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San Jacinto & Imperial Wildlife Area public hunters! Join CDFW to listen in and participate.

If you are a public lands hunter in either the San Jacinto or Imperial Wildlife area this is your time to participate in a call with the CA Department of Fish & Wildlife. Please use the prompts to participate.
 
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End of Season Survey Results

2023 CWA End-of-Season Survey. California Waterfowl uses the results to understand the needs, interests and preferences of waterfowl hunters in California. Opinions help guide our position on regulations and other public policy issues!
 
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WATER: Drought imperils waterfowl at refuge

by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTOR OF WATER LAW AND POLICY (Originally published in the Fall 2020 issu...
 
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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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ADVOCACY: New regulations, anti-hunting bills

2020-21 waterfowl regulations set Legislature to hear anti-hunting bills Members asked to give fee...
 
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Overlapping seasons: Youth Hunt Weekend, spring goose seasons approach

A new and potentially confusing twist to waterfowl seasons in California this year is the overlap be...
 
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Help CWA fight regs that would prevent thousands from buying ammo

California Waterfowl needs your help quickly to fight a proposed state emergency regulation that wo...
 
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Don't just complain; come to the Capitol and make a difference!

Don't just complain about laws you don't like - join California Waterfowl at the state Capitol on A...
 
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California gets extra January hunt days for 2019-20

California's waterfowl hunters will enjoy an extra five days of hunting in January in most of the st...
 
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January 31 season end date approved

No more searching the calendar for the last day of duck season. The California Fish and Game Commis...
 
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CWA's 2019-20 regs recommendation: Jan. 31 closing day

A proposal to allow waterfowl hunting through Jan. 31 in California in the 2019-20 season won the e...
 
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Supporting California's Hunters

by MARK HENNELLY, Vice President for Legislative Affairs and Public Policy As a new legislative ses...
 
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What the New Ammunition Rules Mean for Hunters

by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, Director of Water Law and Policy The last of the ammunition restrictions app...
 
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CWA seeks expanded duck hunting opportunity

In late November, CWA traveled to Washington, D.C., and met with recently nominated U.S. Fish and Wi...
 
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Unimpaired flows: water solution or threat?

(Originally published in the Winter 2018 issue of California Waterfowl.) by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRE...
 
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Chair's Message: Pushing for pintail progress

(Originally published in the Winter 2018 issue of California Waterfowl.) by ROB PLATH, CHAIRMAN As t...
 
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CWA joins Klamath lawsuit

CWA has been allowed to join in the case of The Klamath Tribes v. the United States Bureau of Reclam...
 
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Governor vetoes African animal parts bill

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Sunday that would have made it illegal for California hunters to brin...
 
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Governor signs CWA-supported AB 2697, creating nesting habitat incentive program

On Thursday, September 20, the governor signed AB 2697 (Gallagher, R-Yuba City), a waterfowl and upl...
 
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CWA urges you to support Proposition 3 – the water bond

(Reprinted from the Fall 2018 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine) BY MARK HENNELLY, VICE PRESIDE...
 
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Lawsuit threatens efforts to solve Klamath water problems

(Reprinted from the Fall 2018 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine) BY JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTO...
 
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Pintail daily limit expected to return to 1 in 2019-20 season

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its 2018 waterfowl breeding population report this...
 
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Hunters and conservationists represent at the Capitol

About a dozen California Waterfowl volunteers and staff attended over 20 meetings with state legisl...
 
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CA legislative gun bill update

Our legislative team has been busy lately, fighting and neutralizing potentially harmful gun bills d...