News Releases
CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL GRANTED $1M FOR WETLANDS IN SAN JACINTO AND SAN DIEGO March 15, 2008 - San Diego/San Jacinto, California: California Waterfowl received $1 million in grant funds to improve 1,200 acres of wetlands in San Jacinto Valley and San Diego Bay. Beneficiaries of the work include the endangered California least tern, the Endangered light-footed clapper
rail, the threatened western snowy plover and a host of wetland dependant species. These public and private lands are dedicated to providing homes for waterfowl, shorebird and other wetland dependant species.

CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION RECEIVES $1 MILLION FOR WATERFOWL HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY October 11, 2007 - Brawley, CA: California Waterfowl Association was awarded $1 million in grant funds from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and the US Fish and Wildlife Service for wetland restoration and enhancement work throughout southeastern California on both public and private lands. 

FIRST CONDOR CHICK HATCHED IN THE WILD IN DECADES IS FOUND DEAD March 28, 2005 - Grand Canyon, Arizona: Biologists have located the dead body of the first condor chick hatched in the wild in Arizona in more than 80 years. On Saturday, March 26, the chick’s body was found inside Grand Canyon National Park.

SERVICE SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-NATIVE BIRD SPECIES January 6, 2005 - The Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published in the Federal Register for public comment a draft list intended to clarify which species of birds found in the United States are non-native, human-introduced species and therefore not Federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).