The Spring 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: On the cover: Photographer Brandon […]
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CWA hails Lyons appointment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE California Waterfowl notes with approval that Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Bill Lyons, Jr., as his Agriculture Liaison. Lyons was previously the Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture. California Waterfowl works extensively with farmers, particularly rice growers, to provide habitat for migrating waterfowl in the fall, winter and spring, […]
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It’s the waders and jackets our new hunters wear. The decoys on our hunting properties. The ammunition that kids shoot at our summer camps. The e-collars on the dogs that retrieve our members’ ducks. We’re talking about partnership. California Waterfowl’s corporate partners – SportDOG®, Federal Premium and Banded/Avery – don’t just contribute cash; they play a […]
Youth hunters shine through bad weather
The weather for much of California last weekend called for heavy rain and winds but that didn’t deter the next generation of hunters from coming out strong for Youth Hunt Weekend. Even though the wind didn’t hit as hard as expected there were still plenty of birds stirring around Butte Creek Island Ranch in the […]
UC Davis college students get taste of hunting life
Although almost all of California’s future wildlife managers are outdoorsy people, fewer and fewer of them have experience with hunting before they enter the workforce. CWA’s College Camp, held each year at the gorgeous Bird Haven Ranch in the Upper Butte Basin, is a collaborative effort with the UC Davis Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology […]
Rich Christie joins CWA as new field rep
Long-time volunteer Rich Christie has officially joined California Waterfowl staff as the organization’s fourth field operations representative. Born and raised in South Africa, Rich’s love of the outdoors grew early on as he accompanied his father on photography flights in single-engine planes over the bush. Later, as a private pilot and photographer, he moved to […]
94-year-old WWII Veteran hunts the marsh with CWA
There aren’t many people around who have seen as many sunrises as 94-year-old Pete Arnold has. Some of those were during his three-year stint in the Navy, serving as a pharmacist’s mate in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Many more sunrises have been spent out in a blind during his 81 years of hunting. CWA […]
CWA seeks expanded duck hunting opportunity
In late November, CWA traveled to Washington, D.C., and met with recently nominated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith, as well as U.S. Department of Interior leadership, about the importance of pintail hunting opportunity to California waterfowlers. In particular, we urged that the northern pintail adaptive harvest management strategy revision be completed as […]
Winter issue of California Waterfowl
The Winter 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: On the […]
Unimpaired flows: water solution or threat?
(Originally published in the Winter 2018 issue of California Waterfowl.) by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTOR OF WATER LAW AND POLICY Once again, it seems that every water issue revolves around fish, not waterfowl. The State Water Resources Control Board has decided that the answer to declining fish populations is a mandate that will result in losses of water supplies […]
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