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2026 Duck Survey Field Reports Are In: Mixed Habitat Conditions Across North America
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (573+ words) The results matter directly to duck hunters. These field reports feed into population estimates that managers use to set season frameworks for the 2027-2028 hunting season. The most consistent theme across 2026 field reports was a delayed spring. Survey crews pushed back…...
Forest clearance for dam puts white-bellied herons at risk
1+ week, 6+ day ago (297+ words) The white-bellied heron is listed in the first schedule of the Wildlife Protection Act, granting it the strictest protections under the law. While it was never found in abundance, its distribution and population have shrunk sharply in recent decades. The…...
Water restored to pond at Westmount Park following concern for ducklings
2+ week, 1+ day ago (335+ words) "The situation on the ground appears to be evolving differently than anticipated," the city says. Despite a push to conserve water across the Montreal area, the City of Westmount has begun refilling the pond at one of its major parks…...
Ducks Unlimited, Partners, Dedicate Minnesota's Orange Waterfowl Production Area Enhancement
2+ week, 2+ day ago (264+ words) The conservation project improved and restored 186 acres in 48 prairie potholes More than 100 Ducks Unlimited (DU) supporters, philanthropists, and project partners recently celebrated the restoration and enhancement of 186 acres in 48 prairie pothole wetlands in Minnesota's Orange Waterfowl Production Area (WPA). The…...
Citizens urge steps to protect Okhla bird sanctuary during barrage repairs
2+ week, 3+ day ago (251+ words) | Hindustan Times Hindustan Times Noida: A group of birders and environmental stakeholders has sought urgent reforms in the maintenance practices of the Okhla Barrage in a proposal to the Uttar Pradesh Forest and Irrigation departments, for reducing ecological harm to…...
ND Outdoors: Breeding duck survey
2+ week, 4+ day ago (333+ words) BISMARCK, N. D. (KFYR) - This is the 79th year Game and Fish waterfowl biologists have conducted the spring breeding duck survey, one of the longest continuously running surveys in the world for waterfowl. North Dakota Game and Fish Department waterfowl biologists conduct the…...
Sutter National Wildlife Refuge Celebrates Completion of Lift Station Project, Supporting Critical Wetland Management
2+ week, 5+ day ago (505+ words) Mosaic honored at DU 89th National Convention Three proposals will restore and conserve waterfowl habitat in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin Two grants totaling $405, 000 will improve 100 acres of the montane meadow system in Oregon and continue to support Ducks Unlimited…...
NDGF Webcast with John Palarski - Breeding Duck Survey 2026 - 06-11-2026. mp4
2+ week, 6+ day ago (29+ words) Grand Forks Herald NDGF Webcast with John Palarski - Breeding Duck Survey 2026 - 06-11-2026. mp4...
Delta Waterfowl Celebrates Introduction of the Great American Outdoors Act 250
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (207+ words) Across the country, national wildlife refuges provide critical habitat for breeding, migrating, and wintering ducks and represent important access for waterfowl hunters. Yet, the National Wildlife Refuge System currently has a $2. 6 billion deferred maintenance backlog, which means pumps, water-control structures,…...
Flathead Audubon Society awards Lifetime Conservation Achievement
3+ week, 1+ day ago (330+ words) Linda Winnie's contributions to the Flathead Audubon Society are woven throughout the organization's past 30 years of progress." She has been recognized by the society with its Lifetime Conservation Achievement. In 1988, she married fellow IU faculty member John Winnie on Big…...