COHA, CWA and DFG, are pleased to begin offering private land hunting opportunities for migratory and upland game birds for early 2008 via the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Program. Learn more about the program by clicking here>>

Applications from interested hunters are now being accepted.

Central Valley applications, click here>>
North Coast applications, click here>>

The most highly endangered duck species, the Laysan teal, had a very successful 2007 breeding season at a refuge that was once part of its historic range, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologists.

To learn more about this amazing comeback, read the story on the USGS website by clicking here>>

California Waterfowl Association (CWA) and our partners, California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA), need your help urgently to defeat AB 1634, a bill which will force hunters and other pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs unless they meet strict requirements and acquire an expensive “intact permit” each year. 

For the complete story and a sample letter click here>>

There is a new face on the CA Fish and Game Commission.Michael Sutton, of Monterey, was appointed on May 4, 2007. 

To learn more about the Commision and your new commissioner, click here>>

CWA is stepping up efforts to work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to obtain changes in the federal management model for pintails. We are seeking a break from the current strategy of offering all four flyways the same framework package to allow for some liberalization in California’s pintail bag limit. For details, click here>>

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