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2927
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In 1983, the General Assembly passed a law to fund waterfowl habitat preservation by asking waterfowl hunters to purchase a specially painted state duck stamp. The stamp and limited edition art prints have raised over $3 million for the program.
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6042
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When publishing magnate and sportsman Joseph P. Knapp first came to Currituck in 1916, he began a love affair with the region. Earley describes how Knapp's love of hunting evolved into a need to conserve waterfowl. He helped form an organization which eventually became Ducks Unlimited, a leading conservation group. Since its founding in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has raised $134 million for waterfowl conservation. Almost $100 million has gone directly to wetland development.
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21089
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In August 2013, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission received an award from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, for outstanding work in waterfowl conservation and management in the Southeast.
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26385
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Fifty years ago, Congress enacted the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, authorizing a commission to study areas and acquire land and water as refuge for waterfowl.
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Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 23 Issue (26) 2, Spring 1979, p4-5, il
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26603
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North Carolina wildlife officers charged more than 400 persons this year with waterfowl-related violations. Record-low duck populations have caused state wildlife agencies to concentrate more enforcement efforts on baiting.
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Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 35 Issue 3, May/June 1988, p11
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29968
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Waterfowl need nesting habitat to reproduce, resting and feeding area, and wintering range. To assure this happens and the populations remain substantial, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service use a computer system to develop the bird banding program. Each year a percentage of is determined for the daily bag limit for hunters, ensuring that species have years in which the populations can rebuilt.
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Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 2 Issue 1, 1982, p22-25, por, map
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