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MINNESOTA ARTIST WINS 2021 FEDERAL DUCK STAMP ART CONTEST
After two days of competition, fund, made up partly of duck stamp
James Hautman of Chaska, Minn., dollars, to support the acquisition
was named the winner of the 2021 of lands from willing sellers for
Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest the refuge system. The new areas
with his painting of a pair of redheads provide additional access to the
floating in the water. The announce- public to some of the most spectac-
ment was made via live stream at the ular places available for hunting,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Head- fishing, birdwatching, hiking, and
quarters in Falls Church, Va. other outdoor activities.
Hautman’s acrylic painting will Since it was first established in
be made into the 2022-2023 Federal 1934, sales of the duck stamp have
Migratory Bird Hunting and Con- raised more than $1.1 billion to con-
servation Stamp, or “duck stamp”, serve over 6 million acres of habitat
which will go on sale in late June 2022. The Service produces for birds and other wildlife and provide countless opportunities for
the Federal Duck Stamp, which sells for $25 and raises about hunting and other wildlife-oriented recreation on our public lands.
$40 million in sales each year. These funds support critical Waterfowl hunters 16 and older are required to purchase and
conservation to protect wetland habitats in the National carry the current federal duck stamp. Many non-hunters, includ-
Wildlife Refuge System for the benefit of wildlife and the ing birdwatchers, conservationists, stamp collectors, and others
enjoyment of people. also purchase the stamp in support of habitat conservation. Addi-
This year, the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission tionally, a current federal duck stamp can be used for free admis-
approved the allocation of more than $111 million from the sion to any national wildlife refuge that charges an entry fee.
Ronald Jones of
Tucumcari, N.M.,
submitted this
winning photo
taken near Kenton,
Okla., in the 2019
Readers’ Photo
Showcase contest.
PHOTO SHOWCASE ENTRY PERIOD OPENS JAN. 1
Imagine the pride you will feel when you open the July/August Oklahoma in recent years.
issue of Outdoor Oklahoma to show your friends the remarkable April 15 is the deadline for entries, so there’s still plenty of time
photograph that you took! If you would like the chance for your to get those images in Outdoor Oklahoma.
work to be published in a high-quality magazine, we invite you The Readers’ Photo Showcase issue is always the most popular
to enter the annual Readers’ Photography Showcase competition! Outdoor Oklahoma magazine of the whole year! And you can be
Entries will be accepted online starting Jan. 1, and every a part of it just by going online, uploading your digital photos,
entry is included in the judging. We ask you to share up to and hitting the “submit” button. It’s easy!
four of your best original photos, preferably all taken in Go to the entry page online at www.tinyurl.com/enterRPS.
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