Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 Facts
In September, the U.S. Senate passed a procedural vote to proceed with the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 when they returned for the lame duck session. Tuesday, Nov. 13 marks the start of the lame duck session and your Senators need to hear from you to pass the bill!
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Ducks Unlimited applauds bipartisan Senate support of the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012
Ducks Unlimited is encouraged by the U.S. Senate’s early morning procedural vote yesterday to move forward with the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (S.3525), making it the first piece of legislation taken up with their return in November. The 84-to-7 vote in favor of moving to vote on passage after recess reflects the broad support of these conservation, hunting and fishing provisions.
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DU staff held Farm Bill roundtable with Senate Agricultural Committee
Ducks Unlimited's Great Lakes/Atlantic regional office in Ann Arbor hosted a Farm Bill roundtable this week. Tina May, a senior staffer from the Senate Agricultural Committee, brought stakeholders up to date on some of the ins and outs of the important legislation.
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Capitol visit successful for Iowa, Minnesota farmers
Jim Goodman, a Crescent, Iowa, landowner, joined Toni and Philip Brink of Traverse County, Minn., in Washington, D.C., on July 24-26 as part of a Ducks Unlimited farmer fly-in. These fly-ins help educate and inform legislators of the importance of the 2012 Farm Bill conservation programs, specifically funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
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California Landowners Enroll 100,000 Acres in WRP
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently reported that California farmers and ranchers have now enrolled more than 100,000 acres in the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP).
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Record Year for Wetlands Reserve Program
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced in December that the nation’s farmers, ranchers, and Native American tribes enrolled more than 272,000 acres in the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) during fiscal year 2010, the highest single-year enrollment since the program began in 1990. More than 2.3 million acres are currently enrolled in WRP nationwide.
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The Farm Bill, Ducks, and the Economy
When most of us think of the Farm Bill, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) immediately comes to mind. We also think about how this program helps increase duck populations and can put more birds over our decoy spreads.
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Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
The continental United States has already lost more than 50 percent of its wetlands and continues to lose these habitats at an alarming rate. One of the most successful federal conservation programs is the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), which provides a voluntary, non-regulatory, incentive-based way for private landowners, farmers, and ranchers to protect and restore wetlands on their property.
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Farm Bill
DU supports agricultural policy that conserves soil, water, wetlands, grasslands, and forests upon which both people and wildlife depend. The Farm Bill is the most effective tool for conserving wildlife habitat on private land, and it's DU's objective that both waterfowl and their habitats benefit from this policy.
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Montana Wetlands Reserve Program Projects
Ducks Unlimited's Wetlands Reserve Program habitat conservation projects in Montana
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Oklahoma Conservation Projects
Ducks Unlimited habitat conservation projects in Oklahoma. These projects benefit waterfowl, other wildlife and people. View sample projects, project map and more.
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Louisiana Wetlands Reserve Program
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Wetlands Reserve Program - Arkansas
Wetlands Reserve Program conservation efforts in Arkansas by Ducks Unlimited and its partners
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