They are also sold at any US Post Office.
On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 2:56 PM Alyssa DeRubeis <[email protected]> wrote: > On the topic of wildlife conservation (i.e. Bob Dunlap's post on Recovering > America's Wildlife Act), the American Birding Association (ABA) is now > selling federal Duck Stamps in an effort to quantify the number of birders > supporting wetland protection. 98% of the cost goes towards directly to > purchasing wetland habitat. > https://www.aba.org/store/2019-2020-duck-stamp > / > > Even though there are conservation taxes on hunters and anglers through the > Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts, there are no such taxes on > wildlife-viewers. Binoculars, spotting scopes, etc. have no additional tax > that goes towards habitat protection, even though we often use visit > protected areas to go birding. So I know some birders buy Duck Stamps--even > if they're not hunters--every year to "pay their dues." > > If you already regularly buy Duck Stamps, thank you! If you don't want to > get them through the ABA website, there are a number of shops in Minnesota > where you can buy them in-person (those that sell hunting licenses, or > National Wildlife Refuge gift shops). I do think it would be interesting to > get them through ABA though, since they're keeping track of the number of > birders buying them. > > Good birding! > > Alyssa DeRubeis > formerly Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
