Junior Duck Stamp art display.

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Join Us for the 2012 National Junior Duck Stamp Contes
Mark your calendars for Friday, April 20 and join the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and our partners for the national Junior Duck Stamp Contest judging at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, Md. The event will kick off at 10 a.m. as our panel of five judges examines the 53 "Best of Show" art pieces from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. One piece of art will be selected as the top winner and will be made into the 2012-2013 Junior Duck Stamp, which the Service sells for $5. The top three art winners and the top "conservation message" winner receive cash prizes.

The contest will also be streamed live on the Web! To learn more or watch online, go to www.fws.gov/juniorduck.

2012 NMBCA Grants Will Fund 28 Projects in 26 Countries
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe announced today more than $3.78 million in Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation grants for 28 collaborative projects that will support bird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere. Matched by $14 million in contributions from partners, the projects will support habitat restoration, environmental education, population monitoring, and other priority activities within the ranges of neotropical migratory birds in the United States, Canada, Mexico and 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Several projects are funded under the NMBCA pilot program, which focuses a portion of available funds on a group of particularly threatened neotropical migratory birds.

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Project Summaries

Roles and Responsibilities

• Administers the North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants and Small Grants Programs, which provide matching grants to organizations and individuals who have developed partnerships to carry out wetlands conservation projects in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
• Coordinates and provides staff to the North American Wetlands Conservation Council.
• Administers the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program, which supports public-private partnerships that promote the long-term conservation of Neotropical migratory birds and their habitats in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
• Provides national leadership in the U.S. for the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and staff support to the Plan Committee and the Plan Committee's Science Support Team.
• Supports more than two dozen bird and habitat-focused Joint Ventures, collaborative, regionally based partnerships comprising government agencies, non-profit organizations, corporations, tribes and individuals who work to implement bird conservation plans within specific geographic areas or for specific species.
• Supports conservation work conducted under Partners in Flight, U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan and North American Waterbird Conservation Plan, and provides staff support for the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.
• Administers the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) and the Junior Duck Stamp programs.