Foresight is 20/20
Hindsight explains history, but foresight makes history. Ducks Unlimited’s history is grounded in hindsight, but founded on the foresight of a small group of sportsmen who, in 1937, launched an unprecedented, international effort to save waterfowl by conserving habitat.
Times have certainly changed since then, but some things remain the same: Waterfowl will always need habitat, sportsmen are still the conservation leaders, and DU is still making history conserving habitat. Last year was no exception. Thanks to the dedication of DU members, volunteers and partners across the continent, fiscal year 2008 was a record breaking year for Ducks Unlimited.
Despite a global economic downturn, DU supporters rallied to raise the largest revenue in DU history: $261 million. Of that, Ducks Unlimited spent a record $231 million on its conservation mission. That’s an 88 percent efficiency rating, which sets another record for Ducks Unlimited and exceeds our long-term goal to spend 80 cents of every dollar on DU’s conservation mission. And that’s the bottom line – habitat conservation.
Last year, in the United States alone, Ducks Unlimited conserved nearly 300,000 acres of the country’s most critical breeding, migration and wintering habitats. This annual report highlights several of those habitats and key donors who helped make DU’s work possible. We tip our hats to the people highlighted here and to all the DU members, volunteers and partners across the continent. We’ve come a long way together.
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- Efficiency: $.88 of every dollar raised went directly to our habitat conservation mission.
- Last year, DU raised $261 million for habitat conservation.
- Last year, DU conserved nearly 300,000 acres across the United States alone.
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