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CWA & CDFW partner for Hunter's Education Course
CWA & CDFW are partnering to bring a new hunter's education course being hosted at CWA headquarters on August 23rd & 24th. Just in time for the upcoming duck season!
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Dennis Raveling Scholarship 2023 Winners
The 2023 Dennis Raveling Scholarship winners have been announced and the application window for the 2024 scholarship has officially opened! Congrats to Caroline and Mairin for receiving their scholarship award!
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Wetland restoration
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Work at Imperial’s Wister Unit W11
Work at Imperial’s Wister Unit W11 continues, and we are nearing completion of the first 45 acre western most seasonal wetland unit
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Mallards
Open Enrollment for Nesting Habitat on Private Lands
California Waterfowl Association is currently soliciting landowner applications for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program. The program is designed to enhance waterfowl nesting habitat this spring and summer.
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RCPP Final Application Reminder
RCPP Final Application Reminder
The application deadline for practices through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) is fast approaching. To be eligible for participating in any practices this spring or fall, producers must sign up by May 1, 2023.
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Pre-season pintail banding wraps up (photos, video)
Pre-season banding wraps up this week, and our team of biologists has exceeded their pre-season banding quota!
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PHOTO GALLERY: CWA biologists searching cover crops for mallard nests
CWA biologists located 20 nests in 127 acres of cover crop fields today - part of ongoing research about how wild ducks use agricultural fields.
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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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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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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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Reviews: Calls, coolers, jackets and more
by California Waterfowl staff (Originally published in the Winter 2020 issue of California Waterfowl...
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Late-season gear guide
by PHIL BOURJAILY (Originally published in the Winter 2020 issue of California Waterfowl) By late D...
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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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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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Abundant honkers create target-rich environments
By DAN SKALOS Canada geese have expanded exponentially throughout much of California. These residen...
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CANINE CORNER: Retrieving memories
by JOSHUA MILLER/SportDOG® Brand Saying this has been an interesting year would be a complete un...
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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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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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Botulism Outbreak at Klamath
According to USFWS staff, a current botulism outbreak at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge...
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An unusual search mission, powered by CWA volunteers
California Waterfowl volunteers do a lot of amazing things, but sometimes the stuff we ask them to d...
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CANINE CORNER: Your best season ever
BY JOSH MILLER, SportDOG® Brand (Originally published in the Summer 2020 issue of California Waterfo...
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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...
