Ducks Unlimited Magazine

Left to Right: Nina Liang, 2026-2027 Junior Duck Stamp Artist; Valerie Fellows, Chief, Federal Duck Stamp Office, Migratory Bird Program, USFWS; Todd Blanchard, General Manager, Bass Pro Shops - St. Augustine; Jerome Ford, Assistant Director, Migratory Bird Program, USFWS; Kate McGregor, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; Richard Smith, Chief Development Officer, Ducks Unlimited; Chris Wynn, Regional Director, North Central Region, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;...

Paisley Williams MEMPHIS, Tenn. – June 18, 2026 – Paisley Williams, of Prairieville, Louisiana, is the recipient of the 2026 Susie Konkel Ducks Unlimited (DU) National Scholarship. Williams co-chaired the Ascension High School Varsity Chapter in 2023 and became chair in 2025. To add to her already impressive resume at the high school level, Paisley also volunteered for 12 local adult chapters in the state, assisting wherever needed.

OSAKIS, Minn. – June 15, 2026 – More than 100 Ducks Unlimited (DU) supporters, philanthropists, and project partners recently celebrated the restoration and enhancement of 186 acres in 48 prairie pothole wetlands in Minnesota’s Orange Waterfowl Production Area (WPA). The event celebrated over $1 million in conservation investments at the complex and is part of DU’s Living Lakes Initiative, which has focused on restoring shallow lakes and wetlands in Minnesota and Iowa since 2004.

Memphis, TENN. — June 10, 2026— Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU) is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with Higdon Outdoors as a Proud Partner of Ducks Unlimited and the organization’s Official Decoy. Since 2015, Higdon Outdoors has partnered with Ducks Unlimited to design, manufacture, and sell officially licensed DU products, with a portion of proceeds from each item sold supporting DU’s wetlands and waterfowl conservation efforts across North America.

What Is Ducks Unlimited? Ducks Unlimited (DU) is North America’s premier conservation organization founded in 1937 that has been restoring and reconnecting wetlands across the continent for nearly 90 years. Today, DU’s work goes far beyond its roots, helping conserve over 20 million acres of habitat that support clean water, fish and wildlife, and healthy ecosystems.

L to R: Bob Spoerl ,Chairman of the DU Board of Directors, Bruce Bodine, President and CEO of The Mosaic Company, Dr. Rex Schulz, President of Ducks Unlimited, and Adam Putnam, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Ducks Unlimited (DU) is proud to announce The Mosaic Company and The Mosaic Company Foundation for Sustainable Food Systems (The Mosaic Company Foundation) as the 2025 joint recipients of the DU Corporate Conservation Achievement Award, honoring their exceptional commitment to conservation in...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – June 2, 2026 – In front of hundreds of Ducks Unlimited (DU) members and volunteers at DU’s 89th National Convention in Tampa, Florida, DU elected new volunteer leaders, including President Dr. Rex Schulz and Chairman of the Board Robert “Bob” Spoerl.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – May 30, 2026 – Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU) today announced the historic close of “Conservation For A Continent. Our Wetlands. Our Legacy.”, the most ambitious conservation campaign ever undertaken on behalf of North America’s wetlands and waterfowl.

Collins Marsh Wildlife Area, Wisconsin. Credit: Steve Easterly, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. DEXTER, Mich. – May 28, 2026 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Conservation Commission recently granted Ducks Unlimited (DU) and numerous partners $9 million in North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) funds to continue three programs in the Great Lakes Region. $3 million was awarded for Phase Two of DU’s Great Lakes Mallards Project.

Green Diamond Resource Company Pilot Project land | Ducks Unlimited MEMPHIS, Tenn. – May 27, 2026 – Ducks Unlimited (DU) was recently awarded a $255,000 Richard King Mellon Foundation grant to restore approximately 100 acres of degraded montane meadow habitat in Oregon’s Upper Klamath River watershed. Another $150,000 grant will support Ducks University chapters with revitalizing chapter recruitment and scaling effective R3 (hunter recruitment, retention and reactivation) programs.