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Governor signs bobcat hunting ban

October 12, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill today banning bobcat hunting in California. It was signed among a package of bills promoting “animal welfare” and “fighting animal cruelty.” “This law is nothing short of an assault on the century-old, highly successful North American Model of Wildlife Conservation,” said Mark Hennelly, CWA’s vice president for legislative affairs […]

Governor signs rice-flooding incentive bill

October 3, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an important bill on Wednesday to improve California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program, which was created in 2018 by AB 2348 (Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters). The 2018 law allows the Department of Fish and Wildlife to enter into contracts with private landowners to help offset the costs of winter rice flooding on lands […]

Lower Klamath NWR update

October 3, 2019

In this report: Flooding status for opener CWA fights for pump repair funding Opening Day of duck season in the Northeastern Zone is this Saturday, and the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge has more water now than it did this time last year, thanks to farmers sharing water with the refuge. Four waterfowl units are […]

Veterans storm the Bay on the BlueRunner

September 30, 2019

Salmon were our intended target for the day and early reports indicated big ones were being caught off the Northern California coast. We were primed, lined and ready for hook-up on the Blue Runner … and then came the call we all were dreading … “Major storm coming from the north, very high winds, too […]

The not-so-bullish sprig

September 26, 2019

California Waterfowl biologists trap and band thousands of ducks each year. As part of the banding process they record the gender, weight, general age and other identifying characteristics of the birds. While juveniles and some molting adults can take a little work to determine their sex, most adults close to hunting season are usually easy […]

Federal grants announced for Sac Valley, Klamath area wetlands

September 17, 2019

The good news kept coming this week as the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission announced on Monday the approval of $28 million in funding for wetland conservation projects. Of that sum, $23.9 million will go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners for North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants. When paired with $72 […]

Lower Klamath: Farmers to the rescue!

September 16, 2019

The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, which has been critically deprived of essential water supplies for more than a decade, got a piece of good news: Farmers in the Klamath Basin have taken stock of their water needs and starting today they will be sending three times as much water to Lower Klamath as they’d […]

Veterans battle the yellowfin tuna storm

September 12, 2019

By MIKE PEETERS, VETERAN HUNT PROGRAM COORDINATOR Once again the Daily Double charter boat hosted California Waterfowl veterans along with Hope for the Warriors veterans on a fishing trip out of San Diego. In early discussion with where to go, Captain Fred Huber was a little unsettled with chasing the yellowfin tuna, but the bite […]

Fall Issue of California Waterfowl

August 30, 2019

The Fall 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: For […]

CWA advocating for habitat funding, science-based management

August 29, 2019

(Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl) CONTENTS: – $300M secured for habitat – Junior license age extension dead for the year – Roadkill salvage bill advances – CWA supports rice flooding incentive measure – Bills threaten science-based management – For an up-to-date wrap-up of all bills we’re working on, click here. BY […]

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