[birdky] Re: Buy your Duck Stamp through the ABA
- From: Murray State <sid.easley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "csbesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <csbesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:52:30 -0500
An interesting article in July issue of Audubon magazine about duck stamps.
Melissa Easley
Murray, Ky
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> On Jul 15, 2014, at 10:32 AM, csbesse <csbesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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