Ducks Unlimited would like to recognize the cooperators and funding partners who supported this critical research:
- Waterfowl Research Foundation
- John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation
- North Fork Bank
- Camp Fire Conservation Fund
- Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin - Wetlands and Waterfowl Research Fellowship through Ducks Unlimited
- Nunnally Foundation
- Beirne Carter Foundation
- NewMarket Corp.
- Ducks Unlimited Inc.
- The Nature Conservancy
- Black Duck Joint Venture
- Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
- Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture
- New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
- Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
- Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
- Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- New Jersey Duck Stamp Committee
- New Jersey Waterfowlers Association
- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
- Ohio Division of Wildlife
- Southern Illinois University
- University of Delaware
- Many private DU donors