10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The Trump Administration had argued that “hunters and anglers are the backbone of American conservation, and the Duck Stamp is one of the many ways they contribute to conserving America’s waterfowl and wetlands throughout the country.” Proposed rules are published in the Federal Register , which is available online. * * *.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2020
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition. I have not reviewed every comment, but my sampling indicates that the overwhelming majority of commenters, including many hunters, opposed the proposed rule.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2012
I’ve spent a lot of time in, and done a lot of writing about, the Rocky Mountains, their beauty, their climate moods, and the wildlife that lives here. But eastern Montana contains the equally though differently stunning high plains, a world unto itself with very different wildlife meeting very different challenges.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2016
As a birder, this 72 minute documentary film about the Duck Stamp Contest didn’t accomplish what I was hoping it might – get people excited about the Duck Stamp, or at least wildlife conservation. The film follows several contestants on their journey to win what is described as the “Olympics of Wildlife Art.”
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2011
Which wasn’t a surprise, since everyone on the commission is a hunter. Kentucky’s wildlife offices have been flooded with protests, whether written, telephoned or emailed. Go ahead and check out his company, Southern Wildlife Resources LLC. That dog don’t hunt. Or rather, he does.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2015
My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.”
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