Tag: Waterfowl

A bill affecting the federal duck season cleared a House subcommittee. The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands considered the Migratory Bird Framework and Hunting Opportunities Act (H.R. 6013) during a...

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, and Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Michigan, introduced a bill (H.R. 6013) that would designate Jan. 31 as the end of the federal duck hunting season by modifying...

As the water in Utah’s Pariette Wetlands evaporates in the June heat, manager Darren Williams wonders what its future holds. Encompassing 9,204 acres, including 2,529 classified as wetlands or riparian,...

Funds from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) and Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act were allocated last week. The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission gave $24.6 million...

Waterfowl conservation is a unique realm of wildlife management, and now it has its own journal issue to highlight it. One hundred years after the Migratory Bird Treaty Act was...

The use of drones in the wildlife field has soared over the last five years, from tracking polar bear activity in the Arctic to fighting rhino poaching in South Africa....

Since the late 1990s, an increasing number of waterfowl have been dropping and drowning in the Great Lakes due to more frequent botulism outbreaks. Biologists recently found evidence that warming...

When you buy meat in the supermarket, it’s been subjected to safety testing before being packaged and stacked in the refrigerator case. But hunters who eat game meat may be...

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – June 6, 2017 – ConocoPhillips, the multinational energy corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, received the inaugural Ducks Unlimited Corporate Conservation Achievement Award Saturday, June 3, at DU’s...

Fast Facts:  TPWD announces $600,000 funding to Ducks Unlimited for waterfowl habitat conservation projects in Prairie Canada. Funding comes from state Migratory Game Bird Stamp purchases. TPWD’s contribution will be...