Welcome to the new site! Have a look around, push a few buttons and make yourself at home.
Hello, folks, and, as always, Welcome to Waterfowler.com — version 4.0.
Well, here we go again. We’ve gotten bigger, have more readers, house more data and for the 4th time Waterfowler.com has undergone a facelift and technology overhaul. Simply put, the more data we have the more difficult it becomes to let you know where it is, what it says and where to find it.
Waterfowler.com’s 4th generation website features a new database infrastructure that will allows to publish more waterfowling news, interactive features and dynamic migration reports than any of our previous sites. We have also carefully integrated the ease of navigation between member and non-member areas, combined our state information and hunting report pages into unique state portals, added image capabilities to the classifieds and even launched a few interactive feature areas in the members\’ only Online Lodge.
Apart from the cosmetics, will experience faster load times, easier navigation, more control over your account management and advanced search features to find exactly what you are looking for. While we still have a few minor bugs to work out, the tweaking of our source coding should be done in a few days.
To help you on you initial journey here are a few tips.
You username will be the same here at the new site but you will need to get a new password for the site. To get your new password, click on the “FORGOT PASSWORD” link to the left hand user login box and enter your account email address you used for registration – your login information will be sent to you. For information on how to change your temporary password, click on the Edit Profile button under the pull-down Public Areas menu above.
The new site is best viewed using Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher and the latest Flash update. Please check the cusomter service area for detailed information.
Be sure to take the time to check out all the new features on the menus at either side of the page and above. If you get lost, send up a flare and we will dispatch a team of wet retrievers to lead you back to safety.
And now, on to the migration report.
All four flyway councils concluded their meetings this past week and word on the final packages should be out before the weekend. Both the Atlantic and Central Flyways voted to approve the liberal season package recommended by AHM Working Group. Over on the west coast, the Pacific Flyway Council voted in favor of the moderate season framework. And as might have been expected the Mississippi Flyway council came to a split decision with the Upper Mississippi Flyway Council voting for a moderate season package and the Lower Council voting for the liberal alternative. Both sections did however agree on reducing the hen mallard limit to one. The final decision on the Mississippi Flyway will be determined by the USFWS as early as Thursday.
Pintail limits may also be in for a change this season. Several options were presented by each of the Flyway Councils including various forms of seasons within seasons and closing the season on pintails completely.
Be sure to check back over the next few days as more details emerge. Until then, enjoy the new site and hang in there, it’s almost that time again.
