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Governor signs rice-flooding incentive bill

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an important bill on Wednesday to improve California Winter Rice Habitat In...
 
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Lower Klamath NWR update

In this report: Flooding status for opener CWA fights for pump repair funding Opening Day of duck...
 
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Veterans storm the Bay on the BlueRunner

Salmon were our intended target for the day and early reports indicated big ones were being caught o...
 
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The not-so-bullish sprig

California Waterfowl biologists trap and band thousands of ducks each year. As part of the banding...
 
News Press release Wetland restoration

Federal grants announced for Sac Valley, Klamath area wetlands

The good news kept coming this week as the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission announced on Monda...
 
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Lower Klamath: Farmers to the rescue!

The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, which has been critically deprived of essential water su...
 
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Veterans battle the yellowfin tuna storm

By MIKE PEETERS, VETERAN HUNT PROGRAM COORDINATOR Once again the Daily Double charter boat hosted Ca...
 
Klamath

Extra water delivery begins

The refuge began taking delivery of 50 cubic feet per second of water today. That delivery was available thanks to a cool and wet spring that delayed plantings and left the Klamath Project with extra water that it could divert to LKNWR.
 
Klamath

Critical Hub

Ducks don't stay at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge all year, but there are times the refuge is vitally important to them - and humans are letting them down.
 
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Fall Issue of California Waterfowl

[gallery style="carousel" ids="2035,2036,514,2037,2038,2039"] The Fall issue of California Waterfowl...
 
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CWA advocating for habitat funding, science-based management

(Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl) CONTENTS: - $300M secured for hab...
 
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Dove Hunting: A Powerful Dog-Training Opportunity

(Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl) by JOSH MILLER, SportDOG® Brand I...
 
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The 2019 Crop of Shotguns

(Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl) BY PHIL BOURJAILY Waterfowl guns g...
 
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Fall 2019 Gear Guide

New products, tested products and interesting stuff for duck hunters (Originally published in Fall 2...
 
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Population survey: Mallards need more than water to rebound

(Originally printed in the Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine) article by CAROLINE BR...
 
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FAQ: California's Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey

PHOTO BY WAYNE TILCOCK by CAROLINE BRADY, WATERFOWL PROGRAMS SUPERVISOR When we posted the state b...
 
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Can wetlands survive the new groundwater law?

(Originally printed in the Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine.) by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG,...
 
Klamath

Water levels dropping

Lower Klamath looks lush this summer thanks to incredible precipitation last winter and spring, but water levels are dropping.
 
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Pintail breeding population down

The continental pintail breeding population count declined 4% this year, according to a survey relea...
 
Advocacy

Shining a light on hunting at California's Capitol

More than 20 CWA volunteers, staff and board members spent Wednesday at the state Capitol talking a...
 
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CWA honors dedicated volunteers at State Convention

  All of the work California Waterfowl accomplishes each year wouldn’t be possible without the...
 
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CWA biologists begin banding at Lower Klamath

CWA's waterfowl biologists are continuing their busy summer by moving up to the northeast corner of...
 
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Veterans battle with yellowtail on the Freelance

By MIKE PEETERS/VETERAN HUNT PROGRAM COORDINATOR “Cast off those lines” came the captain’s order at...
 
Klamath

Letter to Secretary of the Interior

On July 30, CWA hand-delivered a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.