Ducks Unlimited Great Lakes/Atlantic Region

September 2019

Ducks Unlimited addresses Atlantic Flyway mallard bag limits

This fall, hunters in the Atlantic Flyway can only harvest two mallards instead of four each day. These new regulation changes are causing concern from some hunters in the flyway, and Craig LeSchack, DU's acting Chief Conservation Officer, put together this message to address those concerns.

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Big Rivers Initiative

Conserving the Mississippi River and its network of tributaries

Indiana

As migrations shift, habitat needs grow at Hovey Lake

The need to provide moist-soil and shallow-water habitat for migrating and wintering ducks has become a priority throughout the southern reaches of DU's Big Rivers Initiative.

Completing the Cycle Initiative

Conserving and restoring the Atlantic Flyway habitat

Maryland

DU, Maryland make Chesapeake more appealing for waterfowl

Chesapeake Bay’s shorelines and wetlands have lured waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway for centuries. But people are getting in the way. See how DU and the state are enhancing three WMAs for waterfowl.

Great Lakes Initiative

Conserving and restoring the Great Lakes

Great Lakes basin

Sustained high waters could damage coastal wetlands

Great Lakes water levels reached record highs this summer, and sustained levels could threaten coastal wetlands and the wildlife and people who rely on their benefits.

Living Lakes Initiative

Conserving Minnesota's and Iowa's wetlands, prairies and shallow lakes

Iowa

Purina, Ducks Unlimited enhance prairie shallow lake

Ducks Unlimited, with support from conservation partner Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, enhanced Morse Lake in Iowa's Prairie Pothole territory. The project also improved 20 acres of wetlands, which boosts regional water quality.

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DU applauds bills to expand Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Legislation introduced would expand federal funding to protect and improve Great Lakes water quality and wildlife habitat. The bills would reauthorize GLRI for five years, increasing funding per year until it reaches $475 million in FY 2026.

Michigan

The Ducks Unlimited Michigan Legislators of the year are the four co-chairs of the state’s Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus: Sen. Jon Bumstead, Rep. Triston Cole, Sen. Adam Hollier and Rep. Leslie Love. The award was presented during the Michigan convention in July.

Mississippi

Ducks Unlimited policy staff participated in the Congressional Black Caucus Institute Annual Conference in Tunica, Miss. in August.

Legislator visits

New Jersey

Ducks Unlimited state chair John McMahon and biologist Jim Feaga met with staff from Congressman Jeff Van Drew’s office to discuss NAWCA and wetlands.

Wisconsin

Ducks Unlimited toured Rush Lake with staff from offices of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, Congressman Glenn Grothman and Wisc. Rep. Ken Skowronski.

Minnesota

Staff from Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson's office toured Ducks Unlimited’s Hassel Lake project and discussed NAWCA and the Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Fund.

Ducks Unlimited helps educate global duck experts

Numerous biologists from the Great Lakes/Atlantic Region represented Ducks Unlimited Inc. at the North American Duck Symposium from Aug. 26 to 30, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Reserve spot at Ducks Unlimited Eastern Continental Shoot

DU will host its inaugural Eastern Continental Shoot for competitive sporting clay shooters Oct. 9-13 at the world-class Bass Pro Shops Shooting Academy in Branson, Missouri. The shooting competition is presented by Weatherby and Reeds Family Outdoor Outfitters .

Ducks Unlimited puts more than $3 million into Ohio projects

DU was able to conserve 2,585 acres of waterfowl habitat with those funds, making Fiscal Year 2019 the fourth consecutive year that the organization had invested more than $2 million on Ohio conservation efforts.