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Shaping the Landscape: DU’s Chris Bonsignore Retires After a Quarter Century of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest

Ducks Unlimited bids farewell to a longtime leader whose work helped drive conservation in the West

Back in the Flow: Ducks Unlimited Enhances Wetlands and Boosts Recreation in California’s San Joaquin Valley

Ducks Unlimited completed a major wetland restoration project at the Blue Goose Unit in California’s San Joaquin Valley, enhancing over 500 acres for migrating birds, improving water management, and increasing public access and flood resilience.

Hooked from Day One: Sehra Evans' DU Journey

After discovering duck hunting by chance, Sehra Evans has turned her passion into action and reviving a local DU chapter

Ducks Unlimited Begins Construction on Major Habitat and Auto Tour Loop Upgrades at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area

The project will enhance 765 acres, improve water management, and upgrade visitor access along popular auto tour route

Hooked from Day One: Sehra Evans' DU Journey

After discovering duck hunting by chance, Sehra Evans has turned her passion into action and reviving a local DU chapter

Ed May Named 2024 Ducks Unlimited Excellence in Policy Volunteerism Award for the Western Region

Volunteers honored for their decades-long commitment and service to DU in Western Region

A Champion for the Central Valley’s Wetlands and Water

Major Sponsor Spotlight: Ellen Wehr

Ducks Unlimited awarded funds for Bay restoration

Funding to restore key parcels on the north shore of San Pablo Bay

Ducks Unlimited project will improve water availability at Sutter National Wildlife Refuge

The $16 million lift station is the first step in ensuring Sutter has reliable flooded habitat for waterfowl

Northeastern California hunters facing another challenging season in the Klamath Basinhttps://www.ducks.org/newsroom/californias-waterfowl-hunters-get-a-boost-thanks-to-wet-winter

Ducks Unlimited is working with land managers in Northeastern California to make the most of increasingly unreliable water supplies.

Ducks Unlimited projects underway at popular Elkhorn Slough in California

DU and its partners continue to restore degraded tidal salt marshes threatened by rising seas at Elkhorn Slough in Monterey Bay.

DU, Partners Continue Restoration Work Along California’s North Coast and in SF Bay

Ducks Unlimited and its partners continue to restore wetlands along California's coast thanks to California Coastal Conservancy grants.

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State Contacts

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State Chairman

Adam Parrish

Gilroy, CA

408-476-0432

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Regional Vice President, Region 1

Jan Young

503-577-5497

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Public Policy Chairman

Andrew Foraker

605-804-2648

California Resources

California's Ducks

The Western Boreal Forest is critical to California waterfowl hunters. The majority of ducks that winter in California originate in this important breeding area, including nearly all our green wing teal and wigeon. In addition, the prairies of the North Central United States and Canada provide California with the bulk of our pintail migration and a variety of other species.

California also supports a substantial mallard breeding population that directly impacts our annual waterfowl harvest rates. Over half of the mallards harvested in California originate in the wetlands of the Central Valley.

The Western Boreal Forest, Prairie Pothole Region, and California Central Valley & Coast are all high priority conservation focus areas for Ducks Unlimited. In addition California benefits from DU’s Pacific Northwest conservation work as the organization continues to conserve critical waterfowl habitat in our state.

There is no waterfowl conservation organization that represents the needs of California waterfowl hunters like Ducks Unlimited. Our vital conservation work provides support to our migration both on the breeding grounds and here in the Golden Sate.

With your help, we will preserve our waterfowl hunting heritage through habitat conservation of these areas vital to the California migration and harvest.

Click here for more information on DU's conservation priority areas.

California Facts

DU Membership: 24,457*

  • General Members: 22,743
  • Greenwings: 667
  • Legacy Greenwings: 100
  • Sponsor Members: 947
  • Major Sponsors: 724
  • Grassroots dollars raised last year: $4,293,928
  • Total acres conserved: 808,046
* Excludes canine memberships

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