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The Popular Rice Levee Program is now open for applications
The Rice Levee Program pays rice farmers to provide waterfowl nesting habitat on the levees, in planted rice fields, during the spring and summer. Applications for the 2024 Season will be open from September 25 – October 30, 2023
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An excellent nationally published article on the Klamath Basin
"A PLEA FOR WATER & HABITAT IN THE KLAMATH BASIN" Written by Shawn Swearingen and Jordan Rash - Helping to point a nationally based focus on the travesty at the Klamath Basin and its importance to the Pacific Flyway and beyond. Please read this story published through Mossyoak.com and shared through our news site for the entire article.
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San Jacinto Wildlife Area Project Summary
California Waterfowl Association undertook complete reconstruction of all the infrastructure during the summer 2023 on the wetland at the entrance to the San Jacinto Wildlife Area. The improvements have allowed independent water delivery to the wetland unit and complete drainage.
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New parking lots & walkways!
CWA's Chadd Santerre is busy at the Imperial Wildlife Area. Take a look and see all of the upgrades happening down south! Click the link at the bottom to see Chadd's video about the updates firsthand.
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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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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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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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Imperial Work Update
Work started this week with scrapers moving lots of dirt at the Imperial Wildlife Area’s Wister Unit’s W11A&C
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$1.8 million grant awarded for cooperative Palo Verde project in SoCal
The proposed project will significantly upgrade and restore a total of 500 acres of seasonal wetlands, managed uplands and riparian habitats on the Palo Verde Ecological Reserve, which is adjacent to the Colorado River.
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CWA Teams with PG&E and Rice Growers to Protect Species in Central Valley
A recent multi-partner project aims to help both wildlife and rice growers in the Sacramento Valley.
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Wetland habitat and public access improved at Butte Valley WA
Almost $1 million was recently spent at Butte Valley Wildlife Area enhancing 1,609 acres of managed seasonal wetlands and uplands. The Wildlife Conservation Board, CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, NAWCA and CA Duck Stamp funds contributed to the project.
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Pair of grants approved for Wetland Work
Last week’s meeting of the California Wildlife Conservation Board brought more good news for ducks and duck hunters.
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From dump to wetland
CWA's recently completed restoration project in Woodland brings wetlands closer to school children.
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Changes at Suisun Marsh, Tulare Basin
An update on wetland work in the Suisun Marsh and Tulare Basin (from Summer 2021 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine).
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CWA receives nearly $2M in habitat improvement grants
A federal commission approved nearly $2 million in grants to fund California Waterfowl projects in the Imperial Valley and Central Coast.
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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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Collecting carbon to fund restoration
Wetlands sequester carbon, and that means wetland restoration can be part of the nation's greenhouse gas solution. A three-year CWA wetland restoration project with River Partners could become a model for future efforts.
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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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Goose Lake to flood, open to hunting thanks to TNC partnership
October 23, 2020—California Waterfowl’s southernmost wetland property – Goose Lake – was expected to remain dry this...
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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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Presley Program rewards landowners for brood water
BY BRIAN OLSON (Originally published in the Summer 2020 issue of California Waterfowl) It’s no secr...
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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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WATER: Lower Klamath Refuge left high and dry
BY JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTOR OF WATER LAW AND POLICY (Originally published in the Summer 2020 is...
