Mallard harvest in Illinois increased by nearly 38% during the 2021-22 season, a somewhat surprising bump considering reports of declining duck numbers.
The overall statewide take of 360,698 ducks that season was up 42%
Duck hunters, buckle up: Minnesota’s 2023 opener on Sept. 23 is shaping up to be a parched affair, with wetlands, shallow lakes, and river systems across the state running low and, in some extreme cases,
I’ve become numb to email, phone and text surveys or post-purchase questionnaires. From a service call or store receipt, and everything in between, companies and businesses are constantly asking patrons about their activity and assessing
Albert Lea artist Mark Kness has won the Minnesota waterfowl stamp contest with an acrylic painting of a ringneck duck.
Jake Levisen, of Austin, earned second place with a ring-neck duck painting done in open
A few generations ago, if you grew up hunting ducks in Minnesota or Wisconsin or anywhere in the Great Lakes region and likely beyond, there’s a good chance you cut your teeth chasing diving ducks.<br
You may have heard recently about a significant downturn in the North American waterfowl population, but breeding duck numbers in the eastern U.S. and Canada didn’t experience declines as steep as the national level.
Late this summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued its annual Waterfowl Population Status Report, which showed some disturbing trends.
Total ducks in the continent’s heartland (32.3 million) are down 7% from 2022
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.
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In 2009, Nate Huck interned for the Minnesota DNR with the shallow lakes program. Now, he’s back in the same DNR office, in Brainerd, 14 years later, this time as resident game-bird consultant, a newly
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