[birdky] Buy your Duck Stamp through the ABA
- From: csbesse <csbesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:32:37 -0700
Do you know about the Duck Stamp? It used to be called the Migratory Bird
Hunting and Conservation Stamp. The stamp is sold for $15 beginning in July
each year. Funds support the National Wildlife Refuge System and 98 cents of
every dollar goes directly to purchasing bird habitat.
Many birders are understandably hesitant to buy a Duck Stamp because they don't
want to be seen as supporting waterfowl hunting and because there has been no
way to separate contributions by birders from those of hunters -- UNTIL NOW.
The American Birding Association (ABA) just started selling Duck Stamps on
their website. By purchasing a Duck Stamp through the ABA you will be counted
as a birder, not a hunter AND you will be supporting the most effective
conservation initiative in the U.S.
OK it's a little more trouble to buy your Duck Stamp through the ABA and it's a
little more expensive because you have to pay to have it mailed to you, but
isn't it worth it to be counted as a birder and to help the ABA demonstrate
birders' support for habitat and bird
conservation?
This is not a fund-raiser for the ABA; they are not seeking to make any money
doing
this. What they want from this effort is an accounting of birders, not
just in numbers but in dollars and cents.
Please consider purchasing a Duck Stamp this year, and doing via the ABA's
website here.
Availability: June 27, 2014 through January 31, 2015
Carol Besse
Louisville, KY
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