St. Charles – The 2023 GRHA Wetlands Habitat and Management workshop dates have been set for July 17-19th. The workshop is part of GRHA’s Public Awareness and Education pillar and provides training and information regarding the fundamentals of habitat management, options and techniques for waterfowl hunting properties. A combination of in-class presentations and on-site field tours demonstrate the current state-of-understanding of waterfowl and wetland ecology and contemporary hunting strategies in a practical management format. The workshop focuses primarily on moist-soil wetland types and includes landscape considerations for agriculture, forest, shrub-scrub, and emergent habitats, along with perspectives of hunting pressure of individual properties in relation to their location, size, and management objectives.

GRHA has put together a world class team of instructors. Rarely will there be a chance to have a such wetland and waterfowl knowledge in one room! The course is limited to 15 attendees so be sure to get registered early!

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O’Fallon - On Thursday, April 6^th, shooters were met with great weather, targets, food and fellowship for the second annual GRHA Sporting Clays Shoot. The event, held at Strathalbyn Farms Club was sold out at 20 teams and raised big bucks for Confluence conservation.

Zack Nannini led all shooters as the Top Gun with a score of 94/100 with Tom Ruck following close behind with a 93/100.

Two flights were held, and the winner of AAA Flight was Trophy Properties and Auction (330/400) followed by GS&S Construction (329/400) and Team Bollmeier (327/400). In the AA Flight first place went to team ARCO 1 (252/300), followed by Moneta Group (248/400) and East Bayou (247/400).

The two-man flurry was won by Anthony Pozzi and Shawn D.

St. Peters – Despite a very rainy night on March 23, 2023, we saw a great turnout at our spring Happy Hour held at Hobo’s at the Legion in St. Peters. More than forty attendees enjoyed a cold drink, great food, and the opportunity to catch up and compare seasons. It seems the 2023 season was the best in many years.

As was mentioned that night, one of the goals of the GRHA happy hour is to bring all stakeholders together for fellowship, and facilitate communications between clubs, landowners, managers, and conservation partners. We need to stay informed of current events in the Confluence and be ready to step up when issues may be negative to our common interests. and to assist each other when such issues arise.

The Club Manager and Landowner Happy Hour also kicked off the announcement of the 2023 Wetlands Habitat Management Workshop and the formal announcement of our Duck Club Partnership Program. The Duck Club Partnership program is designed to bring the Confluence clubs together to support GRHA and each other, and most importantly, protect the historic waterfowling tradition in the Confluence.

Portage Des Sioux - The 2023 Duckfest is set for Saturday October 7, 2023, at the Missouri Wing - Commemorative Airforce Hanger at Smartt Airfield. This year will be particularly special as it is the 10^th anniversary of Duckfest.

One of the most exciting elements of Duckfest is exclusive giveaways. An ATV, water well, pallet of beer, trained puppy, firearm or cash, you never know what to expect at our raffles and auctions. Be prepared to take your chances to win some sweet prizes!

Jefferson City - On Friday, May 12, the Missouri 2023 legislative session adjourned sine die. This means the regular legislative session is completed for the year.