DU Conservation Highlights
As part of Ducks Unlimited's 75th anniversary celebration, members of our conservation staff have chosen one special habitat project from each state as the "best of the best" of DU's 75 years of conservation work. These projects are highlighted here and will be displayed in print at state conventions and 75th anniversary events throughout 2012. Click on a link below to learn more about these all-star projects.
Alabama:
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska:
Dusky Canada Goose Nesting Enhancement
Arizona:
Cibola NWR Water Conveyance Enhancement and Riparian Restoration
Arkansas:
Bayou Meto Waterfowl Management Area
California:
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Water Distribution System Improvements
Colorado:
Winterhaven
Connecticut:
Fletcher Creek Wetland Restoration
Delaware:
Great Cypress Swamp
Florida:
Thomas M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area
Georgia:
Altamaha Wildlife Management Area
Hawaii:
Kealia Pond NWR Habitat Restoration and Management Project
Idaho:
Boundary Creek Wetland Restoration Project/Smith Creek
Illinois:
Jenkins Marsh/VanZelst Farm
Indiana:
Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area
Iowa:
Dan Green Slough
Kansas:
Jamestown Wildlife Area Enhancement
Kentucky:
Ballard County Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project
Louisiana:
Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area
Maine:
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
Maryland:
Hail Cove
Massachusetts:
Lackey Pond
Michigan:
Malan Waterfowl Production Area
Minnesota:
Towner Lake
Mississippi:
O'Keefe WMA Wetlands Enhancement Project
Missouri:
B.K. Leach Conservation Area Enhancement
Montana:
Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area
Nebraska:
Spotted Tail Wetlands Complex
Nevada:
Ruby Lake NWR Wetland Enhancement Project
New Hampshire:
Hirst Marsh Wildlife Management Area
New Jersey:
Franklin Parker Preserve
New Mexico:
Taylor Water Management Project
New York:
Colvin West, Northern Montezuma Wetlands Complex
North Carolina:
J. Morgan Futch Game Land Restoration
North Dakota:
Delbert and Donna Eszlinger
Ohio:
Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area
Oklahoma:
Eufaula WMA Deep Fork Unit Green Tree Project
Oregon:
Summer Lake Basin Restoration Project
Pennsylvania:
Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area
Rhode Island:
Galilee Salt Marsh Restoration
South Carolina:
Savage Backwater Restoration Project
South Dakota:
Goebel Ranch
Tennessee:
Bogota WMA Wetlands Enhancement
Texas:
Prairie Wetlands Project
Utah:
Doug Miller Tribute Project
Vermont:
Pomainville Wildlife Management Area
Virginia:
Chincoteague NWR, Wash Flats Restoration
Washington:
Nisqually Estuary Restoration Project
West Virginia:
Middle Island Restoration
Wisconsin:
Rush Lake
Wyoming:
Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area
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