California Waterfowl and the John Rowe Memorial teamed up with Captain Rollo’s Kids at Sea for a Memorial Day veterans and kids charter-fishing adventure. Veterans were able to bring along a youth or two and hop aboard the El Dorado to learn all about fishing and the opportunities that await off the shores of California. […]
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Field Day fun in the Suisun Marsh
Trucks lined up at the Grizzly Island check station, decoys were meticulously positioned, duck calls rang out and shotguns blasted away. This past Saturday was about as close as you could get to duck season in June as CWA hosted the annual Suisun Marsh Field Day at the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area. Nearly 500 people […]
CWA volunteer earns state FFA award for hatchery work
California Waterfowl’s Egg Salvage Program does more than just help the ducks, it also helps build our next generation of waterfowl leaders. Seventeen-year-old CWA member Taylor Williams has put years of effort into volunteering at our partner Rancho Esquon Hatchery, and that work earned her top honors in the state in Wildlife Management Proficiency at […]
Bondersons make it happen
by HOLLY A. HEYSER, EDITOR We were refuge rats. These are not words you expect to come out of a multi-millionaire’s mouth. But Paul Bonderson was still hunting at the refuges even after the tech company he co-founded— Brocade Communications Systems—went public on his birthday in 1999 and made him a fortune. At least he […]
Summer Issue of California Waterfowl
The Summer issue of California Waterfowl will soon be landing in members’ mailboxes, and we’ve got some great stories for our readers! Not a member? If you join now by clicking here, then email Editor Holly Heyser at hheyser@calwaterfowl.org, she’ll mail you a copy of this issue. Here are some of the highlights: The 2018-19 […]
CWA advocating for higher pintail limits, habitat funding
(Originally printed in Summer 2019 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine.) BY MARK HENNELLY, VICE PRESIDENT FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC POLICY QUEST FOR HIGHER PINTAIL LIMITS CONTINUES CWA and its Regulations and Traditions Committee recently received an update on the pintail regulation revision that we requested from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2017. […]
Canine Corner: Dog days of summer
(Originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine.) by JOSH MILLER, SportDOG® Brand As spring turns to summer, I find duck hunters always feel a little extra enthusiasm for training. The long daylight hours and sunshine make us want to be outside, and what better way to spend time outside than working […]
The duck-club loving mouse
by KATIE SMITH For many hunters, there’s probably no better place to be on a crisp winter morning than in a duck blind—hunkered down among the tules under a delicate blanket of fog as the first golden-pink rays of the waking sun ignite frozen breath and warm ruddy cheeks. That is, until they find they […]
Klamath’s Bone-Dry Wetland
(Originally printed in the Summer 2019 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine.) by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTOR OF WATER LAW AND POLICY Driving down the highway that straddles the California-Oregon border on opening day of duck season last fall, hunters were horrified to find the marsh bone dry on both sides of Route 161, something veteran […]
The power of your pledge
(Originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of California Waterfowl.) by JOHN CARLSON, JR., PRESIDENT Fundraising is an important, if not the most important, activity that all nonprofit organizations must conduct on a continual basis: Without funding, they cannot do the work required to fulfill their mission. California Waterfowl’s programs have been very successful in […]
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