California Waterfowl

10/10/2026

🦆 FROM DIRT WORK TO DUCK HABITAT!

California Waterfowl has been hard at work at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area in Riverside County, expanding and refurbishing Units G1 and G2 to add 12 acres of wetland habitat!

From moving dirt and reshaping the landscape to getting ready for flood-up, this is what conservation looks like behind the scenes. 💪

🚜 The dirt work is done.
💧 The water is on its way.
🦆 And the birds aren't far behind!

Just in time for the 2026–27 waterfowl season!

This work is being completed in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Wildlife Conservation Board

Happy Hunting!

Conservation Mission. Hunting Tradition.™

10/09/2026

🦆 CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL AMONG THE TOP 10 WATERFOWL BANDERS IN NORTH AMERICA!

With 226,684 birds banded since 2000, California Waterfowl is standing alongside some of the largest wildlife agencies and banding programs across the continent! 💪

Behind those numbers are thousands of hours in the field, the dedication of our partners, staff and volunteers, and valuable research that helps us better understand waterfowl populations, migration and survival.

And we're not slowing down! Through our Heart of the Flyway campaign, we're working to advance waterfowl science and expand banding efforts to better understand and conserve the birds that depend on the Pacific Flyway.

Help us keep this important work moving forward!

👉 DONATE TO HEART OF THE FLYWAY: www.heartoftheflyway.com

This important work is done in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Mission. Hunting Tradition.™

10/09/2026

🦆 EXPANDING PUBLIC HUNTING ACCESS IN CALIFORNIA!

California Waterfowl has expanded its Hunt Program with the addition of the 500-acre Potrero Duck Club in the Suisun Marsh, adjacent to our Denverton property.

Join CWA Vice President Robert Eddings for a look at this property, which CWA is currently leasing with an option to purchase. With five blinds, Potrero will double our daily hunting capacity in this part of the Suisun Marsh.

This is Heart of the Flyway in action. Expanding public hunting access is a key priority of our campaign, helping ensure that California waterfowl hunters have places to pursue their passion for generations to come.

👉 Learn more about our campaign: www.heartoftheflyway.com

👉 Come hunt with us: https://calwaterfowl.org/hunt-program-new

Conservation Mission. Hunting Tradition.™

10/08/2026

Congratulations to this week's winner #590!
This lucky winner will be receiving Heritage Rough Rider 9" 22LR!
Our next winner will be determined on October 14th.
You can check the winner at any time: calwaterfowl.org/gun-a-week

10/08/2026

🦆 NEW HUNTS + A BRAND-NEW CWA HUNTING PROPERTY!

More hunting opportunities just dropped at Golden Gate, Staten Island and Pope Ranch! 🔥

And this one is especially exciting — this will be the first time CWA hunters have access to our new Golden Gate property!

There’s something for everyone, with a mix of waterfowl, turkey and pheasant hunts now available.

⏰ SIGN UP NOW — the deadline for November hunts is October 17!

👉 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO & TO GET YOUR NAME IN FOR THE DRAWS: https://bit.ly/3I5eCx1

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10/07/2026

🦆 Synchronized swimming — duck edition.

These two Green-winged Teal were caught skimming across the water at CWA’s Potrero property, wingtips just barely touching the surface. Almost looks like they practiced it. 😆

Acquiring properties like Potrero for our hunting, conservation, and education programs is a key goal of our Heart of The Flyway Campaign. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/4wQb45D

10/06/2026

🌿 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT MONITORING

Join CWA Regional Biologist & Land Trust Coordinator Kevin Vella for a windy day in the Yolo Bypass as he takes us through a conservation easement protecting critical habitat for the giant garter snake.

From managed cattle grazing to summer water, Kevin explains how protecting this habitat benefits more than one species — including the waterfowl that depend on these same landscapes.

It’s all connected. 🐍🦆

Conservation Mission. Hunting Tradition. TM

10/03/2026

🦆 DUCKS DROPPING IN AT POTRERO!

A few ducks coming in hot at California Waterfowl’s Potrero property in the Suisun Marsh.

With birds moving in and fall settling over the wetlands, sights like this are getting us ready for the season ahead!

Conservation Mission. Hunting Tradition. TM

10/02/2026

🦆 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED — LET’S GET THE BLINDS READY!

Hunting season is right around the corner, and Imperial Wildlife Area could use some extra hands on Saturday, October 10!

Volunteers will help brush up and build blinds, post signage and get things ready for the season, with a focus on the recently refurbished Ponds 114 and 115.

📅 Saturday, October 10
⏰ 7:00 AM
📍 Imperial Wildlife Area
8700 Davis Road, Niland, CA 92257

🥾 What to bring: Mud boots, gloves, pruners, wire cutters, loppers, water, food and any other useful tools you have.

Come lend a hand and help get the blinds ready for hunting season! 💪🦆

Questions? Contact Aurelio at (760) 828-7582.

10/01/2026

🦆 A BIG WIN FOR CALIFORNIA’S HUNTERS & WILDLIFE AREAS!

Governor Newsom has signed CWA-sponsored AB 1987, helping ensure that millions of dollars generated by hunters and agricultural leases on Type A and B State Wildlife Areas are reinvested back into those lands.

The new law protects hunter-generated application and user fees for:
🌿 Wildlife Area operations and maintenance
🦆 Public hunt programs
💧 Wetlands and wildlife habitat

It also directs agricultural lease revenues back to the lands that generate them—creating a more stable source of funding for these important public areas.

California’s hunters help fund these lands. AB 1987 helps make sure those dollars stay there.

👏 Thank you to Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Assemblymember Heather Hadwick for authoring AB 1987, and to everyone who helped move this important legislation across the finish line.

AB 1987 follows similar pieces of legislation sponsored by California Waterfowl over the years that were also signed into law to increase the accountability and transparency over the use of hunting-related monies, including laws to create hunter-oversight committees for the use of duck stamp and upland gamebird stamp funds, restrict how Pittman-Robertson Act monies may be used in California, create dedicated accounts for the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program and SHARE Program, and ensure that fish and game fine revenues are not redirected for non-conservation purposes.

Through our Advocacy program, California Waterfowl will continue fighting for legislation that protects waterfowl, wetlands and hunting.