Tag: duck stamp

Birding, Conservation

Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

June 29, 2020 by Jason Crotty 4 Comments

On June, 26, 2020, the 2020-2021 Federal Duck Stamp was released. Birders have been encouraged by the American Birding Association and others to buy...

Conservation

A New Wildlife Refuge Pass: Fellow Birders, Help Us Help You

July 28, 2016 by Larry 20 Comments

Since we first launched the Wildlife Conservation Stamp Project, we’ve made our case to thousands of birders and photographers. We’ve worked to change the...

Conservation

Proposed Changes to the Duck Stamp Not Well Received

April 21, 2016 by Larry 1 Comment

In 2015 a Federal Duck Stamp Task Force was convened under the auspices of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) consisting of seventeen...

Conservation

The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

May 21, 2014 by Larry 9 Comments

The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from...

Conservation

Is It So Hard To Understand Why Birders and Wildlife Conservationists Don’t Buy the Duck Stamp?

July 17, 2013 by Larry 37 Comments

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) photo by Larry Jordan The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1,...

Birds, Conservation

A Modest Proposal for a Wildlife Conservation Stamp

June 30, 2013 by Meredith Mann 5 Comments

A mockup of what a Wildlife Conservation Stamp might look like Duck hunting is big business in the United States. (Just ask whoever greenlit...

Conservation

The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

May 22, 2013 by Larry 7 Comments

The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where...

Conservation