(Photo courtesy of USF&WS)
July 01, 2014
By Ducks Unlimited, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Canvasbacks took center stage last Friday, June 27, for hunters, conservationists and stamp collectors as the new Federal Duck Stamp went on sale according to a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service news release.
The 81st Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, as it is formally known, debuted at a special event hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bass Pro Shops at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.
The 2014-2015 stamp features a pair of canvasbacks painted by wildlife artist Adam Grimm of Burbank, S.D. Last fall, the USF&WS reports that a panel of five judges chose Grimm's art to grace the stamp from among 202 paintings at the...