You can buy duck stamps at the US Post Office. And, you should. Buy two and give one away. Jim Williams
Begin forwarded message: From: "vlpear" <vlp...@tcinternet.net> Date: May 6, 2005 10:49:17 AM CDT To: Jim Williams <two-j...@att.net> Subject: Re: [mou] duck stamps Reply-To: vlp...@tcinternet.net Could you please remind us how/where to buy duck stamps? Thanks- Virginia Pear Minneapolis > A conservation message. > Jim Williams > Wayzata, Minnesota > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Paul J. Baicich" > <paul.baic...@swarovskibirding.com> Date: May 5, 2005 > 11:58:17 AM CDT To: <paul.baic...@swarovskibirding.com> > Subject: The Duck-Stamp & Ivory-bill connection > > > > Dear birding and conservation friends - > > Here are some things worthy of consideration - and > discussion - in birding > and related bird-conservation circles. The issues here > concern the National > Wildlife Refuges in east-central Arkansas, the assumed > "range" of the newly > re-discovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker. > > The 56,000-acre Cache River National Wildlife Refuge - > core "home" of the > re-discovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker - was founded > relatively recently (16 > June 1986). This National Wildlife Refuge has been > recognized as a Wetland > of International Importance by the RAMSAR Convention. Out > of its current 56,000 acres, fully 43,816 acres, or over > 77% was acquired through funds that have come through the > Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation [Duck] > Stamp. (That cost was $38,057,436.) > > Similarly, the nearby and much larger - at over 160,000 > acres - White River > National Wildlife Refuge has had 10,145 acres acquired > through $5,254,645 > from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, of which the > Stamp is a major contributor. > > If you ever needed proof that the Migratory Bird Hunting > and Conservation > Stamp is not "just for ducks," well, this is it! > > Now if we could get MORE PEOPLE to buy the stamp in order > to acquire MORE > Ivory-billed habitat (and, parenthetically, Wood Duck > habitat), THAT would > be great! > > best, > > Paul > > > > > > > ===================================================== > Paul J. Baicich > Swarovski Birding and > National Wildlife Refuge Association > P.O. Box 404 > Oxon Hill, MD 20750 > > 410/992-9736 (992-wren) > > "Hope is the thing with feathers > That perches in the soul" > - Emily Dickinson, Poem 254, c. 1861 > > -30- > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > mou-...@cbs.umn.edu > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net