Migration Update - June 25, 2009
:::: The spring breeding and habitat surveys are complete and the data will soon be released in the 2009 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey. Early habitat reports from the spring survey teams are good to excellent across the North American waterfowl breeding range – with most habitat conditions improved over 2008 and pond counts in many areas well above the 10-year average...
youTube Spotlight Video: Stopping on the Whistle
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This YouTube video spotlight is an excellent example of an easy summer workout for your retriever. Reinforcing the "stop on whistle command" throughout the summer months will keep your dog on their toes and under control all year long. The handler does and excellent job at filling the exercise with variety and fun. A dog that is flawless at stopping to whistle can be prevented from making mistakes and saved from dangerous situations that can occur in the field. This simple training exercise can be done in the yard, park and even the house -- with a simple goal; when the whistle blows stop and look at me, no matter where we are.
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...
YouTube Spotlight: Duck Banding with Delta Waterfowl
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This YouTube video from Delta Waterfowl Foundation features a day in the field with the Minot, ND chapter as they participate in a waterfowl banding project. The video is an excellent testimony to the fun, camaraderie and personal fulfillment you can experience when you volunteer for a conservation or wildlife project in your area. For more information on Delta Waterfowl, or to start a chapter in your area, visit www.deltawaterfowl.org today.
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.”
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...
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...
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...
Summit’s New Ambush Layout Blinds
:::: (Decatur, AL) Comfort, concealment and convenience is what it’s all about on those
cold, gray hours of dawn when the geese start to fly. Summit’s new Ambush series of
layout blinds deliver all three with a choice of three different models.
WD-40 Co. Introduces No-Rust Shield
:::: SAN DIEGO — Feb. 3, 2009 — WD-40 Company, a trusted leader in equipment maintenance products, introduces its 3-IN-ONE® No-Rust Shield™ to help hunters and fishermen protect their sports equipment from rust and corrosion.
Ducks Unlimited and Bayer CropScience team up to increase winter wheat in North America
:::: Research Triangle Park, NC; Memphis, TN; Calgary, Alberta; Oak Hammock Marsh, Manitoba: (Jan. 13, 2009) – Bayer CropScience and Ducks Unlimited believe winter wheat has an important role to play in sustainable agriculture on the prairies and have joined forces to launch a North American project called “Winter Cereals: Sustainability in Action.”
Initial Assessments of Waterfowl Breeding Habitat Conditions Available at Flyways.us
:::: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) are making available the initial assessments of waterfowl breeding habitat conditions in new video segments posted on the agencies' joint website www.Flyways.us
USFWS Small Wetlands Program: A Half Century of Conserving Prairie Habitat
:::: Fifty years ago an amendment to the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 (also known as the Duck Stamp Act) authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire wetlands and surrounding areas for the benefit of migratory waterfowl...
Secretary Kempthorne Announces Massive Addition to Wildlife Refuge
:::: As part of a suite of wetlands acquisition and conservation grant approvals, the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission today approved $4 million to purchase more than 18,000 acres of prime prairie wetland and associated grassland habitat for the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Minnesota...
Service Proposes to Expand Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges
:::: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposal to add one national wildlife refuge to the list of areas open for hunting during the 2008-09 season and increase hunting opportunities at six other refuges.
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