Maryland Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Patuxent Research Refuge

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Conservation Through The Arts
District of Columbia Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program

2009 - 2010 District of Columbia Award Winner

DC Jr. Duck Stamp "Best of Show"

The "Best of Show" winner of the 2009-2010 District of Columbia Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition is 10 year old Niklas Persson. Persson's outstanding colored pencil rendition of a redhead duck swimming in a marsh was selected from more than 40 entries in this year's DC contest. Persson takes lessons at the Fillmore Arts Center in Northwest DC.

The contest is open to students from kindergarten through twelfth grade in all the states and the District of Columbia. Entries for each jurisdiction are judged separately. The Best of Show winners from each state and the District compete with each other for the Federal Junior Duck Stamp. This national competition was held on April 22, 2009 at the National Postal Museum in the District.

The panel of judges for this year's District contest included: Robert Beall, winner of the 2008 Maryland Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Contest; Jorge Coppen, National Coordinator, North American Waterfowl Management Plan, USFWS; Paul Padding, Atlantic Flyway Representative, Division of Migratory Bird Management, USFWS; Bill Todd, Wildlife Photographer and Volunteer at Patuxent Research Refuge; Valerie Watson, Artist and Visual Arts Specialist, Maryland National-Capital Park and Planning Commission.

The judges selected winners in each of four age categories. The winners of both the District of Columbia and Maryland Junior Duck Stamp Competitions will be honored at a joint awards ceremony on May 17 at the National Wildlife Visitor Center, located on the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, MD. All District entries will then go on a citywide tour.

For more information on the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program, visit www.fws.gov/juniorduck