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Drained a century ago, central Minnesota’s Butler Lake restored to benefit waterfowl

During the past decade, Ducks Unlimited has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Meeker County officials in central Minnesota to restore 66-acre Butler Lake. The lake, which once spanned 200 acres, was drained over a century ago through a concrete subsurface tile.
“After the lake was drained, the lakebed was carved up and the land was distributed accordingly to each bordering landowner,” said USFWS Project Leader Scott Glup. “When the old tile started to fail, Meeker County partnered with DU and the USFWS to design and build a new water-control structure on the lake outlet to restore water levels.”

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Wildlife biologist Bruce Freske is Ducks Unlimited-Minnesota’s top conservation partner for 2025

Ducks Unlimited-Minnesota has named Bruce Freske its 2025 Minnesota Conservation Partner of the Year. Freske has been a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 37 years, spending the past 15 years as a project leader in the Morris Wetland Management District.

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Ducks Unlimited, partners surpass important wetlands conservation milestone

For the first time in its 87-year history, Ducks Unlimited has delivered 1 million acres of conservation across North America in a single year thanks to more than a million supporters and partners, including private landowners, hunters, corporations, major donors, and state and federal agencies.
This achievement happened in fiscal year 2024 and reflects a national surge in public and private interest in restoring and protecting wetland habitats.

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Ducks Unlimited offers its duck-hunting season in review

The 2023-24 duck-hunting season proved to be one of the most challenging in memory for many hunters across the nation.
Despite improved breeding conditions in 2022, results from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2023 breeding population survey revealed another year of population declines in the traditional survey area, as total ducks were down 7% and mallards down 18% to their lowest level in nearly 30 years.

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DNR’s Joe Stangel named Minnesota Conservation Partner of the Year by Ducks Unlimited

Joe Stangel, assistant regional wildlife manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR), is Ducks Unlimited’s (DU) Minnesota Conservation Partner of the Year.
Stangel is responsible for wildlife habitat management across 32 counties in southwest Minnesota, an important part of the Prairie Pothole Region landscape for nesting and migrating waterfowl.

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Carlyle Lake holding big numbers of light geese as conservation order opens in Illinois

The much-anticipated 2024 Light Goose Conservation Order season has arrived, prompting a spectacular grand finale for North American waterfowl hunters.
Reports are streaming in from Illinois where strong numbers of light geese are building up in key areas.

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Gene and Rosalie Grazzini honored for conservation of Minnesota wetlands

Gene Grazzini, a former Ducks Unlimited (DU) state chairman and regional vice president, and his wife Rosalie, were recently honored for their commitment to conserving wetlands in western Minnesota’s Prairie Pothole Region. The dedication took place at the 750-acre Mosquito Ranch Waterfowl Production Area, part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Morris Wetland Management District.
“When I started hunting in my early 20s, this was one of the first landscapes I came to,” said Gene Grazzini, now 84. “My family and I have continued hunting here through the years. We’ve hunted the potholes for ducks, flushed pheasants and pursued our share of deer.”

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Commentary: Ducks Unlimited leads partnership in $3 billion conservation initiative

A coalition of conservation organizations has launched a historic $3 billion international fund-raising campaign to protect and restore wetland habitats across North America, resulting in cleaner water for communities and wildlife.

Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Ducks Unlimited Canada, Ducks Unlimited de México, and Wetlands America Trust have announced “Conservation For A Continent. Our Wetlands. Our Legacy.” The campaign, one of the largest ever launched in North America devoted to landscape conservation and the future of our outdoors heritage, will fund ambitious projects to build back nature in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico.

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Commentary: New rules to take effect for game birds harvested in Canada

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued its 2023 rule regarding the import of game birds from Canada.

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