Ducks Unlimited has partnered with 10 other conservation organizations to achieve a shared vision of a fully functional San Joaquin River, complete with a resurrected wetland-enhanced flood plain and even a restored salmon population.
The San Joaquin watershed, the second largest California, has been reduced to a shadow of its former self, at some points becoming completely dry for over a quarter of its length. Congress recently passed legislation providing funds to initiate an ambitious, precedent-setting restoration effort and DU, as an active partner in this effort, will help ensure that waterfowl and other wetland-associated wildlife benefit from this work