Conservation Organizations (facts vs myths)

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Super Spook

DB, I don't want to start a big argument hear, but if you are going to call a thread facts vs. myths then you should be stating facts man!

In regards to the State Duck Stamp Money-These are NOT "Louisiana Duck Stamp" funds. LA Duck Stamp money is obligated to be spent in Louisiana to affect habitat in our state. The funds sent to DU or Delta, or whoever for breeding waterfowl habitat work are actually 10% of our basic hunting license fees.

It went to Saskatchewan



This money is voted on by the commission every 2 or 3 years depending on the length of the contract. Three conservation organizations sent proposals for this funding last go around.

Secondly you go on to say - "So in order to get the best bang for the buck, the money went to our duck factory which is in fact Saskatchewan and who the heck else is going to get this done besides DU?" I have to say that the large Delta membership in Louisiana would probably take offense to that. Delta received a part of this money from 2002 to 2010. Delta is very capable of doing great things for LA duck hunters as well and has with this funding. Delta is in the business of making ducks and do a very efficient job of doing that. Hopefully Delta gets another crack at part of the funding in 2015.

Spook we are on the same team, I never said anything negative about Delta. Delta had a crack at it the last go around and the whole bit of monies went to DU for habitat in Saskatchewan. Delta's proposal was not as good as DU proposal, nothing bad about that. What DU proposed was that they could simply triple our money with matching funds. We sent them $X, they matched it with their funds, and then matched with North American Wetlands Conservation Act funds, which tripled it. It was the best bang for the buck. Delta is a great organization, the very best waterfowl biologists work for or have worked for Delta