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Fiscal Year 2007 marked DU’s 70th anniversary and ushered in a new era of habitat conservation.
Looking back, we do so with a new perspective—a bird’s-eye view, so to speak. From this vantage point, we see more than 12 million acres conserved, thanks to generations of concerned sportsmen and other conservationists. But we also see more native prairie plowed and wetlands drained every day.
Looking ahead, we see new horizons and opportunities for Ducks Unlimited. We also see new challenges. Urban sprawl and population growth are putting increasing pressure on the land and tapping our water resources to near depletion.
We’ve seen how the face of conservation can change. We understand the dynamics at play. And we have a plan to meet those challenges head-on. It’s called Wetlands for Tomorrow, the largest conservation campaign in history. In this, our second year of the campaign, we’re well on our way to raising the $1.7 billion needed to conserve some of the most critical and threatened habitats on the continent.
We’ve highlighted a few of these habitats in this report. Places like the Prairie Pothole Region, where DU is conserving some of the most productive waterfowl breeding grounds in the world. Places like the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, where we’re on the front lines of a battle to prevent further wetland loss and conserve those that remain.
Across North America, DU is making measurable progress in all of our priority areas. Last year, we raised $213 million to restore and protect more than 230,000 acres of critical habitat in the United States alone. But we know our work is far from complete.
Every year, we continue to lose 80,000 wetland acres across the country. Ducks Unlimited is uniquely positioned to reverse that trend. As the world’s largest wetland and waterfowl conservation group, we have the international network, internal infrastructure and scientific knowledge to achieve our conservation mission. Most importantly, we have the passion and the people to get the job done.
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| 2007 Annual Report |
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- Efficiency: $.87 of every dollar raised went directly to our habitat conservation mission.
- Last year, DU raised $213 million for habitat conservation.
- Last year, DU conserved more than 230,000 acres across the United States alone.
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