There's good news in duck-breeding country. Total duck-breeding numbers in the traditional duck breeding areas of the U.S. and Canada are at an all-time high of 45.6 million birds, according to the ...

Duck hunters have enjoyed almost two decades of above-average moisture on the breeding grounds, which have resulted in long seasons with generous bag limits. That could change this year if Mother ...

The breeding population of ducks in North America was estimated at 32.3 million this spring, down 7% year-over-year and 9% from the long-term mean, according to the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Continental breeding duck populations are down 7% from 2022, Ducks Unlimited said Friday, Aug. 18, in reporting results from the annual spring North American waterfowl survey ...

Two weeks ago, I penned an article on 81 bird species in North America becoming imperiled. The Partners in Flight ...

Monday’s news was not what Louisiana duck hunters, nor wild waterfowlers anywhere north to the Dakotas, wanted to hear and read. News from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual “Trends on Duck ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its report on the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status in mid-August. The numbers of ducks slid from the 2022 estimate, with the drop attributed to extremely ...

On one side was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a lumbering bureaucracy out to curb the spread of a pesky fowl; on the other, thousands of duck lovers, breeders and pet owners who feared for their ...

Ducks need wetlands to breed and drought conditions reduce suitable habitat. Submitted photo Waterfowl numbers are going to dip due to a lack of water. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department ...

Waterfowl numbers are going to dip due to a lack of water. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently released the findings of their 74th annual breeding duck survey, and the results are not ...