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Stamp sales to help Gulf conservation
July 28, 2010 - Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, unveiled a special edition Federal Duck Stamp envelope, or cachet, yesterday. |
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July 28, 2010 - Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, unveiled a special edition Federal Duck Stamp envelope, or cachet, yesterday. Sales will help conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico as the area recovers from the BP oil spill disaster.
FUNDS will be used to acquire wetlands for inclusion in national wildlife refuges along the Gulf Coast.
"When the Dust Bowl of the 1930s destroyed many wetlands, our nation's sportsmen lobbied Congress to support the creation of the Duck Stamp for wetland acquisition and conservation," Salazar said in a Department of the Interior press release. "Today, the wildlife of the Gulf Coast faces new threats - from the current oil spill to disappearing wetlands - that we must rise to confront. This special edition duck stamp cachet will provide hunters and other conservationists the opportunity to once again go beyond the call of duty by conserving disappearing wetlands for generations to come."
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"Duck stamps have been a conservation tradition since 1934," Rowan Gould, acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS, said. "Waterfowl hunters, stamp collectors, and wildlife supporters have been the mainstay of that tradition, but we need to expand that community to address broad-scale challenges such as the disappearance of wetlands, accelerated climate change, and other 21st century resource threats."
The cachet features a silk rendering of an award-winning photograph of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge on the Gulf Coast of Florida by David Moynahan and the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp, which  depicts an American wigeon painted by artist Robert Bealle of Waldorf, Maryland.
All migratory bird hunters must buy a $15 Federal Duck Stamp, formally known as the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, each year in addition to state licenses, stamps and permits. The design of the stamp is determined by an annual art competition, and the stamps have become popular with stamp collectors and wildlife art enthusiasts as well as those who simply want to contribute to wetland conservation.
Since 1934, Federal Duck Stamp sales have raised more than $750 million to acquire and protect more than 5.3 million acres of wetlands, including habitat on hundreds of the 552 National Wildlife Refuges spread across all 50 states and U.S. territories.
The public can purchase the special edition Federal Duck Stamp cachet from Amplex Corporation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's distributor, by dialing 1-800-852-4897 or visiting their website. The envelope will be sold for $25, ten dollars more than the Federal Duck Stamp.
Bass Pro Shops is underwriting the first edition of the cachet and will market the cachet in its retail stores across America and Canada. |
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