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What is the exact purpose of winter habitat
projects?
The exact purpose of winter habitat projects is to
restore the ability of a given waterfowl conservation region (e.g., the MAV or
Gulf Coast) to provide food for the estimated number of waterfowl that wintered
in the region in the mid-1970s (target population levels). DU and its partners are simply trying to
provide enough foraging habitat in each conservation region to meet the needs
of waterfowl that may winter there when populations reach NAWMP goals and
objectives. This habitat is provided to
give waterfowl the option to make migration and winter movements as they have
done historically, but might not otherwise be able to do given the large scale
habitat loss and degradation that occurred in these traditional migration and
winter areas.
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Conservation Planning FAQs
 How can DU blame only the weather for "our" poor season when it also spends big money on winter projects that are, by definition, designed to provide habitat for migrating ducks in flyway states?
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DU claims it does not artificially feed ducks, yet I have heard that DU private lands conservation programs provide incentives to farmers to allow portions of grain crops to go unharvested to benefit migrating waterfowl. Is this true?
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Exactly what do DU's private lands conservation programs allow and why?
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What is the exact purpose of winter habitat projects?
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Do the projects in the MAV and Gulf Coast conservation regions get used by ducks every year?
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I heard that DU and the USFWS were dumping corn or other grain on refuges to hold birds north after the northern states closed their seasons to keep southern hunters from getting to kill too many birds. Is this true?
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What percentage of the money raised by DU in a given state remains in the state, and how much is spent in "other states"?
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