New programs, staff dedicated to Chesapeake Bay

Birds and people need more marshes in Chesapeake Bay, and Ducks Unlimited is mobilizing new resources to bring back and protect these landscapes. Read more

DU leads $4 million, 4,700-acre New York initiative

A coalition of 10 organizations and several private landowners are partnering to launch an ambitious conservation effort in upstate New York to protect, enhance or restore more than 4,700 acres of wetland and grassland habitat across four counties.

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‘Smart Wetlands’ to combat gulf’s hypoxia threats

Ducks Unlimited and The Wetlands Initiative to partner with farmers to install strategic wetlands to reduce nutrient runoff into Illinois waters. Read more

Midwest cover crop program increases sustainable ag options

To improve water quality and wildlife habitat, DU and partners will use $387,000 in National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding to help farmers in Indiana and Michigan implement 75,000 acres of cover crops on private ag fields over the next four years.

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A new telemetry study could solve the mysterious decline of Atlantic Flyway mallards

Outdoor Life

Over the next four years, a total of 1,000 hens will be tracked using transmitters to determine demographics, migration chronology, and habitat usage. Read more

Indiana duck, wetlands conservation update

Indiana Outdoors Radio

Discussion of DU conservation projects across Indiana, state of the birds, and other waterfowl insights.

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DU Season Review: Waterfowl numbers down, drought lingers

Outdoor Life

Ducks Unlimited released its 2021-22 Season in Review, which is an overarching synopsis of the waterfowl season that brings together large-scale environmental patterns and duck hunter experiences. Read more

$1 Billion in federal funding to boost Great Lakes

The funding was made available to the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative – money Ducks Unlimited and numerous partners will use to improve Great Lakes Areas of Concern through coastal wetland conservation. Read more

Michigan

Legislators, partners celebrate Michigan wetlands

More than 150 Michigan legislators, staff members and conservation partners gathered to celebrate bi-partisan support for protecting Great Lakes wetland habitats. Read more

Maryland

State leaders commend DU

During the DU Talbot County dinner, Maryland DNR Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio and State Rep. Johnny Mautz presented DU with a commendation from Gov. Larry Hogan. Receiving the recognition on behalf of DU were Jake McPherson, manager of conservation services, and Chapter Chair Andy Meyer.

Maryland

New conservation opportunities

DU CEO Adam Putnam met with Maryland Sec. of Environment Ben Grumbles, to discuss the Maryland Clean Water Commerce Act and DU’s involvement. This new, innovative program would pay farmers and landowners to implement best management practices to reduce nitrogen loads into the Chesapeake Bay.

New York

New state protection for wetlands

With the passage of the state budget at the end of April, two years of advocacy succeeded in reforming the state’s wetland protection law. The changes will occur over the next five years, when 1 million acres of wetlands will come under state protection and a new set of criteria will be used to determine where wetlands exist or not.