Delta Supports Effort to Save Steller's Eiders

BISMARCK, ND - Delta Waterfowl has donated funding to help with the ongoing predator-management effort aimed at reversing the decline of the threatened Alaska-breeding population of Steller's eiders.

The funding will help the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) continue arctic fox removal on the birds' primary U.S. breeding area around Barrow, Alaska.

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Delta Waterfowl and Mossy Oak team up for waterfowl research

BISMARCK, ND - Delta Waterfowl is pleased to announce a new partnership with Mossy Oak to support Delta's decades-long commitment to waterfowl research on behalf of North American waterfowlers.

For the first time this spring, Mossy Oak has donated grant money to bolster Delta's ongoing predator-management research in North Dakota by Louisiana State University student Matt Pieron, who is seeking his Ph.D.

For the last two years, Pieron has been using Delta's numerous predator-reduction blocks in North Dakota to test for density dependence in ducks, a natural force that scientists say tends to regulate population size. In short, Pieron's work will test for the effects of duck density on duck production.

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Respected Waterfowl Scientists Say Predator Management Critical

JAMESTOWN, N.D. - A group of retired scientists says land-use changes on the North American breeding grounds may force waterfowl managers to choose between controlling predators and watching duck populations plummet.

One reason for their concern, the experts say, is an ethanol-fueled demand for corn that's likely to result in a reduction of grass nesting cover across the U.S. side of the region.

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New First Duck Pin Recipients

Photos and stories from young hunters who have received First Duck Pins have been added to Delta's website.

Hunters can receive a First Duck Pin by sending a letter (and photos!) detailing their first duck to:

Worth Mathewson
PO Box 130
Amity, Oregon 97101.

You can also email stories to: firstduck@deltawaterfowl.org

Click here to see the recipients and read about their hunts

New Delta Chapters

Tuscaloosa, AL : Chairperson: Billy Herren
Salisbury, MD : Chairperson: Eric Turner
Weatherford, TX: Chairperson: Jeff Elder

For more information on starting or joining a Delta Waterfowl Chapter in your area please call Delta's Bismarck North Dakota office at 888-987-3695 or visit Delta's Chapter page.