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The first United States duck stamp, issued August 14, 1934. The Federal Duck Stamp, formally known as the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, is an adhesive stamp issued by the United States federal government that must be purchased prior to hunting for migratory waterfowl such as ducks and geese. [1]
Under Skipwith's direction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service generated controversy by not granting Monarch butterflies protection, [9] requiring entries in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest to include a hunting theme, [10] weakening rules against the killing of birds by oil and gas companies and others, [11] and massively reducing the protected ...
Artists will no longer have to incorporate hunting imagery to win a coveted spot for their work on the federal duck stamp, a reversal of a Trump-era requirement. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
In 2019, Sabin was introduced to the Federal Duck Stamp contest by their grandfather, who was a waterfowl hunter. [1] [9] They entered the contest for the first time that year, with a painting of a black-bellied whistling duck. Neither their 2019 entry nor their 2020 entry, of red-breasted mergansers, made it past the first round of judging. [1]
Vivian Bashar's oil painting of a male wood duck placed 14th in the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program and Art Contest.
The Million Dollar Duck follows a small number of artists in the 2013 contest - from their initial entry sketches, through to the final contest. Featured artists include Adam Grimm, the youngest ever winner of the contest with his 2000 entry, [4] eccentric multi-media artist Rob McBroom, and two time winner Robert Hautman.
Chuck Black, of Belgrade, Mont., near Bozeman, won the distinguished contest for the 2024-25 stamp with his painting of a northern pintail. Ironically, Black grew up in Stillwater, sketching ...
There is also a Conservation Message contest, where contestants write their own conservation messages about wildlife. Each year, Junior Duck Stamp State Coordinators in all 50 U.S. states, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands help to bring the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program to more than 28,000 students. To honor the ...