Wetlands across the Mississippi River basin, vital for hundreds of bird species, have been drastically reduced. The Duck Stamp, established in 1934, has funded the restoration and protection of ...

Laguna de Santa Rosa — First light lifts over the Laguna and the water stirs: pintails skim the shallows, teal chatter in tight circles, and a raft of mallards lifts off like a shaken rug. If you’ve ...

Todd Taylor, a fowler from South Carolina, sits in his boat in Bayou Meto. Duck hunters like Taylor may be the saving grace of wetlands in the Natural State. Credit: Lucas Dufalla / Arkansas ...

Because of very dry conditions in the breeding grounds, duck reproduction was probably low in the spring for the second consecutive year. As in 2024, that will translate to fewer young-of-the-year ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. (KABC) -- An unsettling discovery in Costa Mesa, as four ducks were found shot to death with a pellet gun in TeWinkle Park. Executive Director Debbie McGuire from the nearby ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. ASHBY, Minn. — It was late in the season and most of the birds were gone. But there had to be a few ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual fall wetland survey indicates variable wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout the state, the department said in a news release.

A "double-whammy" of dry conditions in Iowa and further north likely led to a rough season for regional duck hunters.

The three month census invites participants via eBird to document waterbirds across major wetlands while tracking migrants rare visitors and wetland conditions including coastal zones this season ...

A few weeks ago I proposed a Duck Summit be held this winter in Minnesota, and suggested the Department of Natural Resources lead it. I can report now a Summit will be held, though where and when ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — About 120 years ago, journalists reported from downtown Salt Lake City that there were so many campfires from duck hunters that it appeared like a prairie fire stretching from ...

On the last day of the 2025 duck season in the heart of Arkansas' premier duck country, longtime hunter Todd Taylor said the hunt just wasn't as good as previous years. Sitting in his boat in the ...