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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...
 
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Calif. lawmakers, staff hit the shooting range

RANCHO CORDOVA—More than 80 lawmakers, Capitol staffers and representatives of sportsmen's groups t...
 
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2018-19 waterfowl regulations set

The California Fish and Game Commission set regulations for the 2018-19 waterfowl season this mornin...
 
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CWA statement on AB 3199

Regarding AB 3199, a bill to restrict charitable organizations to no more than three events per year...
 
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R&T Committee endorses proposed Northeastern goose regs

Proposed new Northeastern Zone goose regulations won the endorsement of the California Waterfowl Re...
 
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Plan to explore 3-pintail option moves forward

The Pacific Flyway Council—one of four that advise the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on waterfow...
 
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CWA seeks 3-pintail limit

California Waterfowl has asked the Pacific Flyway Council to develop options allowing states to choo...
 
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Press release: pesticide alternatives for wetland mosquito abatement

(Sacramento, California) October 5, 2017 — A bill signed this week by Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to help...