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** 2010 Spring Snow Goose Reports **
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Migration Update - July 2, 2010
:::: The results of the spring surveys are in and the USFWS has released the Trends in Duck Breeding Populations for 2010. Habitat conditions across the survey areas were similar to 2009, with pond counts 34% above the long-term average. Bird counts totaled 40.9 million birds, down slightly from the 42 million birds counted in 2009, but remain 21% above the long-term average.
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Posted: 2010-07-02 0:00
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Develops Strategy to Help Waterfowl and other Migratory Birds Weather the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
:::: WASHINGTON -- In a few weeks, millions of waterfowl and other migratory birds will soon begin their fall migration to wintering and stopover habitat along the Gulf Coast. In anticipation of this event, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with partners to anticipate and minimize the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill on these birds.
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Posted: 2010-07-02 0:00
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Delta and Partners Send Letter Urging Attention on Waterfowl in Wake of Spill
:::: Delta Waterfowl and state waterfowl organizations from across the country sent a joint letter today to Secretary of Interior Salazar and the leadership of British Petroleum to urge the long term monitoring of the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resultant spill on coastal habitats and waterfowl.
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Posted: 2010-06-04 14:19
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Maryland Artist Robert Bealle Wins 2009 Federal Duck Stamp Contest
:::: Robert Bealle an artist from Waldorf, Maryland, took top honors today at the 2009 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Bealle’s painting of an American wigeon will be made into the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2010. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service produces the Federal Duck Stamp, which sells for $15 and raises about $25 million each year to fund wetland habitat acquisition for the National Wildlife Refuge System...
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Posted: 2010-05-10 0:00
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Most hunters report they are going afield as much or more than they expected
:::: FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — In 2009, a majority of hunters made going afield a priority in their life. According to HunterSurvey.com, almost 25 percent said they hunted more than they expected to in 2009 and 40 percent said they hunted about as much as they expected to....
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Posted: 2010-02-11 10:37
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Final Approach Launches New FA Gunners Club
:::: Overland Park, KS. ::: The new updated Final Approach website is up and running with a host of new features including the new FA Gunners members' section.
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Posted: 2010-02-11 0:00
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Accessing WFC's Virtual Online Lodge
:::: Waterfowler.com has expanded your opportunity to meet and greet fellow duck and goose hunters in the virtual world of Second Life. Accessing our 3-D Lodge that features real time voice and text chat, clay target shooting and virtual duck hunting is free to all WFC readers and easy to set up...
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Posted: 2009-09-30 0:00
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Delta’s U.S. Mentored Hunting Program Underway
:::: Bismarck, N.D.—The seeds of John Denker’s love of waterfowling were sown when he was a young boy working as his father’s field apprentice in and around his hometown of Quincy, Illinois...
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Posted: 2009-09-16 12:01
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3 Reasons for Americans to Respect Hunters, Anglers
:::: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- National Hunting and Fishing Day is set for Sept. 26, 2009. Congress formalized the annual celebration 37 years ago but organizers say hunters and anglers deserve America's respect now more than ever...
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Posted: 2009-09-16 0:00
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Salazar Launches DOI Climate Change Response Strategy
:::: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched the Department of the Interior’s first-ever coordinated strategy to address current and future impacts of climate change on America’s land, water, ocean, fish, wildlife, and cultural resources...
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Posted: 2009-09-14 15:29
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Hunt with California Waterfowl on National Hunting and Fishing Day
:::: California Waterfowl, an enthusiastic new partner of National Hunting and Fishing Day, has two camps designed to celebrate the occasion and get women and youth out hunting...
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Posted: 2009-09-14 0:00
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Projects allocate one billionth dollar for wetlands conservation.
:::: WASHINGTON – September 9, 2009 – Wetlands conservation is passing a major milestone today. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) program has allocated more than $1 billion in federal grants. A slate of projects approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission today pushed the program over the cusp...
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Posted: 2009-09-14 0:00
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Liberal Regulations and Two Pintail Limit Recommended by Flyway Council
:::: California Waterfowl is excited to announce that “liberal” waterfowl regulations have been recommended by the Pacific Flyway Council, including a TWO Pintail limit, for the 2009-2010 hunting season. Over a year ago, California Waterfowl directors, staff and waterfowl scientists met with Paul Schmidt, USFWS Assistant Director, to voice their concerns regarding restrictive regulations for pintail. Thanks to a lot of hard work, great partnerships, and a little cold weather, California's waterfowl hunters will be reaping the benefits with more pintail in the bag.
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Posted: 2009-07-25 0:00
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2009 Waterfowl Survey Indicates Increase In Many Duck Species
:::: The preliminary estimate of total ducks from the 2009 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was 42 million, which is 13 percent greater than last year’s estimate and 25 percent greater than the 1955-2008 average, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today...
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Posted: 2009-07-02 22:42
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Breeding Population Survey Released; Wet Conditions Attract Ducks to Dakotas
:::: BISMARCK, N.D.-At first glance, the results of the 2009 duck breeding population and habitat survey are eye-popping: May ponds across the prairie breeding grounds increased 45 percent from a year ago, the total duck population was up 25 percent and mallard numbers climbed 10 percent.
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Posted: 2009-07-02 22:29
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Midwestern States Receive Nearly $11 Million to Help Wildlife
:::: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today nearly $11 million will be distributed to state fish and wildlife agencies in the Midwest to help conserve and recover imperiled fish and wildlife species through the State Wildlife Grant program...
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Posted: 2009-06-27 0:00
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Waterfowler.com’s Online Lodge Expands to 3D Environment
:::: Waterfowler.com’s programmers and designers “broke ground” today on the building and development of a virtual 3-D hunting lodge in Linden Lab’s digital world of Second Life ™. “It has always been a dream that the Online Lodge at Waterfowler.com could become a three dimensional space our members could meet and greet in,” stated Darin Sakas, Publisher of Waterfowler.com Online, “and this new project will bring that dream to reality.”
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Posted: 2009-06-07 0:00
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New Report Shows Waterfowl Hunting’s Contribution to U.S. Economy
:::: Waterfowl hunters spent $900 million on a variety of goods and services from food, transportation, guns and decoys to hunting dogs, clothing and other incidental expenses in 2006, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These trip and equipment-related expenditures generated more than $2.3 billion in total economic output for 2006, which resulted in $157 million in federal and state tax revenues, supported more than 27,000 jobs, and generated more than $8.5 million in employment income...
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Posted: 2009-04-13 21:47
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Delta Waterfowl supports bill to eliminate long gun registry.
:::: Winnipeg—The Delta Waterfowl Foundation supports the private member’s bill to eliminate the costly and ineffective long gun registry. Introduced by Yorkton-Melville Member of Parliament Garry Breitkreuz, the bill (C-301), if passed, would eliminate the long gun registry, streamline the licensing system and require a cost-benefit analysis of the Firearms Program every five years to ensure taxpayers are benefitting from it...
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Posted: 2009-02-23 0:00
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DUCKS UNLIMITED CELEBRATES 12TH ANNUAL WORLD WETLANDS DAY
:::: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 2, 2009 – Conservationists across the globe are celebrating World Wetlands Day, recognizing the importance of these valuable ecosystems for humans and wildlife alike. President Obama made a commitment to providing clean water all over the world, and each year, government agencies and conservation groups worldwide set aside Feb. 2 as a day to raise public awareness about the benefits of wetlands to water quality...
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Posted: 2009-02-12 0:00
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