Partnering
to Benefit Pacific Flyway Pintails Goals: • Restore nesting habitat in Canada
and the United States • Enhance spring staging areas in
the Klamath Basin • Achieve historic wintering distribution
in California • Improve hunter opportunity
CWA begins 2008 post-season pintail banding. To check weekly progress of our banding efforts click here>>
About CWA's Pintail Program The Concern The elegant pintail inspires thoughts
of crisp winter days and of whistles echoing through the marsh.
Historically, pintails were by far the most numerous ducks, with
winter populations in the United States averaging over 5 million
birds. Beginning in the 1980s, however, populations began to plummet
nationwide. Recent surveys estimate the national population at around 3 million
birds. The decline is especially evident in the Pacific Flyway and
California, arguably the most important wintering area for pintails. CWA's Approach CWA is alert to California’s
responsibility in providing quality winter habitat for visiting
pintails. We are also working with partners to improve northern
nesting habitats and minimize disease outbreaks that can kill hundreds
of thousand of pintails each year.
To restore historic distributions,
CWA helped implement a North American Wetlands Conservation Act
(NAWCA) grant in the Suisun Marsh to enhance over 10,000 acres.
Learn more about CWA’s habitat restoration efforts by
clicking here>>
SCIENCE
CWA had a
busy month in August capturing pintails and helping to test them for
the much talked about avian influenza virus (H5N1). For more
information, click here>>
POLITICS &
EDUCATION
Public policy activities are helping direct state and federal funds
to pintail habitats. Other efforts include evaluations of
migration and improvement of spring and fall migration habitats.
To learn more click here>>
Partnering
to Benefit Pacific Flyway Pintails
