Protecting this historic landscape forever, the Nation also partnered with Ducks Unlimited (DU) to execute a conservation easement that ensures future generations of the Nansemond Indian Nation will have the opportunity to reconnect with the land and enjoy this iconic area in the Atlantic Flyway.
Ducks Unlimited and its partners in North Carolina and Virginia recently received a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant that will protect and enhance over 2,350 acres of wetlands along the Mattaponi and Blackwater Rivers in Virginia, and will also include projects at Mattamuskeet and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuges.
Ducks Unlimited has acquired from a private owner more than 500 acres of ancestral land of the Nansemond Indian Nation and then returned it to the Tribe for protection and stewardship.
Ducks Unlimited and Farmland Partners Inc. work together to protect this iconic land.
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Protecting this historic landscape forever, the Nation also partnered with Ducks Unlimited (DU) to execute a conservation easement that ensures future generations of the Nansemond Indian Nation will have the opportunity to reconnect with the land and enjoy this iconic area in the Atlantic Flyway.
DU and VDGIF plan work on Hog Island WMA
NAWCA grant supports Virginia wetland restoration
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The Prairie Pothole Region, Great Lakes Region and St. Lawrence Plain are critical to Virginia waterfowl hunters.
A significant amount of the mallards harvested in Virginia each year are produced in the St. Lawrence Plain and Great Lakes Region. We receive a good portion of our diving ducks from the Prairie Pothole Region and our teal and other puddle ducks are products of all three areas.
The Prairie Pothole Region, Great Lakes Region, and St. Lawrence Plain are all DU conservation focus areas, as is the Mid Atlantic Coast.
There is no waterfowl conservation organization that represents the needs of Virginia waterfowl hunters like Ducks Unlimited.
Our critical conservation work provides support to our migration both on the breeding grounds and here at home.
With your help, we will preserve our waterfowl hunting heritage through habitat conservation of these areas critical to the Virigina migration and harvest.
Click here for more information on DU's conservation priority areas.
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