The Western Region of Ducks Unlimited is soliciting resumes for an experienced Regional Biologist – Environmental Compliance/Permitting Specialist. This is a full-time salaried position with benefits. The incumbent will work under the [...]
Ducks Unlimited is currently working on a notable wetlands restoration project just outside of Mt. Vernon, Washington, by partnering with the Skagit Land Trust to create a stream channel and riparian zone within a former ag field. The project was [...]
Last Friday morning, the California Senate and the California Assembly presented Ducks Unlimited with resolutions commending DU’s 80th anniversary and the tremendous work of its volunteers and employees in the state. Western Region Policy [...]
Ducks Unlimited recently sent the attached public letter to the California Water Commission in support of funding for two large water supply projects in California: the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion and the Sites Reservoir. “Ducks Unlimited [...]
Ducks Unlimited was recently awarded a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant to conserve 3,635 acres of wetland and wetland-associated upland habitat in the Sacramento Valley. DU will collaborate with a diverse group of federal, [...]
Former Ducks Unlimited Utah State Chairman and long-time volunteer, Joe Trujillo, was recently recognized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office of Engineering for his volunteer work assisting with hazardous waste management around the [...]
Ducks Unlimited recently completed the first phase of the San Francisco Bay Creosote Removal and Pacific Herring Habitat Restoration Project, which entailed removing debris from the former site of the Red Rock Warehouse in Richmond, California, [...]
By Tina Blewett, Regional Biologist Crab Creek Wetland depression prior to construction. Ducks Unlimited and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently partnered on a wetland, riparian and creek restoration project involving a portion of the south [...]
Ducks Unlimited played a key role in the restoration work at the Eden Landing Ponds in the South San Francisco Bay, which is part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Check out this video on the latest [...]
On May 20 in Los Banos, California, Ducks Unlimited recognized longtime member and Senior Vice President of Conservation Programs, Doug Federighi, at the Grassland Water District Office for his dedication to the conservation of California’s [...]
Photographer Mike Drew takes readers on a beautiful journey in search of the elusive Cinnamon Teal via incredible photos and storytelling. I was looking for cinnamon teal. Cinnamon teal – the drakes, at least – are one of the most lovely [...]
Ducks Unlimited applauds the Bureau of Reclamation’s decision to provide full Level 4 water supplies to the refuges and wildlife areas of Central California in 2017. These lands are critically important to the millions of waterfowl that annually [...]
DU 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 partnerships [...]
DU recently placed a conservation easement on one of its own properties near the Market Lake Wildlife Management Area, the first of its kind in Idaho and only the second such arrangement for Ducks Unlimited along the Pacific Flyway. DU generally [...]
The North American Wetlands Conservation Act is one of the most effective sources to fund habitat conservation for organizations like Ducks Unlimited. Enacted in 1989, NAWCA provides federal cost-share funding to support the North American Waterfowl [...]
Tucked just few miles away from the glitz and glamor of the Las Vegas Strip sits a little-known desert oasis providing valuable wetland habitat for waterfowl and other species that utilize this region of the Pacific Flyway. And Ducks Unlimited [...]
The January 2017 issue of the Ducks Unlimited’s Western Region Newsletter is now available to download. Click on the link below to save the PDF and find out what’s going on throughout the nine-state Western Region. Download January 2017 [...]
In a desert region where wetlands habitat is limited and duck hunting is far from tradition, the Sierra Vista Chapter of Ducks Unlimited in Arizona recently completed its Fourth Annual Youth Waterfowl Hunt to positive reviews. Eleven youth hunters [...]
Dr. Scott Manley, Ducks Unlimited’s director of conservation innovation, was recently awarded USA Rice’s 2016 Distinguished Conservation Achievement Award for his work on the National Rice Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) [...]
Several citizens of Carson City, Nevada had been recently questioning the presence of active construction equipment moving earth around nearby Buzzy’s Ranch, located in the southeast section of town. Is it for a housing development? A shopping [...]
