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It has been accepted for inclusion in US Fish & Wildlife Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 2008 Annual Report Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Migratory Bird Conservation Commission 2008 Annual Report Table of Contents The Service’s Legacy of Conserving Migratory Waterfowl Habitat . 1 The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission . 3 The Migratory Bird Conservation Fund . 4 MBCC Approvals for Fiscal Year 2008 . 5 MBCF Land Acquisitions for Fiscal Year 2008 . 6 National Wildlife Refuge System –– New Area and Boundary Addition Approvals for Fiscal Year 2008 . 9 Notes on Tables One and Two . 30 Map – National Migratory Bird Refuges . 31 Table One – National Migratory Bird Areas . 32 Map – Wetland Management Districts . 42 Table Two – National Waterfowl Production Areas . 43 North American Wetlands Conservation Fund Summary of MBCC Approvals for Fiscal Year 2008 . 49 Table Three – U S. Wetlands Conservation Standard Grant Proposals MBCC Approvals for Fiscal Year 2008 . 50 Table Four – U S. Wetlands Conservation Small Grant Proposals MBCC Approvals for Fiscal Year 2008 . 51 Table Five – Canadian Wetlands Conservation Proposals MBCC Approvals for Fiscal Year 2008 . 52 Table Six – Mexican Wetlands Conservation Proposals MBCC Approvals for Fiscal Year 2008 . 53 MBCC Membership Chart . 54 Cover: 2008-2009 Federal Duck Stamp Artwork – Northern Pintails (Painting by Joseph Hautman) The Service’s Legacy of Conserving Migratory Waterfowl Habitat The Federal Duck Stamp Program and Although the Act gave the government Since 1934, the Service has spent Migratory Bird Conservation Program authority to create migratory bird more than $1 billion Migratory have helped secure key habitats to sustain refuges, it did not provide a permanent Bird Conservation Fund dollars to migratory bird populations for decades . source of acquisition funding . This permanently protect more than five They protect wetlands, help dissipate problem was addressed in the 1930s million acres of important waterfowl storm runoff, purify water supplies, and when President Franklin D . Roosevelt habitat—including nearly three million store flood water . As we look forward to appointed Jay N . “Ding” Darling, a acres of waterfowl production areas in the future conservation of these critical nationally known wildlife conservationist the U S. Prairie Pothole Region . In 2008 resources, we can find inspiration in and political cartoonist, to serve as alone, more than $32 million in funds these programs’ extraordinary history of the Chief of the Bureau of Biological from the Migratory Bird Conservation success . Survey . Darling was instrumental in Fund were used to purchase or lease the creation of a stamp, to be purchased nearly 10,000 acres of waterfowl habitat At the turn of the 20th century, by all waterfowl hunters, that would at migratory bird refuges and more overeager hunters and the commercial generate funds to pay for the acquisition than 29,000 acres in the Prairie Pothole demand for meat and feathers had of waterfowl habitat . In 1934, Congress Region . decimated waterfowl populations . passed the Migratory Bird Hunting and At the same time, periodic droughts Conservation Stamp Act, which required Today as in the past, the Federal Duck caused wetlands and other valuable all hunters older than 16 to purchase Stamp Program and Migratory Bird waterfowl habitat to disappear . In the and possess a Federal Duck Stamp while Conservation Program depend on the late 1920s, conservationists, hunters, hunting waterfowl . Revenues from Duck support of people who understand and and government officials worked Stamp sales are now deposited in the connect with our natural world—people together to create the Migratory Bird Migratory Bird Conservation Fund . The who understand the importance of our Conservation Act, which Congress fund also includes import duties collected wildlife resources and take action . What passed in 1929 . This landmark legislation on arms and ammunition, receipts from can you do? Buy a Federal Duck Stamp . authorized the Federal government permits for rights-of-way across refuge Tell people how important Federal to acquire and permanently protect lands, and any appropriations from the Duck Stamps are to ensuring healthy wetlands for waterfowl . It also created Wetlands Loan Act, which Congress populations of all migratory birds and the Migratory Bird Conservation authorized in 1961 as an advance of funds other wildlife . For more information, visit Commission—composed of Federal and against future revenues from sale of Duck our Federal Duck Stamp Web site, www . State officials—to consider and approve Stamps . fws gov/duckstamps/. , or our Division of proposals for land acquisition . Realty Web site, www fws. gov/realty. Celebrating the 75th Federal Duck Stamp 1 The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Section 2 of the Migratory Bird to the succeeding Congress, may serve American Wetlands Conservation Council, Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 on the Commission notwithstanding which was created by the legislation, (Act), established the Migratory Bird the expiration of a Congress . Any submits project recommendations to the Conservation Commission . vacancy on the Commission shall be Commission for funding approval . filled in the same manner as the original Section 2, as amended. A Commission appointment . The ranking officer of 2008 Membership to be known as the Migratory Bird the branch or department of a State to Conservation Commission, consisting which is committed the administration Hon . Dirk Kempthorne of the Secretary of the Interior, as of its game laws, or his authorized Secretary of the Interior, Chairman Chairman; the Administrator of the representative, shall be a member ex Hon . Mike Johanns Environmental Protection Agency; officio of said Commission for the purpose Secretary of Agriculture the Secretary of Agriculture; two of considering and voting on all questions Members of the Senate, to be selected relating to the acquisition, under said Hon . Stephen L . Johnson by the President of the Senate; sections, of areas in his State . For Administrator, Environmental and two Members of the House of purposes of said sections, the purchase or Protection Agency Representatives, to be selected by the rental of any area of land, water, or land Hon . Blanche Lincoln Speaker, is created and authorized to and water includes the purchase or rental Senator from Arkansas consider and pass upon any area of land, of any interest in any such area of land, water, or land and water that may be water, or land and water . Hon . Thad Cochran recommended by the Secretary of the Senator from Mississippi Interior for purchase or rental under In 1989, the Commission acquired the Hon . John D . Dingell this Act, and to fix the price or prices additional responsibility of approving Representative from Michigan at which such area may be purchased project funding under the North Hon . Wayne T . Gilchrest or rented; and no purchase or rental American Wetlands Conservation Act . Representative from Maryland shall be made of any such area until it This Act provides Federal funding to has been duly approved for purchase or encourage partnerships to protect, A . Eric Alvarez, rental by said Commission . Any Member enhance, restore, and manage wetlands Secretary to the Commission of the House of Representatives, who and other habitats for migratory birds Telephone: (703) 358-1716 is a member of Congress, if reelected and other fish and wildlife . The North Celebrating the 75th Federal Duck Stamp 3 The Migratory Bird Conservation Fund The Migratory Bird Hunting and The first program acquires waterfowl Conservation Stamp Act of March 18, habitat in major migratory bird 1934 (Duck Stamp Act), as amended, conservation areas under the authority created the Migratory Bird Conservation of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act Fund (MBCF), to provide the Department of 1929 . The second program acquires of the Interior with monies to acquire small natural wetlands, grasslands, and migratory bird habitat . There are three interests, known as Waterfowl Production major sources of funds deposited into the Areas, under the authority of the Duck MBCF account . The most well-known Stamp Act . Waterfowl Production Areas source is the revenue received from the are located primarily in the Prairie sale of Migratory Bird Hunting and Pothole Region of the upper Midwest of Conservation Stamps, commonly known the United States . as Duck Stamps, as provided for under the Duck Stamp Act . The other two A total of $45,144,112 was available for major sources include appropriations obligation from the MBCF during fiscal authorized by the Wetlands Loan Act of year 2008 . Obligations for all MBCF land October 4, 1961, as amended, and import acquisition functions during the fiscal duties collected on arms and ammunition, year