Thursday, July 13, 2017

Federal Duck Stamp

The Duck Stamp went on sale June 23rd. It not only provides critical funding for wildlife conservation and land purchases, but also provide educational funding as well and other important programs. Since its inception in 1934, it has provide close to 1 Billion dollars in sales , making it THE most successful conservation program in the US,

from a qouted website

Since 1934, more than 135 million Federal Duck Stamps have been purchased. These purchases have generated almost $1 billion for the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, and have been used to purchase close to 6 million acres of habitat. 

I am buying my new one as starting in July 1st, it gives "free" admission to any National Wildlife Refuge that collects a fee.

This year's art depiction is of Canada Geese ( ironically)

https://store.usps.com/store/browse/subcategory.jsp?categoryId=duck-stamps

https://www.fws.gov/birds/get-involved/duck-stamp.php

Canada Geese 2017-2018