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Using the Bands Across America search tools found on this site, you can query and map waterfowl banding data as recent as this past spring all the way back to 1914.

Your search of more than 3.1 million banding records can be narrowed or expanded using multiple criteria to easily see banding and recovery locations. The dynamic search interface allows you to:

• Search for banding or recovery locations within a specific state, province, or flyway
• See results for all years that data have been collected or select a single year
• Select the species you’re interested in from a categorized listing

All results are plotted on a scalable map, offering critical information for waterfowl biologists monitoring populations across the continent.

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A special workshop for agency administrators and waterfowl managers will be conducted by the North American Waterfowl Plan Committee and the Revision Steering Committee on September 30, in conjunction with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies meeting in Grand Rapids, MI. This event will kickoff the second round of stakeholder input workshops and will include an update on the results of the first round of consultation, review the process for round two, and allow for input on critical elements regarding the NAWMP revision.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed hunting regulations for the upcoming 2010-2011 late waterfowl seasons. Hunting season lengths of 60 days were proposed for the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways, with 74 days for the Central Flyway and 107 days for the Pacific Flyway.

A full season on pintails would be offered nation-wide with a two bird daily bag limit, and a full season on canvasbacks with a one bird daily bag limit offered nation-wide. The Service also proposed a daily bag limit of two scaup in the Atlantic, Mississippi and Central Flyways for the full season and three scaup in the Pacific Flyway for 86 days.

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When the next Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey is conducted in May 2011, many of the pilot biologists will be taking flight with a brand new set of wings. During the 2010 EAA AirVenture aviation show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it was revealed that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has received nine new Kodiak float planes to replace some of the older, smaller planes that have been used to fly the surveys across North America. According to Jim Wortham, pilot biologist and chief of the migratory bird survey program, the new planes have a high saftey rating and greater performance range, and the new turbine engines will offer greater reliability in the field, increasing the overall efficiency of their misson.

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Browse the flight logs to see how these planes will be used

Hunters, stamp collectors and other conservationists can now help conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico by purchasing a special edition Federal Duck Stamp envelope, known as a silk cachet. The funds generated by the $25 cachet will be used to acquire wetlands for inclusion in the more than thirty-eight national wildlife refuges along the Gulf Coast.

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Final results from the 2010 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey are now available. Preliminary reports are confirmed -- a total duck population estimate of nearly 41 million birds in the traditional survey area, which is similar to the 2009 tally and 21 percent above the long term average.

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This hard copy report provides waterfowl managers and the public with information about the use of Adaptive Harvest Management for setting waterfowl regulations in the United States.

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The latest Migratory Bird Hunting Activity and Harvest Report has been released, reporting that over 13.1 million ducks were harvested in the United States during the 2009-2010 waterfowl hunting season, down from 13.6 million from the previous season. The number of harvested geese also decreased somewhat, from about 3.8 million harvested in the 2008-2009 season to 3.3 million harvested nationally in the 2009-2010 season.

In addition to downloading the full report, you can also generate custom harvest trends reports to quickly and easily view the information that is important to you. With these custom reports, you can view harvest trends for a specific species in a specific state; or you can view results for all ducks or all geese on a national level or within a selected flyway; or you can see the total of all ducks and geese at the national level. Results from these custom reports are presented in line graph format to easily illustrate harvest trends from 1961 through 2009. To view harvest activity reports for previous years, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Management website.

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Since 1986, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan has served as a model for international conservation of natural resources. The Plan is currently being reviewed and updated to better meet the needs and conservation objectives of the waterfowl management community.

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The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), on the setting of annual regulations permitting the hunting of migratory birds. Published in the Federal Register on July 9, 2010, the draft SEIS proposes adjusting the process for authorizing migratory bird hunting in accordance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.