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10-15-2004, 08:23 PM
Article published Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Efforts are continuing to restore wetlands, waterfowl populations
The landmark North American Waterfowl Management Plan has been renewed and updated by the federal government to improve a cooperative, continent-wide effort to restore wetlands and waterfowl populations.
Initiated in 1986, NAWMP was updated in 1994 and 1998 and now includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its trademark projects are local and regional joint ventures, now numbering 17 in all, with state agencies and private partners such as Ducks Unlimited.
One of NAWMP's flagship joint ventures, focusing on restoration of the black duck, resulted in the development of the 2,000-plus-acre Pickerel Creek State Wildlife Area on Sandusky Bay in northwest Ohio.
The long-term NAWMP goal is to rebuild and maintain populations of wetlands-associated wildlife to levels seen in the 1970s. The plan addresses waterfowl and other wetlands wildlife needs from breeding grounds to wintering grounds.
This is good news for Ohio hunters, who are looking forward to the opening of the North Zone duck and goose hunting seasons on Saturday.
A detailed summary of the season dates and bag limits, and a forecast of prospects for the first day in the duck blind, is to be printed here Thursday.
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Efforts are continuing to restore wetlands, waterfowl populations
The landmark North American Waterfowl Management Plan has been renewed and updated by the federal government to improve a cooperative, continent-wide effort to restore wetlands and waterfowl populations.
Initiated in 1986, NAWMP was updated in 1994 and 1998 and now includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its trademark projects are local and regional joint ventures, now numbering 17 in all, with state agencies and private partners such as Ducks Unlimited.
One of NAWMP's flagship joint ventures, focusing on restoration of the black duck, resulted in the development of the 2,000-plus-acre Pickerel Creek State Wildlife Area on Sandusky Bay in northwest Ohio.
The long-term NAWMP goal is to rebuild and maintain populations of wetlands-associated wildlife to levels seen in the 1970s. The plan addresses waterfowl and other wetlands wildlife needs from breeding grounds to wintering grounds.
This is good news for Ohio hunters, who are looking forward to the opening of the North Zone duck and goose hunting seasons on Saturday.
A detailed summary of the season dates and bag limits, and a forecast of prospects for the first day in the duck blind, is to be printed here Thursday.
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http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041012/COLUMNIST22/410120319