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The 2001-2002 Federal Duck Stamp Image by Artist Robert Hautman |
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MARCH 16 |
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1934 Congress passes and President Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act. Popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act, it required all waterfowl hunters 16 years or older to buy a stamp annually. The revenue generated was earmarked for the Department of the Agriculture, and then five years later transferred the authority to the Department of Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to buy or lease waterfowl sanctuaries. In the years since its enactment, the Federal Duck Stamp Program has become one of the most popular and successful conservation programs ever initiated. As as of 1995, Federal Duck Stamps had generated $501 million that had been used to preserve more than 4.3 million acres of waterfowl habitat in the United States. |
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