RANCHO CORDOVA—More than 80 lawmakers, Capitol staffers and representatives of sportsmen’s groups took up arms Tuesday for the 15th annual California Legislature Outdoor Sporting Caucus Shoot at the Cordova Shooting Center. The message they heard: Firearms can be used in a safe and fun manner, and every shot fired supports conservation because of the Pittman-Robertson […]
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Hey, Southern California: CWA is coming to YOU!
If you love waterfowl, wetlands and hunting and live in Southern California, you won’t want to miss our Orange County dinner on May 19 at the Huntington Beach Elks Lodge. CWA president John Carlson, Jr., will be in attendance as well as most of our program managers and board of directors, and they want to meet YOU. […]
Hunter-philanthropist Ken Hofmann passes away at 95
KENNETH H. HOFMANN, 1923-2018 The California Waterfowl family is deeply saddened by the loss last week of Kenneth H. Hofmann, a tireless supporter of youth and wetlands whose contributions will continue to leave a mark on our community for decades to come. He was 95. California Waterfowl President John Carlson, Jr., counted Hofmann both as […]
Wood ducks and fuel-efficient cars?
What do wood ducks have to do with fuel-efficient vehicles? Almost nothing, it would seem … until yesterday. That’s when CWA took its wood duck nestbox-building show on the road to Shell Martinez’ Make the Future California event at Sonoma Raceway. The event features the EcoMarathon high school and college student competition to build the […]
SF State students glimpse thriving habitat created by hunters
(Durham, California) Forty San Francisco State University students who toured Rancho Esquon this morning left with the realization that hunters actually give back more than they take from the environment. The students were on a weekend-long field trip for their Geography of Water course, and they went to Rancho Esquon to learn about the interplay […]
Job opening: summer camp healthcare specialist
Position: California Waterfowl Summer Camp Healthcare Specialist Application deadline: May 20, 2018 Location: Grizzly Ranch, Suisun City CA Dates: June 10 -August 10, 2018 At Grizzly Ranch summer camps, you will care for children and young adults during our sleep-away summer conservation camps in the Suisun Marsh. Monitor students in 3rd through 12th grades as they […]
2018-19 waterfowl regulations set
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: […]
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 – […]
