]
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 conservation. DU’s Facebook page reached a milestone earlier this week when [...]
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 coast of Washington to the Salton Sea in Southern California, the Pacific [...]
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, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, [...]
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 and disease. The piece, by author Nate Schweber, provides an interesting [...]
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 rice farmers over treat their fields–a topic Ducks Unlimited has been [...]
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. Funds secured by DU through these proposal efforts have been improving habitat [...]
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 this fall in helping create wetlands. In a normal year, many rice farmers [...]
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 Assemblyman Brian Jones (R- San Diego) received in opposition to SB 53. [...]
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, so it’s all quiet on the Western Front. Well, not technically since the [...]
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 ducks this fall. The first story appeared on KCRA 3, with Western Region [...]
