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Migration Alert: Hunters Toast New Year with Cold Duck Hunters in the Columbia Basin and eastern Oregon managed to bag their birds this past week, but they had to put in their time, by either scouting in advance or hunting all day.

DU's Western Region celebrates conserving 100,000 acres in the Northwest Ducks Unlimited's Western Regional Office is celebrating a major milestone in its history: surpassing 100,000 acres of waterfowl habitat conserved or protected in the Pacific Northwest portion of the region.

Migration Alert: Oregon waterfowlers having success along the coast Western Oregon waterfowl hunters are experiencing average hunting conditions at the onset of the 2012-13 waterfowl hunting season.

Ducks Unlimited scientist receives national award RIDGELAND, Miss. - Oct. 17, 2012 - Tom Moorman, Ph.D., Ducks Unlimited director of science and public policy, has won The Wildlife Society's (TWS) 2012 Jim McDonough Award. Moorman received the award at the TWS annual conference in Portland, Ore., on Monday, Oct. 15.

Waterfowl, hunters to benefit from nearly $30 million federal investment MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Sept. 12, 2012 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced a landmark investment of nearly $30 million in the future of wetlands, waterfowl and public waterfowl hunting across the country through expanded refuges and hunting programs.

Partners celebrate conservation on Sauvie Island During the past decade, DU and partners have completed more than a dozen projects—totaling approximately 2,000 acres of habitat—on Sauvie Island Wildlife Area in Portland, Oregon.

Historical Klamath River Wetland Restored The Tule Smoke Hunt Club, known locally as the "Rat Club," is located along the Klamath River nine miles south of Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Sunset chapter recognized nationally

Oregon: Summer Lake Basin Restoration Project The Summer Lake Basin attracts more than half of the continental population of Tule greater white-fronted geese and 40 percent of the Wrangle Island snow goose population.

Ducks Unlimited receives Coastal America Partnership honor for Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project OLYMPIA, Wash. (Dec. 12, 2011)—Ducks Unlimited received President Obama's prestigious Coastal America Partnership Award on Dec. 10 for its pivotal role in the highly successful Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project.

Conservation in Action: DU helps restore wetlands in Oregon The tide was rising when the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge was officially dedicated on October 1 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited.

Oregon FY 11 Projects

President's Elite Chapters Rise to the Top Each year a select group of Ducks Unlimited chapters rises to the top of the ranks: the President's Elite chapters, which raise $100,000 or more annually for DU's habitat conservation work. This year, 43 DU chapters achieved President's Elite status.

Ducks Unlimited Names Top 100 Chapters The Top 100 Chapters are among Ducks Unlimited's most successful chapters throughout the nation. Each year, the list is reserved for the top 100 chapters that raise up to $100,000 in grassroots income for DU's conservation mission.

Landowner Profile: Ranching for Ducks - Gary & Colby Marshall Gary Marshall and his son, Colby, operate a family ranch in the Harney Basin of southern Oregon. During spring and early summer, they flood-irrigate their wet meadows via a series of sloughs, ditches and spreader dikes, providing vital feeding and resting habitat for pintails and other dabbling ducks as the birds migrate north in spring.

DU Leadership Giving: Tim and Mary Boyle Ducks Unlimited Legacy Sponsors Tim and Mary Boyle of Portland, Oregon, gave $100,000 to benefit waterfowl habitat in Sauvie Island Wildlife Area.

Official Ducks Unlimited statement regarding U.S. Fish and Wildlife airplane crash Dr. Alan Wentz, Ducks Unlimited senior group manager for conservation and communications, issued an official statement regarding the news that two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl biologists, Vernon (Ray) Bentley and David (Dave) Pitkin, were killed when their survey aircraft crashed in western Oregon on Sunday, Jan. 17. Please click the link to read the full statement.

Peter Mathios named Ducks Unlimited International Artist of the Year MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Feb. 20, 2008 - Renowned wildlife artist Peter Mathios of Albany, Oregon, is the Ducks Unlimited 2009 International Artist of the Year. His painting, "Evening Sprig," earned him the top honor.

Ducks Unlimited receives NAWCA grant to conserve Willamette River Delta wetlands MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 25, 2007 – Ducks Unlimited was recently awarded a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant to conserve wetland habitat within the Willamette River Delta. Project partners efforts will acquire, restore or enhance a total of 1,237 acres of important wetland and associated upland habitats.

Northern and Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau An overview of Ducks Unlimited's habitat conservation work in the Northern and Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau priority area.

Pacific Northwest An overview of Ducks Unlimited's habitat conservation work in the Pacific Northwest priority area.

Great Basin An overview of Ducks Unlimited's conservation efforts in its Great Basin priority area.

Where Oregon's Ducks Come From The Prairie Pothole Region and Pacific Northwest are critical to Oregon waterfowl hunters. A significant portion of our annual duck harvest migrates to us from the Prairie Pothole Region, also referred to as “the duck factory”. In addition, a substantial number of mallards and other species breed in our state and other portions of the Pacific Northwest.

Gunning the Great Basin A duck hunting expedition through southern Oregon’s closed-basin lakes.

Western Oregon Wetland Habitats The Columbia River Estuary encompasses more than 40,000 hectares of land. Although there are no dams on the Columbia River below Bonneville, the system has been dramatically altered by the dredging, ditching and construction of flood control levees. In addition, an extensive dam system on the lower tributaries to the Columbia River has dramatically altered natural hydrology, affecting the natural processes that form and maintain wetland habitats.

Eastern Oregon Wetland Habitats Few places in the western United States can boast the high numbers of waterfowl or vast wetland acreage found in southern and eastern Oregon. A casual look at this region leaves a visitor with the impression that it is dominated by high desert, typical of much of the Great Basin.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - West Marsh Restoration Project DU and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will design and implement a project to restore and enhance approximately 330 acres of wetlands on the West Marsh Unit of Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area. The project is located on the west side of Interstate 84 approximately three miles southeast of LaGrande, Oregon.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - Hot Lake Acquisition and Restoration Ducks Unlimited provided $100,000 to The Nature Conservancy to acquire this 136 acre property on the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area near LaGrande, Oregon. DU funding came from a grant awarded under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - Tule Lake Restoration, Phase II Ducks Unlimited, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and other partners worked together to complete the Tule Lake Phase II project on the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area near LaGrande, Oregon. This project has resulted in the restoration of approximately 480 acres of prime waterfowl habitat and a substantial increase in public recreational opportunties on the Wildlife Area. A portion of the property is actually owned by the City of La Grande, but managed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - Tule Lake Restoration, Phase I Ducks Unlimited and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife completed the Tule Lake Phase I restoration project in 2003. This project included the acquisition of over 600 acres that were added to the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area near LaGrande, Oregon. The project also included the restoration and enhancement of over 500 acres of wetland habitat and a three mile reach of Ladd Creek. Ducks Unlimited engineers designed and constructed two large fish ladders on the restored section of Ladd Creek.

Sackos Wetlands Restoration Project Ducks Unlimited has completed the restoration of 25 acres of wetland habitat and one mile of the Powder River on this site located about 10 miles north of Baker City, Oregon. The project included the construction of levees, installation of water control structures and restoration of three old meanders of the Powder River.

Cowan-Sinko Restoration and Monitoring Ducks Unlimited will monitor fish use in the Cowan and Sinko projects on the Oregon Coast. The two projects are located in the Coos and Coquille River valleys near Coos Bay, Oregon. Ducks Unlimited completed two wetland restoration projects on these sites in 2003 and 2004.

Deer Island Restoration Project The wetlands and adjacent agricultural lands in the Deer Island area provide significant habitat for waterfowl in the Lower Columbia River. Deer Island itself exceeds 3,000 acres in size, and although diked, provides a diverse mosaic of habitats that waterfowl use during the breeding, migration, and wintering periods.

Malheur NWR West Side Canal Project Ducks Unlimited is assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in replacing a fish ladder and fish screen on the West Side Canal at Page Springs Dam. The project is located at the south end of the Blitzen Valley on Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Trainor Wetland Restoration Project Ducks Unlimited is working with several partners to enhance over 2,000 acres of wetlands and wetland associated uplands near the mouth of the Silvies River in Harney County, Oregon. The project is located about one mile north of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

McFarland Ranch and Refuge Project The McFarland Ranch and Refuge encompasses 3000 acres of prime waterfowl habitat along the northwest shore of Goose Lake in Lake County, Oregon. The property also contains roughly 3 miles of Drew's Creek, and 3 miles of Drew's Slough, plus hundreds of acres of wet meadow habitats.

West Multnomah Channel Wetlands Project Conservation partners, including Metro, a regional government serving the Portland area, the Natural Resource Conservation Service, North American Wetland Conservation Council, and Ducks Unlimited recently restored a 264-acre wetland complex along the Multnomah Channel. Restoration included installing two water control structures in each of two drains.

Smith and Bybe Lakes Project Ducks Unlimited and partners recently completed the restoration of 1,600 acres of wetlands on Smith & Bybee Lakes, located in Portland at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. This wetland complex is owned and managed by Metro Parks and Greenspaces, and is proclaimed to be the largest protected urban wetland in the United States.

Oregon Conservation Projects Ducks Unlimited habitat conservation projects in Oregon. These projects benefit waterfowl, other wildlife and people. View sample projects, project map and more.

Great Basin - More Information Background information on DU's Great Basin habitat conservation priority area.

Migration Alert: Hunters Toast New Year with Cold Duck

Hunters in the Columbia Basin and eastern Oregon managed to bag their birds this past week, but they had to put in their time, by either scouting in advance or hunting all day.

DU's Western Region celebrates conserving 100,000 acres in the Northwest

Ducks Unlimited's Western Regional Office is celebrating a major milestone in its history: surpassing 100,000 acres of waterfowl habitat conserved or protected in the Pacific Northwest portion of the region.

Migration Alert: Oregon waterfowlers having success along the coast

Western Oregon waterfowl hunters are experiencing average hunting conditions at the onset of the 2012-13 waterfowl hunting season.

Ducks Unlimited scientist receives national award

RIDGELAND, Miss. - Oct. 17, 2012 - Tom Moorman, Ph.D., Ducks Unlimited director of science and public policy, has won The Wildlife Society's (TWS) 2012 Jim McDonough Award. Moorman received the award at the TWS annual conference in Portland, Ore., on Monday, Oct. 15.

Waterfowl, hunters to benefit from nearly $30 million federal investment

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Sept. 12, 2012 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced a landmark investment of nearly $30 million in the future of wetlands, waterfowl and public waterfowl hunting across the country through expanded refuges and hunting programs.

Partners celebrate conservation on Sauvie Island

During the past decade, DU and partners have completed more than a dozen projects—totaling approximately 2,000 acres of habitat—on Sauvie Island Wildlife Area in Portland, Oregon.

Historical Klamath River Wetland Restored

The Tule Smoke Hunt Club, known locally as the "Rat Club," is located along the Klamath River nine miles south of Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Sunset chapter recognized nationally

Oregon: Summer Lake Basin Restoration Project

The Summer Lake Basin attracts more than half of the continental population of Tule greater white-fronted geese and 40 percent of the Wrangle Island snow goose population.

Ducks Unlimited receives Coastal America Partnership honor for Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Dec. 12, 2011)—Ducks Unlimited received President Obama's prestigious Coastal America Partnership Award on Dec. 10 for its pivotal role in the highly successful Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project.

Conservation in Action: DU helps restore wetlands in Oregon

The tide was rising when the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge was officially dedicated on October 1 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited.

Oregon FY 11 Projects

President's Elite Chapters Rise to the Top

Each year a select group of Ducks Unlimited chapters rises to the top of the ranks: the President's Elite chapters, which raise $100,000 or more annually for DU's habitat conservation work. This year, 43 DU chapters achieved President's Elite status.

Ducks Unlimited Names Top 100 Chapters

The Top 100 Chapters are among Ducks Unlimited's most successful chapters throughout the nation. Each year, the list is reserved for the top 100 chapters that raise up to $100,000 in grassroots income for DU's conservation mission.

Landowner Profile: Ranching for Ducks - Gary & Colby Marshall

Gary Marshall and his son, Colby, operate a family ranch in the Harney Basin of southern Oregon. During spring and early summer, they flood-irrigate their wet meadows via a series of sloughs, ditches and spreader dikes, providing vital feeding and resting habitat for pintails and other dabbling ducks as the birds migrate north in spring.

DU Leadership Giving: Tim and Mary Boyle

Ducks Unlimited Legacy Sponsors Tim and Mary Boyle of Portland, Oregon, gave $100,000 to benefit waterfowl habitat in Sauvie Island Wildlife Area.

Official Ducks Unlimited statement regarding U.S. Fish and Wildlife airplane crash

Dr. Alan Wentz, Ducks Unlimited senior group manager for conservation and communications, issued an official statement regarding the news that two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl biologists, Vernon (Ray) Bentley and David (Dave) Pitkin, were killed when their survey aircraft crashed in western Oregon on Sunday, Jan. 17. Please click the link to read the full statement.

Peter Mathios named Ducks Unlimited International Artist of the Year

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Feb. 20, 2008 - Renowned wildlife artist Peter Mathios of Albany, Oregon, is the Ducks Unlimited 2009 International Artist of the Year. His painting, "Evening Sprig," earned him the top honor.

Ducks Unlimited receives NAWCA grant to conserve Willamette River Delta wetlands

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 25, 2007 – Ducks Unlimited was recently awarded a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant to conserve wetland habitat within the Willamette River Delta. Project partners efforts will acquire, restore or enhance a total of 1,237 acres of important wetland and associated upland habitats.

Northern and Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau

An overview of Ducks Unlimited's habitat conservation work in the Northern and Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau priority area.

Pacific Northwest

An overview of Ducks Unlimited's habitat conservation work in the Pacific Northwest priority area.

Great Basin

An overview of Ducks Unlimited's conservation efforts in its Great Basin priority area.

Where Oregon's Ducks Come From

The Prairie Pothole Region and Pacific Northwest are critical to Oregon waterfowl hunters. A significant portion of our annual duck harvest migrates to us from the Prairie Pothole Region, also referred to as “the duck factory”. In addition, a substantial number of mallards and other species breed in our state and other portions of the Pacific Northwest.

Gunning the Great Basin

A duck hunting expedition through southern Oregon’s closed-basin lakes.

Western Oregon Wetland Habitats

The Columbia River Estuary encompasses more than 40,000 hectares of land. Although there are no dams on the Columbia River below Bonneville, the system has been dramatically altered by the dredging, ditching and construction of flood control levees. In addition, an extensive dam system on the lower tributaries to the Columbia River has dramatically altered natural hydrology, affecting the natural processes that form and maintain wetland habitats.

Eastern Oregon Wetland Habitats

Few places in the western United States can boast the high numbers of waterfowl or vast wetland acreage found in southern and eastern Oregon. A casual look at this region leaves a visitor with the impression that it is dominated by high desert, typical of much of the Great Basin.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - West Marsh Restoration Project

DU and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will design and implement a project to restore and enhance approximately 330 acres of wetlands on the West Marsh Unit of Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area. The project is located on the west side of Interstate 84 approximately three miles southeast of LaGrande, Oregon.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - Hot Lake Acquisition and Restoration

Ducks Unlimited provided $100,000 to The Nature Conservancy to acquire this 136 acre property on the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area near LaGrande, Oregon. DU funding came from a grant awarded under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - Tule Lake Restoration, Phase II

Ducks Unlimited, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and other partners worked together to complete the Tule Lake Phase II project on the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area near LaGrande, Oregon. This project has resulted in the restoration of approximately 480 acres of prime waterfowl habitat and a substantial increase in public recreational opportunties on the Wildlife Area. A portion of the property is actually owned by the City of La Grande, but managed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - Tule Lake Restoration, Phase I

Ducks Unlimited and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife completed the Tule Lake Phase I restoration project in 2003. This project included the acquisition of over 600 acres that were added to the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area near LaGrande, Oregon. The project also included the restoration and enhancement of over 500 acres of wetland habitat and a three mile reach of Ladd Creek. Ducks Unlimited engineers designed and constructed two large fish ladders on the restored section of Ladd Creek.

Sackos Wetlands Restoration Project

Ducks Unlimited has completed the restoration of 25 acres of wetland habitat and one mile of the Powder River on this site located about 10 miles north of Baker City, Oregon. The project included the construction of levees, installation of water control structures and restoration of three old meanders of the Powder River.

Cowan-Sinko Restoration and Monitoring

Ducks Unlimited will monitor fish use in the Cowan and Sinko projects on the Oregon Coast. The two projects are located in the Coos and Coquille River valleys near Coos Bay, Oregon. Ducks Unlimited completed two wetland restoration projects on these sites in 2003 and 2004.

Deer Island Restoration Project

The wetlands and adjacent agricultural lands in the Deer Island area provide significant habitat for waterfowl in the Lower Columbia River. Deer Island itself exceeds 3,000 acres in size, and although diked, provides a diverse mosaic of habitats that waterfowl use during the breeding, migration, and wintering periods.

Malheur NWR West Side Canal Project

Ducks Unlimited is assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in replacing a fish ladder and fish screen on the West Side Canal at Page Springs Dam. The project is located at the south end of the Blitzen Valley on Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Trainor Wetland Restoration Project

Ducks Unlimited is working with several partners to enhance over 2,000 acres of wetlands and wetland associated uplands near the mouth of the Silvies River in Harney County, Oregon. The project is located about one mile north of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

McFarland Ranch and Refuge Project

The McFarland Ranch and Refuge encompasses 3000 acres of prime waterfowl habitat along the northwest shore of Goose Lake in Lake County, Oregon. The property also contains roughly 3 miles of Drew's Creek, and 3 miles of Drew's Slough, plus hundreds of acres of wet meadow habitats.

West Multnomah Channel Wetlands Project

Conservation partners, including Metro, a regional government serving the Portland area, the Natural Resource Conservation Service, North American Wetland Conservation Council, and Ducks Unlimited recently restored a 264-acre wetland complex along the Multnomah Channel. Restoration included installing two water control structures in each of two drains.

Smith and Bybe Lakes Project

Ducks Unlimited and partners recently completed the restoration of 1,600 acres of wetlands on Smith & Bybee Lakes, located in Portland at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. This wetland complex is owned and managed by Metro Parks and Greenspaces, and is proclaimed to be the largest protected urban wetland in the United States.

Oregon Conservation Projects

Ducks Unlimited habitat conservation projects in Oregon. These projects benefit waterfowl, other wildlife and people. View sample projects, project map and more.

Great Basin - More Information

Background information on DU's Great Basin habitat conservation priority area.

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