The California Fish and Game Commission set regulations for the 2018-19 waterfowl season this morning with two key changes compared with 2017-18: The pintail daily bag limit returns to two, and goose seasons are changing in the Northeastern Zone. California Waterfowl and its Regulations & Traditions Committee supported both changes. The new Northeastern Zone regulations: […]
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CWA statement on AB 3199
Regarding AB 3199, a bill to restrict charitable organizations to no more than three events per year with gun raffles: (Roseville, California) April 11, 2018 — California Waterfowl is a non-profit conservation organization founded and funded largely by hunters. It has about 100 fundraising banquets each year, and our top raffle items at these banquets are […]
R&T Committee endorses proposed Northeastern goose regs
Proposed new Northeastern Zone goose regulations won the endorsement of the California Waterfowl Regulations and Traditions Committee and the CWA Board today. The proposed regulations, which go to the California Fish and Game Commission April 19 for final approval for 2018-19, would do the following in the Northeastern Zone: • Bring white-fronted goose seasons in sync […]
Southern California teen wins California Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest
Out of more than 2,300 submissions, there could be only one winner of the California State Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. That decision fell on the shoulders of nine judges, who spent hours examining the submissions at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. They pored over thousands of colorful depictions of all manner of waterfowl – […]
Educators see hunting in a new light
Sixteen teachers from across California didn’t know entirely what to expect when they arrived at California Waterfowl’s Grizzly Ranch in the Suisun Marsh on March 24. They had signed up for CWA’s second annual Wildlife Conservation Education Seminar, a four-day program designed to help educators bring outdoor education into their curricula. Over the course of […]
Plan to explore 3-pintail option moves forward
The Pacific Flyway Council—one of four that advise the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on waterfowl regulations—recommended on March 27 making it a high priority to review and possibly revise the federal regulatory model for determining pintail bag limits. Currently it is only a long-range priority for the Harvest Management Working Group of the U.S. […]
Meet our new Tulare/So Cal biologist
From the foothills of Dunlap, California, to the mountains of Idaho, Matt Ruso has chased just about every kind of game. It was the opportunity to improve wetland habitats and increase waterfowl hunting opportunities that brought him back to California. Ruso is California Waterfowl’s newest regional biologist, covering the Tulare Basin and Southern California. “It’s […]
Press release: Women’s workshop is an intro to outdoor skills
(Fairfield, California) March 5, 2018 — Women can learn a wide variety of outdoor skills –orienteering, archery, shooting, leathercraft, canning, fishing, boating and more – at California Waterfowl’s Multi-Course Workshop next month in the Suisun Marsh south of Fairfield. “The three-day Multi-Course Workshop gives women the chance to sample a lot of outdoor activities – […]
Tom Homen, 1949-2017
Thomas Stephen Homen, one of the longest-tenured California Waterfowl fundraisers ever, passed away over Thanksgiving weekend with his family at his side. He was 68. Tom, or “Tommy,” was born in Newman on August 22, 1949, and was a lifelong resident of the small Central Valley town. He graduated from Gustine High School, received his associate’s degree […]
CWA seeks 3-pintail limit
California Waterfowl has asked the Pacific Flyway Council to develop options allowing states to choose a three-pintail bag limit, and will be discussing this issue with the Council when it meets in March in Norfolk, Virginia. In a detailed letter, CWA noted that California’s midwinter index of pintail is approximately 1 million birds, representing a substantial share of the entire […]
