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Mallard breeding habitat, combination license bills advance
Two state bills sponsored by California Waterfowl were approved in their houses of origin this week: AB 614 (funds Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program) and SB 470 (creates a combination hunting and fishing license).
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Legislation we'll back and fight
Bills California Waterfowl is supporting or opposing in the 2021 Legislature (from Summer 2021 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine).
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Mallards
Photo gallery: Lawmaker visits mallard nesting habitat
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry toured a farm-country field today to see firsthand how cover crops can provide incredible nesting habitat for California's mallards (and gadwalls and red-winged blackbirds).
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CWA and partners stop dog breeder permit bill
A bill that would have prohibited someone from maintaining a dog kennel for breeding purposes without first obtaining a breeder permit is dead for the year.
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Bill would DOUBLE tax on guns and ammo in CA
CWA asked its supporters today to help fight a bill that would double the excise taxes on guns and ammunition in California.
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Mallards
CWA sponsors bills to support local mallards, create combination license
California lawmakers have introduced two new bills that would benefit local waterfowl conservation e...
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Advocacy: What to expect from Sacramento and D.C. in 2021
Here’s how we’re fighting for wetlands, waterfowl and hunting. Presented by Federal Premium Ammunit...
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Mallards
REPORT: CA's waterfowl breeding habitat needs attention
A new plan calls for nearly doubling brood-supporting wetland acreage in the Central Valley, and for substantially increasing nesting habitat in the Sacramento Valley.
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Klamath
Lower Klamath backgrounder: biological opinions and their role in keeping LKNWR dry
One of the federal policy actions driving the lack of water for the Lower Klamath NWR is the develo...
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Waterfowl
Klamath
A key precursor to getting more water for Lower Klamath
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting comments on its draft environmental assessment of w...
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Wetland restoration
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Waterfowl
CWA works to keep cigarette tax 'waterfowl' funds state wildlife areas
After several meetings between California Waterfowl and the California Department of Finance, change...
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Advocacy
CWA to fight proposed bear-hunting ban
UPDATE: The Sacramento Bee reported on Monday that the author of the bill is no longer pursuing thi...
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Hunting News
Advocacy
Advocacy: The final score from the Capitol
Hunting, gun and conservation bills that CWA supported or opposed in the 2020 California Legislatur...
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Waterfowl
Klamath
Mallards
Opening weekend mallard harvest down at key CA refuges
One of the (many) reasons California Waterfowl is concerned about the plight of the Lower Klamath N...
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Waterfowl
Klamath
Lower Klamath NWR: final botulism tally, dismal live bird counts
Given how little water the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge got this summer (more about why b...
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Press release
Advocacy
Statement: California conservation organizations respond to governor’s executive order on land and water protection
Last week, in a stated effort to “fight climate change, conserve biodiversity, and boost climate res...
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Advocacy
CWA applauds USFWS for reopening Sump 1A to hunting
On Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided to reopen Sump 1A at Tule Lake National Wildl...
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Regulations
Wetland restoration
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Waterfowl
Advocacy: Sponsor Drops Camp Regulation Bill
Here’s how we’re fighting for wetlands, waterfowl and hunting. Presented by Federal Premium Ammunit...
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Banding
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Waterfowl
Fall Flight Forecast: I Hope You Like Uncertainty...
CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL REACHED OUT TO DOZENS OF WATERFOWL AND WETLANDS BIOLOGISTS TO GET A BEAD ON O...
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Press release
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Klamath
California Waterfowl creates task force to fight for water-starved Lower Klamath NWR
August 11, 2020—California Waterfowl has combined forces with key volunteers to create a Lower Klamath Refuge Task Force...
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Waterfowl
Klamath
Botulism Outbreak at Klamath
According to USFWS staff, a current botulism outbreak at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge...
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Klamath
Water is now flowing to LKNWR
Water is flowing into the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge today, thanks to the efforts of Cal...
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Klamath
CWA meets with Interior Secretary about Lower Klamath
California Waterfowl and Klamath Basin farmers met yesterday with U.S. Secretary of Interior David...
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Klamath
Lower Klamath loses its only promised water for the year
When the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced last month that farmers would be getting their full al...
