The California Waterfowl Association just published an update for Kern National Wildlife Refuge for the upcoming 2020/2021 Waterfowl Season. According to the CWA, the water allocation for Kern was cut this year by 5,000 acre-feet to only 17,000 acre-feet. CWA says this is 8,000 acre-feet less than Kern’s full allocation. CWA says this will give Kern the ability to flood about 3,500 to 4,000 acres of the refuge when fully flooded in December.
CWA advised that Kern is estimating they will be able to handle 35 – 45 hunters for opening day. Kern anticipates no changes to their hunt program from last season.
The California DFW (who runs the hunting program at Kern) is working on check station operations for COVID restrictions. DFW will release these procedures on their website when they are approved.
You can read CWA’s report on Kern NWR here…
https://www.calwaterfowl.org/2020-21-waterfowl-season-update-kern-nwr/
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