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The Federal Duck Stamp is a United States program to generate revenue to protect wetlands. In 1934, the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act, was passed by Congress. The Act requires the purchase of a stamp by waterfowl hunters. Revenue generated by the stamp is used to acquire important wetlands. Since its inception, the program has resulted in the protection of approximately 4.5 million acres (18,000 km²) of waterfowl habitat.
The first duck stamp was designed by artist, editorial cartoonist, and conservationist Jay Norwood Darling, who was also appointed Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey (later expanded into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) that same year by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Each year a contest is held, in which thousands of wildlife artists compete to design the new duck stamp.
In the year 2000, over $25 million of revenue was generated by duck stamps alone.[1]
In physical geography, a wetland is an environment "at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic systems making them inherently
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The first duck stamp was designed by artist, editorial cartoonist, and conservationist Jay Norwood Darling, who was also appointed Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey (later expanded into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) that same year by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Each year a contest is held, in which thousands of wildlife artists compete to design the new duck stamp.
In the year 2000, over $25 million of revenue was generated by duck stamps alone.[1]
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The Federal Duck Stamp is a United States program to generate revenue to protect wetlands. In 1934, the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act, was passed by Congress. The Act requires the purchase of a stamp by waterfowl hunters.
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Waterfowl hunting (also called duck hunting, goose hunting, or wildfowling) is the practice of hunting ducks, geese, or other waterfowl for food and sport.
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Waterfowl are certain wildfowl of the order Anseriformes, especially members of the family Anatidae, which includes ducks, geese, and swans.
They are strong swimmers with medium to large bodies.
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They are strong swimmers with medium to large bodies.
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An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. The most common outlet for political cartoonists is the editorial page of the newspaper not the dedicated comic section,
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Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling (October 21 1876 - February 12 1962) was an Pulitzer-Prize winning American cartoonist.
Darling was born in Norwood, Michigan, where his parents, Marcellus and Clara, had recently moved so that Marcellus could begin work as a minister.
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Darling was born in Norwood, Michigan, where his parents, Marcellus and Clara, had recently moved so that Marcellus could begin work as a minister.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S.
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Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects, such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them). It is one of the world's most popular hobbies, with estimates of the number of collectors ranging up to 20 million in the United States alone.
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Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law.
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The conservation movement is a political and social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.
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