ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Completed 5 years of waterfowl evaluations and monitoring of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) in California (2002-2006).

• Participated in California’s annual breeding pair survey for 15 consecutive years to monitor California’ breeding waterfowl populations.

• Since inception of the banding program in 1985, 139,000 birds have been leg banded in California under CWA’s banding permit.

• Summer banding crew’s leg banded over 4,600 mallards and 1,500 northern pintails in 2006.

• Summer banding crews leg banded 12 different species of waterfowl in 2006.