2019 ANNUAL REPORT
THE DUCK HUNTERS ORGANIZATION™ BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP LETTER William M. Yandell III CHAIRMAN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Michael H. Mooney Delta Completes Strong Decade VICE CHAIRMAN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS for Ducks, Duck Hunters Charles C. Hager Jr. TREASURER Delta’s extraordinarily BOZEMAN, MONTANA committed staff, board, John H. Dobbs Jr. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE donors, members and volunteers can all take George C. Freeman III RICHMOND, VIRGINIA credit for the unprecedent- Daniel C. Hughes Jr. ed growth of The Duck JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Hunters Organization in G. Ruffner Page Jr. 2019. Ducks, duck habitat BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA and duck hunters were the Thomas G. Henning LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA combined beneficiaries of William M. Yandell III Dr. Scott Petrie your incredible enthusiasm Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Patrick J. Rothwell CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND and support! Timothy B. Robertson Your ever-increasing interest and All of this would not be possible VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA generosity enabled Delta to once without the generosity and political W. Frank McCreight again expand our commitment to clout associated with having a sizeable, WESTWORTH VILLAGE, TEXAS ducks and duck hunters — a mission vocal and informed alliance of waterfowl Dick Carmical MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS that is increasingly critical with each hunters throughout North America. passing year. In 2019, Delta outlined Consequently, as The Duck Hunters Kenneth M. LaGrande SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA four primary delivery areas, or pillars, Organization, Delta also proudly spends Angus R. Cooper III that are central to our continued and considerable time and effort promoting MOBILE, ALABAMA collective enjoyment of duck hunting and protecting your right to hunt, as Charles A. Elcan in the United States and Canada: well as your access to good places to NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE duck production, habitat conservation, do so with your family and friends. Robert B. Trainer Jr. research and education, and HunteR3. Delta has experienced and overcome HOUSTON, TEXAS Our research has clearly shown that adversity at various times throughout Robert E. Bartels Jr. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA the availability of duck breeding habitat more than 100 years as a waterfowl Robert D. Sopuck and the abundance of predators in a research and conservation organization. SANDY LAKE, MANITOBA given year are the primary drivers of COVID-19 represents a very real and John W. Childs whether duck populations rise or fall. sizeable threat to us all with many VERO BEACH, FLORIDA Unfortunately, due to wetland drainage unknowns in the coming months. John S. Dale and an increased intensity of agricul- We assure you Delta is taking this WAUBAY, SOUTH DAKOTA ture, duck breeding habitat continues threat seriously, and we have made Thomas J. Landwehr SHOREVIEW, MINNESOTA to decline, while predator populations necessary organizational adjustments continue to increase. Fortunately, Delta’s to not only ride out the storm, but Dr. Scott Petrie BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA renowned research efforts continue to continue to prosper. In the end, we enhance our duck production programs, will ultimately be stronger for having DIRECTOR AT LARGE: including Predator Management and overcome this adversity. Thank you William Turnbull Hen Houses, and our habitat conserva- for your generosity and continued CALGARY, ALBERTA tion efforts, such as Working Wetlands. enthusiasm for our mission: to pro- George R. Eaton CALEDON, ONTARIO Recent successes have ensured that duce ducks and secure the future of these innovative programs are poised waterfowl hunting. John A. MacQuarrie CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE to have even more substantial impacts Keep well, stay safe and have a great EDWARD ISLAND for North American duck populations. waterfowl season! John Robinson CALGARY, ALBERTA
2 CUMULATIVE 2019 ACHIEVEMENTS LIFETIME GIVING We sincerely appreciate the following donors who have given at least $10,000 in support of ducks and duck hunters. We are extremely grateful to those whose names are bolded for making a significant contribution in 2019.
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LEGACY LIFETIME SPONSOR $10,000,000 and Above Waterfowl Research Foundation VISIONARY LIFETIME SPONSOR $5,000,000 - $9,999,999 Program Delivery Enhanced by None FOUNDING Innovation, Broad Support LIFETIME SPONSOR $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 Delta Waterfowl enjoyed another waterfowl managers throughout North Anonymous Gary H. Bechtel exceptional year of growth and achieve- America. Additional research sought Steve C. Bechtel/S.D. ment in 2019 across all four flyways. to further inform and enhance Delta’s Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Bolstered by broad grassroots support duck production, habitat conservation Charles H. Bell* John W. Childs and generous individual donations, and HunteR3 programs. John S. Dale The Duck Hunters Organization Here are a few of Delta’s key ac- Illinois Department delivered on its mission by adding complishments for ducks and duck of Conservation substantial ducks to the fall flight, hunters in 2019. Paul Tudor Jones II Louisiana Department of conserving breeding duck habitat in Wildlife and Fisheries Habitat Conservation Mississippi Department the United States and Canada, and of Wildlife, Fisheries and promoting and defending waterfowl Delta’s Working Wetlands — an Parks hunting with unrivaled effectiveness. incentive-based program that’s con- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Delta also conducted cutting-edge served nearly 10,000 individual small NAWCA waterfowl research and education with wetlands since 2015 — wrapped up its North Dakota Industrial Commission/Outdoor important, real-world applications for North Dakota pilot project in 2019. Heritage Fund R. Howard Webster HONORARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Foundation W. Garfield Weston Richard A.N. Bonnycastle William E. Walker III R. Parker LeCorgne Foundation Stephen D. Busch B. Briscoe White III Robert A. Vollrath Fred J. Cadham Cecil H. Bell Robert D. Johnson Henri Wedell Ian G. Griffin Charles G. Lane William W. Bond III Wildlife Habitat Canada Thomas P. Hutchens, M.D. David E. Snowden Jr. Charles E. Commander III Paul Tudor Jones II Donald W. Morrison Charles S. Potter Jr. EXECUTIVE Frank R. Liggett III Eldridge C. Haines George B. Secor LIFETIME SPONSOR Harry C. Melges Jr. Henri Wedell Donald J. Douglas $500,000 - $999,999 George S. Nolte Jr. J. Gardner Lile Rob A. Kiekhefer Haskell Noyes III Justin G. Adams Gary H. Bechtel Arkansas Game and Fish James Scheer Peter P. Huff Joseph W. Carlson, M.D. Commission Richard T. Schroeder Peter A.W. Green Larry Kaumeyer Tyler H. Beebe Alfred D. Sullivan, Ph.D. Peter W. Webster David and Leslie Bissett 3 David Winton Bell Foundation David F. and Margaret T. Grohne Family Foundation James Ford Bell Foundation Terry Kitching* Working Wetlands was included in which included 25 program blocks in Manitoba Agricultural the 2018 Farm Bill, and in 2019 Delta North Dakota and one research block Services Corporation North Dakota Natural staff continued to work intensively in Manitoba. Armed with new data Resources Trust with Natural Resources Conservation from Delta’s 2018 trap/bait study, the Peter F. Olsen* Services staff to design and implement Manitoba site was trapped as part of State of Minnesota the new Working Wetlands provision. ongoing research to study the impact of PLATINUM This innovative conservation solution reducing predators, especially raccoons, LIFETIME SPONSOR $250,000 - $499,999 works for farmers as well as ducks, on over-water nesting ducks such as Anonymous which is critical because 90 percent of canvasbacks, redheads and ring-necked Richard A.N. Bonnycastle duck production occurs on private land. ducks. The Predator Management California Department of Water Resources It is Delta’s hope that the program will goal at the North Dakota sites was Reuben Donnelley/ soon conserve a significant percentage to significantly boost production of Mary Barnes Donnelley Foundation of the U.S. prairie pothole region’s small upland-nesting ducks like mallards, J.R. Fish wetlands, helping to produce massive pintails, and gadwalls. George C. Freeman III/ numbers of ducks for years to come. Universal Leaf Foundation Frischkorn Charitable Trust Delta Waterfowl added 636 new Edson I. Gaylord* Delta’s years of advocacy paid off mallard-producing Hen Houses in Carter Harrison* in 2019 when the Manitoba govern- 2019. Delta now has more than 8,800 Daniel C. Hughes Jr. ment announced a voluntary, incen- Hen Houses in key breeding areas, Ron Mannix tive-based approach to conserving small, including Alberta, Saskatchewan, Donald W. Morrison Thompson, Dorfman, duck-producing wetlands imbedded Manitoba, Ontario, North Dakota, Sweatman, LLP in cropland. A large-scale provincial Minnesota and Iowa. A generous grant Kitson M. Vincent program, Growing Outcomes in from the Manitoba Conservation Trust B. Briscoe White III/ WTR Fund Watersheds (GROW) will protect funded 500 of the new Hen House Robert Winthrop* shallow ephemeral and temporal wet- installations, while an additional grant DIAMOND lands — those most critical to nesting from Wildlife Habitat Canada helped LIFETIME SPONSOR ducks — nicely complementing new install, maintain and replace dozens of $100,000 - $249,999 wetland regulations protecting deeper, nest structures in prairie Canada. In Anonymous Alma Murr Trust more permanent ponds. Additionally, addition, numerous local Delta chap- Dennis G. Anderson in 2019 Manitoba’s Progressive Con- ters throughout North America have Cecil H. Bell servative Party made a monumental installed Hen Houses and wood duck Robert Berry/Wolf Creek Charitable commitment to conserving 90 percent nest boxes to produce even more ducks. Foundation of the province’s small wetlands. The Canadian National HunteR3 Sportsmen’s Shows policy decision was informed through Joseph and Torri Carlson extensive collaboration with Delta staff. Delta launched HunteR3 in Dean Cortopassi/ Delta Waterfowl will play an important 2019, an aggressive suite of programs Cortopassi Family Foundation role in the development and execution to boost the number of waterfowl Daniel F. and Ada L. of GROW in the coming year. hunters in North America. The name Rice Foundation “HunteR3” is derived by combining Paul L. Davies Jr./ Lakeside Foundation Delta’s position in the waterfowl world Keith DeHaan as “The Duck Hunters Organization” William Deupree Jr./ Deupree Family DELTA’S PROVEN INTENSIVE with the wildlife-agency world term Foundation MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS “R3.” The abbreviation R3 stands for John H. Dobbs Jr. PRODUCE DUCKS. recruitment, retention and reactivation. Donald J. Douglas Dupont Memorial Fund So, HunteR3 is Delta’s programmatic David D. Elliman/BAWD Duck Production initiative to recruit, retain and reactivate Foundation Predator Management was waterfowl hunters throughout North Clarence and Marilyn Engwall conducted across 26 sites in 2019, America. Delta Waterfowl has worked E.C. Fenton Gaylord Memorial Fund 4 Kurt and Mary L. Glaeseman Charles C. Hager Jr. Bobbi and Jerry Harris W. Barron Hilton/Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Thomas and Katie Hutchens Orrin H. Ingram II J.W. McConnell Family Foundation James and Angela Hambrick Foundation John David and Signy Eaton Foundation Lillian F. Johnson* Kahanoff Foundation Roger H.W. Kirby/The Guilford Foundation Hugh C. Lane* Elizabeth B. Losey* W. Duncan MacMillan* Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation George C. Metcalf Mississippi State Department William M. Mounger II Robert O. Naegele III tirelessly on R3 efforts since intro- fish and wildlife agencies, hunting North Dakota Game and ducing First Hunt in 2003. Bolstered and shooting industry partners, and Fish Department William Oehmig/Oehmig by generous grants and membership conservation organizations. Foundation support, HunteR3 marks the next Pleasant River Foundation chapter — an opportunity for Delta’s Delta’s chapter-delivered First Charles S. Potter Jr. hunter recruitment programs to have Hunt program continued to flourish Larry and Brenda even greater impact. and expand in 2019. Chapters across Potterfield John A. Rae the United States and Canada de- Richard E. Jacobs To further support the expansion livered 271 events — an increase Group, Inc. of HunteR3, The Duck Hunters from 2018 — with a total of 8,736 George T. Richardson* Richardson Organization hired an R3 program participants. Since 2003, more than Foundation Inc. coordinator to lead its hunter recruit- 76,000 people have learned about Donald S. Rickerd ment, retention and reactivation efforts. waterfowl and waterfowl hunting Richard T. Schroeder through Delta’s First Hunt, making John Simpson Tennessee Wildlife In recognition of Delta’s innovative it the largest waterfowl-hunting re- Resources Agency HunteR3 programs, the Council to cruitment program in North America. The Flagler Foundation The Moore Charitable Advance Hunting and the Shooting Foundation Sports added Delta Waterfowl to Additionally, in 2019 Delta Wa- Turner Foundation, Inc. its Board of Directors in 2019. Es- terfowl and presenting sponsor Polaris U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tablished in 2009, the Council was launched the First Hunt Mentor of the USFWS Prairie formed to ensure support for and Year Award. The award will honor and Pothole Joint Venture active participation in hunting and celebrate a deserving volunteer mentor. Donald D. Valentine Eric Von Hoffmann/ the shooting sports. In the past de- George Von Hoffmann cade, the Council has evolved as a Designed to address the grow- Foundation, Inc. William E. Walker III/Walker leader in a national movement to ing number of wildlife management Wildlife Conservation recruit, retain and reactivate hunters students who have had little or no Foundation and target shooters. Delta Waterfowl experience with hunting, Delta’s William B. Webster III* Wisconsin Department of joins a wide-ranging group of Coun- University Hunting Program expe- Natural Resources cil Board Members, which include rienced tremendous growth in 2019. Coleman Wortham III William M. Yandell III Thomas and Patsy M. DufourI 5 GOLD LIFETIME SPONSOR $50,000 - $99,999 Anonymous Justin G. Adams Alberta Conservation Association William C. Beall Jr.* Sheila Berthon* William W. Bond III Henry C. Browne/Browne Family Foundation, Inc. The Buchanan Family Foundation Stephen D. Busch California Waterfowl Association Dick Carmical Edward L. Clarke* William D. Cox Jr. Dallas Safari Club Dana A. DeGeorge John L. Devney IV Dorothy R. Donnelley* William K. DuPont Charles A. Elcan/The Frist Foundation Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation EYAS Foundation Robert F. Fogelman II/ Great Oaks Foundation Frederic C. Hamilton Family Foundation G.W. Saul Family Fund Clayton R. Gaylord* A total of 24 universities participated again hosted Youth Hunting and Geico Direct in the program — a nearly five-fold Conservation Courses at the facility Bruce C. Gottwald Jr.*/4G Foundation increase over 2018 — affording 612 in July and August, educating and L. Lane Grigsby future wildlife management leaders the certifying new hunters in Canada. Gustaf W. McIlhenny opportunity to experience waterfowl Foundation H.R. MacMillan Memorial hunting. TheDefending the Hunt program Lucy Hartwell further solidified Delta’s role as The Evan Blair Johnstone Realtree, the official camouflage Voice of the Duck Hunter in 2019. Michael S. Joyce conservation partner of Delta Wa- Here are a couple examples of Delta Thomas J. Kennedy terfowl, continues to sponsor First Defending the Hunt in 2019: William L. Kozyra Luke P. and Sonja Laborde Jr. Ducks, a long-running program that E.W. and Laura Littlefield awards a special certificate when new Access continues to be a strong Jr./Sage Foundation hunters shoot their first duck or goose. barrier to hunting participation. Frank Lyon Jr.* James D. Maddox Delta has celebrated the first waterfowl Therefore Delta applauded a move Mary Morton Parsons taken by thousands of new hunters of in June 2019 by U.S. Secretary of Foundation all ages through the program. the Interior David Bernhardt and DeCourcey E. McIntosh the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service K. M. McLean Dwight L. Merriman Jr.* Delta Waterfowl ramped up its to open an additional 1.4 million Dorothy A. Metcalf Great Lakes R3 Demonstration acres to hunting and fishing at 74 Metcalf Foundation Facility at the organization’s Hunting national wildlife refuges and 15 na- Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation Inc Heritage and Conservation Center tional fish hatcheries. Upon learning Stephen T. Molson in Turkey Point, Ontario, in 2019. that the USFWS was working to Michael and Lynda The HHCC will become a hub for increase hunting access on refuges, Mooney/Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC innovative and experimental programs Delta Waterfowl collected input from William S. Morris III targeting hunter recruitment, retention the organization’s regional events Michael S. Muller and reactivation. Additionally, Delta directors and volunteers across the George S. Nolte Jr. North Dakota Natural Resources Conservation Service 6 Gene C. Olson/William O. Lund, Jr. and Natalie C. Lund Charitable Foundation James H. Perry John Eugene Phipps Charles S. Potter Sr.* United States to develop a list of nearly The effects of Predator Management on Province of Manitoba 100 priority refuges for opening or pair numbers, nest success and brood Frank Rewold expanding waterfowl-hunter access. survival continued to be evaluated by Richard King Mellon Foundation Delta leadership shared this grassroots master’s degree candidate Trent Rohrer James A. Richardson intel with the USFWS in June 2017. and Dr. Josh Stafford of South Dakota G. David Richardson Delta is pleased that many of the State University. Edward Rogan II refuges it suggested are now open to Glen E. Rumpel waterfowl hunting. Delta is engaged Delta began innovative research in L. James Scheer Geri F. Silliman with the USFWS to open even more 2019 into the migration and wintering James D. Simpson III acres to hunting in the future. ground habits of Mississippi Flyway David E. Snowden Jr. dabbling ducks. Working with Dr. John and Anne Stokes Last summer, Delta Waterfowl Douglas Osborne of the University of Harold C. Stuart* George H. Taber and volunteers helped defeat a proposal Arkansas Division of Agriculture, and The Calgary Foundation that nearly banned waterfowl hunting Dr. Mitch Weegman of the University Richard* and Elizabeth on Ontario’s Gravelly Bay, located on of Missouri, Delta installed backpack Trethewey the eastern shore of Lake Erie. After transmitters with mini solar panels David V. Uihlein* USDA-APHIS The Duck Hunters Organization on 90 dabbling ducks — including View West Foundation provided accurate information to mallards, wigeon and green-winged Shaun Viguerie* the Port Colborne city council about teal — to record movements for a full W. Alton Jones Foundation, Inc. waterfowl hunting and Gravelly Bay’s year. Notably, this is the first-ever W. Sam Carpenter III longstanding hunting tradition, the tide backpack-transmitter study of American Memorial Fund was turned — not a single anti-hunter wigeon. Ducks were caught after the Archie D. Walker Jr.* showed up to witness the final vote 2019-2020 hunting season in Arkansas, Philip C. and Alston P. Watt Frank B. Williams in July 2019. with a goal of understanding when Williams Family and where these ducks migrate, as Foundation, Inc. well as how they respond to hunting Ward W. Willits Robert Winthrop II DELTA LEADS THE WAY pressure and weather events. C. Martin and IN WATERFOWL HUNTER Daphne Wood III RECRUITMENT AND Raccoons are believed to be the SILVER RETENTION. top predator of over-water nesting ducks LIFETIME SPONSOR $25,000 - $49,999 such as canvasbacks. In 2019, we fitted Research and Education Anonymous BC 15 raccoons with GPS transmitting Anonymous Delta Waterfowl remained the collars on our canvasback study block “A Hen Appreciator” world leader in waterfowl research in in Manitoba to better understand where A.R.I.O. Dave Ankney* and Sandra 2019. Here is a sampling of the orga- and when these predators travel during Johnson nization’s marquee research projects: the nesting season. This built on the Mark and Becky Augustine 13 raccoons we tracked via GPS in Louie D. Barbe III Delta continues to seek effective 2018, leading to the discovery that the Francis D. Bartow II and efficient application ofPredator raccoons spent a large percentage of Calvin Beisswanger Sr.* Bellevue Foundation Management techniques to improve time in wetland edges. As we continue Derek Berry/CJ Berry nest success for over-water nesting to better understand raccoon habits, we Foundation ducks such as canvasbacks, redheads can increase the efficiency of Predator Richard Borden* Ron A. Brenneman and ring-necked ducks in the park- Management and boost production of Steve C. Brothers land habitat of Canada. This year we canvasbacks, redheads, ring-necked ducks Alfred W. Buck applied findings from Delta’s 2018 and other over-water nesting ducks. California Department of trap type and bait study to increase Fish and Wildlife Brent L. Canup the effectiveness of predator reduction Master’s degree student Jacob Margaret Chrumka trapping efforts, especially on raccoons. Bushaw and Dr. Kevin Ringelman of Kerry M. Collins Combined Federal Campaign Charles E. Commander III 7 Richard A. “Dick” and Cornelius “Corney” Corbett Costello Foundation John P. Cullen* Peter D. Curry* Wallace C. Dayton* Wesley M. Dixon Jr. Donner Canadian Foundation Jason Douglas Larry W. Edwards Tim Egan L.E. Eleazer Jr. W. Mac Elliott David E. Fite Henry J. Fleming Jr. Cedric A. Gall David K. Gardner Robert J.S. Gibson/ Stuart & Company Limited James T. Gottwald Government of Canada Stan Grad Peter A.W. Green Ian G. Griffin James Jr. and Debbie Groover Arthur and Joanne Hall/ Fairweather Foundation Robert B. Harris Brian Hastings Louisiana State University continued transmitters in a new region: Virginia. James T. Hatfield III Delta’s innovative drone research, This research has immediate value to Dean and Penny Hatten/ Louis Foundation expanding on ground-breaking work waterfowl managers in the Atlantic Grayson G. Heard conducted during the 2017 and 2018 Flyway under the recently implemented Constance and Ross* Hebblethwaite duck nesting seasons. Delta again multi-stock harvest regulation-setting C. Wolcott Henry III worked with thermal-imaging cam- method. Notably, the findings have thus John A. Hipp eras and a traditional video camera far suggested that southeast-wintering Craig J. Holderness mounted on the same drone to detect ringnecks nest farther west than be- R.M. Ivey and enumerate breeding pairs, find lieved, outside the eastern survey area. James E. Dutton Foundation, Inc. over-water duck nests and count broods Dr. Mitch Weegman of the University Brady C. Johnstone/Rough J. Ranch Foundation on the Canadian prairie. Additionally, of Missouri will continue to assess the B. Bryan Jones III Ringelman worked with master’s de- movements of 76 hens, including 22 Larry Kaumeyer gree candidate Catrina Terry to survey marked in Virginia, throughout the Fred P. Keck* 242 selected wetlands in agricultural spring migration, nesting season and Paul Kennedy landscapes for brood use, with an eye fall migration. David P. Kjelstrup Lee Klapprodt on determining the most important George D. Kluempke habitats for breeding ducks. Impor- Dr. David Koons of Colorado Mark Knaupp tantly, Delta built on last season’s State University oversaw a pair of Douglas R. Krause brood counting work with drones, a canvasback studies in 2019. After Gary Lasko method which holds great promise to several seasons of extensive field work Steven Latner R. Parker LeCorgne revolutionize waterfowl management. on nesting canvasbacks in Manitoba, Stephen J.J. Letwin doctoral degree candidate Michael Frank R. Liggett III Following a successful second Johnson assisted in analyzing habitat Jim Lindsey year tracking 78 hens from their variables to determine their impact Timothy and Lisa Robertson Foundation wintering grounds in Florida, Georgia on nest abundance and nest success. Mark R. Loyd and South Carolina, our ring-necked The goal is to determine the best John Maser duck research expanded in year three locations on the prairie breeding Worth Mathewson and Margaret June Thompson to include birds implanted with radio grounds for canvasback production. W. Frank McCreight J. S. Micallef
8 Minister of Conservation Bain Farms D. Stephen Morrow Dorien E. Baker William O. Naegele Harold Balzer/North Lloyd U. Noland III Butte Inc Ohio Division of Wildlife Louie D. Barbe, IV Peter Barrett This information will help inform wa- Cliff Olson* G. Ruffner Page Jr. Robert E. Bartels Jr. terfowl managers where to best invest Victor Parachini/The Victor Douglas G. Bassett in wetland conservation programs to Parachini Family Fund Pat C. Beaird/Beaird Family Foundation benefit canvasback production. An William U. Parfet Jack W. Paris Alison BealRobert additional study examined extensive D. Beard Donald C. Paterson Clive Beddoe nest success data on redheads and Charles Payne/Charles canvasbacks to develop a model of Foundation Belford Foundation Douglas R. Peterson/ David B. Bell their life cycles and determine what Bismarck Radiology Samuel H. Bell Jr. factors drive their population growth. Associates, PC Robert J. Beugen Richard R. Powell John H. Birdsall, III William M. Proctor Dennis R. Blevins* Jerry and Daniel Boeckman Bronwen Rispone DELTA CONSERVES Kevin Booth Roberts Family Foundation BREEDING DUCK HABITAT Matthew Bortoli Jeanette C. Rudy* TO ADD DUCKS TO EVERY Sherwood M. Boudeman S.H. Memorial Fund DuPont FALL FLIGHT. Tim Boyle Mark and Julie L. Sager Miller Bill and Susan Brabec Bradley Hunt Club Delta has begun a stable iso- F. Patrick Schultz Don R. Seaman David C. Bramble tope study of eastern mallards with William L. Searle* Grant R. Brees Dr. Michael Schummer of the State James R. Sefert Thomas Brinkerhoff University of New York College of Siobhan Richardson Brittingham Conservation Foundation Foundation Environmental Science and Forestry Melvin Skeeles Sheldon V. Brooks* to better inform harvest regulations Robert D. Skoronski Sheldon Brooks in the Atlantic Flyway. By examining C. Alan Smith/Aeonian Covell D. Brown* stable isotopes in the flight feathers of Capital Corporation Dixon R. Brown David E. Snowden Sr. Tiger Bryant/Tiger mallards shot in the Atlantic Flyway, Gary E. Stavrum Works LLC researchers can determine where the Peter Stellas Anonymous* ducks grew those feathers in the sum- George Stellas* Walter E. Bundy III mer. Banding data currently estimates James Stuart III/Stuart Dean L. Buntrock Foundation Lucius E. Burch III that about two-thirds of mallards shot The Azby Fund Robert J. Bury in the eastern U.S. stem from the The Pacific Foundation Adolphus A. Busch IV The Winnipeg Adolphus A. Busch V eastern U.S. breeding population. An Foundation Fred J. Cadham objective of our work is to determine Three Seasons if stable isotope research confirms Development Inc. Linda Caisley Hardwick Caldwell this same high percentage of eastern Robert B. Trainer Jr. Thomas H. Trentman Canadian Wildlife Service U.S. mallards in the Atlantic’s hunter Robert A. Vollrath Charles T. Cannada harvest total. We need to understand Parten Wakefield David B. Carlson James W. Wallace* the relative importance of the different J.E. Chamberlin Blake Wallace breeding areas, particularly given the Henry T. Chandler* John P. Weitzel reduction of Atlantic Flyway mallard Louis E. Cima J. Howard Sparkman limits to two mallards (one hen) daily for Citibank Matching Gift Center the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons. LIFETIME MEMBER $10,000 - $24,999 Cam Clark Charles Close Anonymous Donald D. Coers Finally, Delta conducted a trio Richard C. Adkerson Francis H. Cole Jr. of pintail studies to improve pintail Kathie Anderson Clark D. Connellee Jr. ARCO Foundation, Inc. harvest models. Dr. David Koons of Angus R. Cooper III Colorado State University is assessing Matthew Arnill/West-Can Seal Coating Inc Peter H. Coors/PEMA Foundation long-term trends in breeding duck Kevin Asbill J. Hardeman Cordell populations to determine how pintail Donald Asher/Susman and Asher Foundation James Randy Cote Burl Aycock Scott A. Crosby John Malcolm Bahrenburg G. Mark Curry 9 Rodney Dahlstrom/ Dahlstrom Motors, Inc. Robert T. DeGavre Denman Newman Foundation Lawrence R. Desideri John and Patricia G. Dill Jr. carrying capacity has changed. Dr. Delta’s Events System continues Timothy M. Doheny* Todd Arnold of the University of its strong, consistent growth, adding Scott M. Doll Minnesota is using data from the 670 new committee volunteers and Vivian Donnelley* Lorraine Downey U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Parts achieving a 10 percent increase in net Thomas U. Dudley Collection Survey to review sex and events revenue in 2019. Following the Linn A. Duesterbeck age ratios. And Dr. Thomas Riecke addition of 19 new chapters, Delta now William B. Dunavant Jr. of the University of Nevada-Reno is has 469 chapters across 47 states and Buchanan D. Dunavant Sr. exploring one of the big unanswered 10 provinces. David Duncan Noel Lee Dunn question in waterfowl management: Corey Dunn What level of influence does hunting A number of “Champion of Delta” Elizabeth C. DuPont harvest have on populations of pintails Corporate Partnerships sprang to life, Merritt P. Dyke while several long-standing partners James M. Earnest continued their support of The Duck Ed Uihlein Family Foundation DELTA’S INNOVATIVE Hunters Organization. Delta welcomed Walter C. Edge Jr. RESEARCH INFORMS Excel Boats/Mud Buddy, which allowed James and Becky Ellett KEY WATERFOWL the organization to offer a Mud Buddy/ Howard N. Ellman MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. Harry J. Enns* Excel boat combo as the grand prize of Estabrook Capital a successful 2019 Sportsman Fall Raffle. Management and other ducks including mallards Carlson’s Choke Tubes stepped up its Jim Evaskevich and blue-winged teal? support with a three-year partnership Jeff Farmer Douglas W. Ferris Jr. renewal, and provided hundreds of Christian Finkbeiner Fundraising Growth Delta-branded waterfowl chokes for James R. Fisher Delta Waterfowl now boasts more auction at Delta event banquets. A Alan J. Fisher than 62,000 members — its largest full list of Delta’s corporate sponsors Mark Fliginger total to date — and in 2019 recorded appears on the back cover of this report. Floating Island International the highest membership-renewal rate Glenn and Kirby Floyd in the history of the organization. The further investment of John Michael S. Fortney Childs, a Florida businessman and Foundation for the Carolinas Christian B. Frierson II Doily E. Fulcher Robert Gabriel Scott and Katherine Galloway Ron Gard John T. Garrett* Sam Garroutte John W. Geary III General Mills Foundation David B. Gilbert Ernest N. Godfread Goose Lake Hunting Club Great West Life Assurance Company Skip Greenberg Greenspire Graphics Todd W. Grigsby William L. Grigsby Crawford E. Grigsby Oliver S. Grigsby Richard S. Grimm* Greg D. Grinder Thomas D. Grote Sr. Charles C. Haffner III* Robert Hagerman 10 John A. Hagle Joe Kish Carl T. Haley Jr. Bruce W. Klingman Gregory G. Hall Bruce W. Knowlan Carl Hammond D. Dean Kumpuris William Hansen Carl Kurz waterfowl philanthropist, allowed Peter J. Hansen Charles G. Lane Gus Hansen Mark C. Leachman Sr.* Delta Waterfowl to continue en- Paul J. Hanson Dudley Lee hancing waterfowl production at its Bert and Cheryl Haralson Michael Leipsic legacy property, the Delta Marsh John A. Hastings Mark C. Lemp in Manitoba. Efforts are underway Robert C. Hastings* Christian A. Lie to promote upland-nesting habitat; Bruce Hendrickson Donald L. Lindemann Thomas G. Henning Tim J. Litel Predator Management was conducted Ricky Heros Robert Lloyd on the marsh’s north shore; previously John E. Herrin* James C. Loden diked areas were restored to ideal water Robert A. Hieb M.D. Steven E. Lohr levels for nesting ducks; and vast stands Rayford B. High Jr. William D. Long of cattails were eliminated to create Charles L. Hines III Blake Lowden Gary and Scott D. Hines Dan F. Lowrance open water, which should increase Blake D. Hines Lincoln P. Lyman breeding duck densities. H. Neel Hipp Jr. Clifton Machado Andy Hodgman Neil MacKenzie Thanks to the generous support of Dale Hodgson David O. MacKenzie* Delta donors, Major Gifts increased Bruce Holladay Sal Maleti* Ralph J. Holsclaw J. William Maloney by nearly $1 million in 2019, repre- Peter P. Huff Patrick Malouf senting a 17 percent increase over the Gene E. Huggs Peter Manigault* previous year. These donations afford Heidi Huizenga/ Manitoba Fish and Wildlife Huizenga Charity Fund Enhancement Fund us the opportunity to expand our duck Paul Hurtienne Pat Manuel production programs and other efforts, Robert Ingstad* Philip W. Marks III which ultimately puts more ducks into Stephen R. Intemann Keck’s Marsh the fall flight. Investors Group Financial Mark A. Mattox Services, Inc. Edwin J. McCarthy Iowa Department of George D. McClintock* Natural Resources Delta’s Legacy Society continued Thomas P. McDonnell Irwin Belk Educational its steady growth and is now thriving Foundation Raymond McFeetors at more than 50 members. The Society Kyle James David McLean is comprised of visionary people who James C. Hanes Memorial McLennan Ross LLP Fellowship have committed to include Delta Wa- Carey McLeod Kenneth R. Jenkins Lewis A. McMurran terfowl in their estate plans through a John C. Jensen Jr. Murray J. McMurray bequest pledge. See Page 15 for more Samuel C. Johnson* Timothy S. Merry information. Keith A. Johnson Leigh B. Middleditch Jr. Robert D. Johnson Mill Pond Press Michael E. Johnson Mississippi Valley TheAmbassadors Circle, which Eric P. Johnson Duck Hunters recognizes past board members for Eldridge R. Johnson II Mississippi Wildlife their leadership, finalized the purchase Kyle and Kirsten Federation Johnstone/Kiryle Hugh C. Montgomery of a permanent Delta Waterfowl Foundation Rosamond Eben Moore headquarters building in Bismarck, David A. Jones Jack A. and Betty L. Moore James F. Justiss Jr./ Michael C. Moran North Dakota. Delta staff moved Justiss Oil Co Inc Patrick M. Moran operations to the new, more efficient Michael and Donna office in April 2019. The successful Kanovsky/Kanovsky Thomas M. Moran Family Foundation Brady E. Moran capital campaign will allow Delta to Thomas G. Karras John H. Morehead discontinue leasing office space, and Jerome Katchin Henry Morgan use the savings to make more ducks. J.P. Kaumeyer John and Tashia Sam and Janet Kellett/ Morgridge/TOSA See Page 14 for more information on Samuel B. Kellett Sr. Foundation the Ambassadors Circle. Foundation Daniel Morrison William P. Kelly* Richard and Ellen Morrow Kenneth A. Kershaw William G. Mudd Brian and Helen R. King Delbert Muehleip* John and Jeanette J. Harbert Mulherin Jr. Kinsella Al Mundt
11 National Ecological Foundation FINANCIALS Naylor Electric Company Lawrence P. Neal Daniel R. Needham Grant E. Nelson 2019 REVENUE Dan L. Nelson Nevada Trappers Association Inc $6,700,000 MAJOR GIFTS Richard Nichol Jr. + North Heron Lake Game Producers Association $340,000 ENDOWMENT & INVESTMENT INCREASE North Western + Pennsylvania Duck Hunters Assoc Inc $5,676,000 EVENTS & MEMBERSHIP Haskell Noyes III + Nick Nunn $721,000 ROYALTIES & ADVERTISING Donal C. O’Brien Jr.* + Paul M. O’Hara Rob and Tess Olson J.G. Ordway Jr.* TOTAL: $13,437,000 Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation R. Donald Overby David Packard* Matt and Linda Pandol Jr. Mike Pearce 2019 EXPENSES Peregrine Capital Management, Inc Robert G. Peters Pheasants Forever Tad Phillips Dan Phillips* Pamela L. Phillips William Philpott Thomas Pigeon Chip Pitfield/Savoy Pitfield Foundation Planetcard John Paul Plante Pat Powell Edward M. Puls William E. Pyatt Daniel L. Rathe 87% Peter D. Rebar L. Keith Reed/Reed Family Foundation/Bell & Anderson LLC Kevin P. Reilly 12% Troy Reno Kenneth D. Reno Thomas A. Rice John M. Richards 1% Walter S. Robertson Jr.* Chris Robertson Sr. Chris W. Robertson Jr. Warren Robertson John Robinson/Green Drop LTD Gerald P. Rodeen* Frank C. Rohwer Dexter C. Rumsey III* PROGRAMS Joseph V. Russell FUNDRAISING Michael Ruth William and Susan MANAGEMENT & GENERAL Rutherford Patrick Rutherford Thomas W. Ryan Sr.* Safari Club International Wayne Sales 12 Alan Salt/Salt The Rosewood Solutions, LLC Foundation Sam Houston Philatelics The Wetlands Initiative Jonathan Sampoerna James T. Thomas IV Samuel H. Sr. Estate Ford Terri Thompson Charles R. Sanchez Jr. Norwood C. Thornton Jr. 2020-2021 ESTIMATED Keaton L. Sanchez Deborah Tipton PROGRAM SPENDING Parker R. Sanchez TransCanada Joe F. Sanderson Jr. Timothy J. Travis/Eaton Rodney J. Sather Metal Products Company William H. Satterfield Troy Foundation Bob C. Sauer Robert H. Truitt* Jonathan Scarth George* and Evelyn Catherine* Tucker Glenn P. Scheihing* Thomas A. Tunnicliffe James M. Schloeman Charles A. Tuppen RESEARCH Charles E. Schroeder William G. Turnbull Alan F. Schultz AND EDUCATION Margery Uihlein Charles P. Schutt Jr. Upper Souris Watershed John L. Scott Association Inc 36% Marion Searle/Tricord Charles T. Urban Jr. Foundation William D. Van Dyke III* Searle Family Trust Mac Van Wielingen Karl and Lorraine H. Seesser Vince Velie Jr. Max A. Sharp Adrian P. Villa Jim Shaw* Dominick S. Villella Timothy D. Sheahan Jr. Brad Vollrath Ray H. Siegfried II* Peter Von Gontard Raegen Siegfried George W. Von Hoffmann Jr.* Robin Siegfried Vonoepen Plumbing Co. C. Birge Sigety William and Marilyn C. Voss Six Shooter Lodge Gus M. Vratsinas Diane Skinner DUCK W.E. Weiss Foundation, Inc. Charles Smith/Ruth Camp PRODUCTION Campbell Foundation Samuel K. Wallace Edward C. Smith/Grady - Tony Walthall White Boats Inc. Waste Management, Inc. 27% Mowry Smith III Trey Watkins/Watkins Gerald A. Snyder Uiberall, PPLC South Interlake Canada Don G. Weempe Goose Shoot David K. Welles Jr. Terry Sparks William P. Wells/William Mark Staley/Henry M. P. Wells Charitable Staley Charitable Trust/ Foundation Staley Family Foundation Frederick T. Weyerhaeuser Richard Stangl* Charles B. Whiteside III State of Connecticut Wildlife Forever Drew K. Steadman Dick Williams Jr.* HunteR3 Stearns Inc Raymond Williams Witt R. Stephens Jr./ Robert Williams/The Bob Carol and Witt Stephens Williams Foundation 24% Charitable Foundation Patrick M. Willoughby- Steudler Real Estate II McCabe Joseph T. Steuer* Daniel A. Wilson Lee K. Storbeck Eric S. Wilson Wilson S. Stout Don and Bente Winston II Philip L. Sumner David R. Wintermann Richard P. Sutcliffe G. Spence Wise Jr. Gary A. Suttle Mark Zivot Swanson Contracting Co* Vanya Rohwer Hank Swartout BRONZE SPONSOR HABITAT CONSERVATION Tim Swinton $5,000 - $9,999 W. Lynn Tanner Please refer to William L. Tedford Jr./ the list online at 13% Tedford Family LLC deltawaterfowl.org/ Ten Times Ten Foundation recognition The Bone and Joint Center *POSTHUMOUS RECOGNITION The Kate Ireland Foundation*
13 AMBASSADORS CIRCLE
STEERING COMMITTEE Joe Carlson, M.D. | Co-chair Ambassadors Circle co-chair Dr. Joe Carlson, left, congratulates Delta CEO Gary Bechtel | Co-chair Dr. Scott Petrie on the organization’s new office in Bismarck, North Dakota. Donald J. Douglas Thomas P Hutchens, M.D. Dennis Anderson Circle Finalizes Delta’s EX-OFFICIO William M. Yandell III Permanent Home, Reengages Board Chair Dr. Scott Petrie Past Board Members Chief Executive Officer
The Ambassadors Circle formed in to help Delta Waterfowl, says co-chair 2017 to reunite and reengage past Gary Bechtel. board members, providing them a “It brought our enthusiasm and forum for ideas to advance the mission passion back into the game,” Bechtel of Delta Waterfowl. said. “Everyone contributed what they “There was this void in my heart could, whether it was sweat equity, when I stepped off the board, because business contacts or financial gifts. I at that time you were either on the feel very honored to have played a role.” ship or off,” recalls Dr. Joe Carlson, Carlson says he takes pride in co-chair of the Ambassadors Circle. “I “moving the needle” for Delta, but felt I’d lost my input into the waterfowl equally enjoys the fun and camaraderie resource that I care so much about.” afforded by the Circle. Soon after its inception, the Circle set “I’d tell all past board members that forth on a lofty goal: a capital campaign the Ambassadors Circle is a chance to to purchase a permanent headquarters join the board they thought they were for The Duck Hunters Organization in joining in the first place,” he said. “It’s Bismarck, North Dakota. Delta staff all of the fun stuff without the grind, Ambassadors Circle moved into the new, more modern without the ledgers, without the worry. members including Dr. Joe workplace in April 2019, and is investing We go hunting together, we only work Carlson, left, and Dennis the cost savings into its conservation on projects we want to do, and we Anderson enjoyed a great and hunting programs. have the opportunity to assist Delta hunt last fall in North The Circle relished the opportunity in impactful and meaningful ways.” Dakota.
14 LEGACY SOCIETY
Creating an Enduring Legacy for Ducks and Duck Hunting There are no more selfless individuals legacy you leave behind. Or perhaps you better understand the ins and than those who become members of you’d like to make a fiscally pragmatic outs of planned giving. With video Delta Waterfowl’s Legacy Society. By choice with your hard-earned financial illustrations, financial calculators putting a plan in place through estate resources. Estate and gift planning can and even a personalized will’s and gift planning, they are thoughtfully achieve all of these goals. planner tool, the site guides you, protecting the future interests of their If this appeals to you, consider step-by-step, through a variety of loved ones, stewarding a lifetime of joining Delta’s Legacy Society today, giving scenarios to help find the accumulated assets, and helping Delta which grew to more than 50 members best fit for you, your family, your Waterfowl to produce ducks and secure in 2019. assets and your legacy. the future of waterfowl hunting. As you begin your journey into As you consider your legacy and Maybe you wish you could do more estate and gift planning, Delta is opportunity to ensure a bright future to support ducks and duck hunting. here to help ensure your “ducks are for ducks and duck hunters, please Maybe you’d like to be remembered, long in a row”. In 2018 we launched an visit ducksinarow.me to begin after you’re gone, for the conservation online tool (ducksinarow.me) to help your journey.
SUPPORTING DELTA — A ‘VERY EASY’ DECISION Linn and Ann Duesterbeck of Fort how duck dollars are spent — I’ve Atkinson, Wisconsin, recently became been in business long enough to Legacy Society members, having been spot people who aren’t. In addition inspired to give by Delta’s duck pro- to training a new generation of duction and research programs. biologists that will be respectful “I’d tell anyone who wants the wa- of the resource, Delta’s Predator terfowl resource to continue beyond Management and Hen House their earthly lives that Delta’s Legacy programs are putting more ducks Society is the best tool,” Linn said. in the flyways and providing a “I base that on what Delta has done future for the resource. Therefore historically, the way I’ve seen their the decision to go ahead with a operation run, and what they continue Legacy Society plan was very easy. to do in terms of duck production, re- Our gift will ensure the future and search and education, and innovation. quality of waterfowl, and provide Delta students, researchers and staff are a valuable resource for generations dedicated, efficient and cautious about to come.”
15 CHAPTER SUCCESS
TOTAL TOTAL Top NET INCOME MEMBERS 1 Gulf Coast 26 Jim River Marsh Masters 1 Gulf Coast Chapters Lake Charles, LA Aberdeen, SD Lake Charles, LA 2 Mid South 27 Eunice 2 Vermilion Memphis, TN Eunice, LA Abbeville, LA Delta Waterfowl 3 Nashville 28 Thousand Lakes 3 NW Louisiana recognizes its most Nashville, TN Grand Rapids, MN Bossier City, LA 4 Triangle Delta Waterfowl 29 Greater Longview 4 Back Bay outstanding chapters Raleigh, NC Longview, TX Virginia Beach, VA 5 Vermilion 30 Bottoms Up 5 Da’ Bayou Abbeville, LA Wilton, ND Thibodaux, LA 6 West Dakota Waterfowlers 31 DeRidder 6 Greater Longview Minot, ND DeRidder, LA Longview, TX 7 Leon County 32 Emerald Coast 7 Nashville Centerville, TX Pensacola, FL Nashville, TN 8 Mountrail County Fowlers 33 Lake Norman 8 Southern Maryland Stanley, ND Mooresville, NC La Plata, MD 9 Fowled Up 34 Central LA 9 Three Rivers Pierre, SD Alexandria, LA Muscatine, IA 10 Houston Chapter 35 Puddle Jumpers 10 Central LA Houston, TX Bismarck, ND Alexandria, LA 11 Mid Shore 36 Capitol Callers 11 Mid Shore Laurel, DE Des Moines, IA Laurel, DE 12 Benton County 37 Alcorn County 12 Lancaster Bentonville, AR Corinth, MS Lancaster, PA 13 NW Louisiana 38 Winnipeg 13 Northern IL Bossier City, LA Winnipeg, MB Belvidere, IL 14 Southern Maryland 39 Norfolk County 14 Benton County La Plata, MD Port Rowan, ON Bentonville, AR 15 Back Bay 40 SE Dakota Puddlers 15 Baton Rouge Area Virginia Beach, VA Sioux Falls, SD Baton Rouge, LA 16 Park Cities Delta 41 Mount Pleasant 16 Mountrail County Fowlers Dallas, TX Mount Pleasant, TX Stanley, ND 17 North Texas Chapter 42 Coastal Palmetto 17 NE Indiana Frisco, TX Conway, SC Angola, IN 18 Pine Belt 43 Arch 18 Grant Delta Waterfowl Hattiesburg, MS St. Louis, MO Colfax, LA 19 Lancaster 44 Acadiana 19 Alcorn County Lancaster, PA Lafayette, LA Corinth, MS 20 Lamar County 45 Peninsula Pintails 20 Puddle Jumpers Paris, TX Soldotna, AK Bismarck, ND 21 NE Louisiana 46 Cowtown 21 Eunice Monroe, LA Ft. Worth, TX Eunice, LA 22 Susquehanna Flats 47 MO River Valley 22 Thousand Lakes Havre De Grace, MD Blue Springs, MO Grand Rapids, MN 23 Texas Hunting Retriever 48 Southern Wisconsin 23 Fowled Up Flower Mound, TX Oconomowoc, WI Pierre, SD 24 Cupped N Committed 49 South Platte 24 Norfolk County Winterset, IA Sterling, CO Port Rowan, ON 25 Baton Rouge Area 50 River Bottom 25 Westside Baton Rouge, LA El Dorado, AR Plaquemine, LA
16 THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! Delta Waterfowl applauds every member of its growing legion of volunteers across the United States and Canada, including 670 newcomers in 2019. We couldn’t deliver on Delta’s mission to produce ducks and secure the future of waterfowling without you. We’re proud to report that chapter-led participation in Waterfowl Heritage Fund activities — such as installing Hen Houses and wood duck boxes, hosting First Hunt events, and improving local habitat and hunting access — increased 5 percent last year on the heels of a 34 percent increase in 2018. You truly are making a difference for ducks and duck hunters on the local and national levels!
SINGLE NET SINGLE NET NET TO GROSS NET TO GROSS EXISTING CHAPTER NEW CHAPTER OVER $20,000 $10,000 TO $20,000
1 Gulf Coast 1 Hill Country 1 Middle Susquehanna River 1 South Central MN Lake, Charles, LA Dripping Springs, TX Millersburg, PA St. James, MN 2 Mid South 2 River City 2 SE Metro 2 Swatara Creek Memphis, TN Sacramento, CA Hastings, MN Jonestown, PA 3 Triangle Delta Waterfowl 3 Tri State 3 Loess Hills 3 SD Glacial Lakes Raleigh, NC Dubuque, IA Le Mars, IA Webster, SD 4 Vermilion 4 Walker Lake 4 Marsh Madness 4 Long Range Mountains Abbeville, LA Westwood, CA St. Michael, MN Flowers Cove, NL 5 Nashville 5 SD Glacial Lakes 5 LDC Delta 5 North East Pennsylvania Nashville, TN Webster, SD Litchfield, MN Clarks Summit, PA 6 West Dakota Waterfowlers 6 Black River’s End 6 Buffalo Basin 6 Dakota Valley Fowlers Minot, ND Batesville, AR Meservey, IA Valley City, ND 7 Leon County 7 North Mississippi 7 Cupped N Committed 7 Eastern Flight Centerville, TX Ripley, MS Winterset, IA Mt. Stewart, PEI 8 Mountrail County Fowlers 8 Squaw Creek 8 Headwaters 8 Wisconsin River Valley Stanley, ND St. Joseph, MO Bozeman, MT Stevens Point, WI 9 Fowled Up 9 Salt Creek 9 Big Stone Lake Area 9 SE Indiana Pierre, SD Lincoln, NE Ortonville, MN Greensburg, IN 10 Houston Chapter 10 North Alabama 10 Cupped Up Crew 10 Exploits Valley Houston, TX Huntsville, AL Jennings, LA Grand Falls/Windsor, NL 11 Mid Shore 11 Atchafalaya Basin 11 Susquehanna Flats 11 Big Land, Labrador City, NL Laurel, DE Breaux Bridge, LA Havre De Grace, MD 12 Southern Lakes 12 Benton County 12 Strait Shore 12 Pymatuning Canvasback Hunters Bentonville, AR Westville, NS Erie, PA Lake Geneva, WI 13 NW Louisiana 13 Delta Women 13 Two Rivers 13 Deep Water Delta Bossier City, LA Waterfowlers of PEI Brussels, IL Oromocto, NB 14 Southern Maryland Kensington, PEI 14 North Central OH 14 Four Rivers La Plata, MD 14 Missouri River Valley Medina, OH Calvert City, KY 15 Back Bay Sergeant Bluff, IA 15 Thousand Lakes 15 Lenawee County Virginia Beach, VA 15 Uinta Basin Waterfowlers Grand Rapids, MN Tecumseh, MI 16 Park Cities Delta Vernal, UT 16 SE Dakota Puddlers 16 Wings Cupped Feet Down Dallas, TX 16 Grasslands Sioux Falls, SD Clinton, IA 17 North Texas Chapter Atwater, CA 17 Mahoning Valley 17 Green Country Frisco, TX 17 Heartland Youngstown, OH Tulsa, OK 18 Pine Belt Joplin, MO 18 Jim River Marsh Masters 18 Richmond County Hattiesburg, MS 18 Columbia River Aberdeen, SD St. Peters, NS 19 Lancaster Portland, OR 19 Iron Range Flyers 19 Packerland Lancaster, PA 19 Eastern NC Hibbing, MN Green Bay, WI 20 Lamar County Washington, NC 20 Pike County 20 Central PA Paris, TX Louisiana, MO Centre Hall, PA 21 NE Louisiana 21 Gulf Coast 21 Headwaters Monroe, LA Lake Charles, LA Listowel, ON 22 Susquehanna Flats 22 Mid Shore 22 Town Creek Havre De Grace, MD Laurel, DE Tarboro, NC 23 Texas Hunting Retriever 23 Bottoms Up 23 Dark Cypress Drakes Flower Mound, TX Wilton, ND Advance, MO 24 Cupped N Committed 24 Lenawee County 24 Bengal Tiger Winterset, IA Tecumseh, MI Baton Rouge-LSU, LA 25 Baton Rouge Area 25 Lancaster 25 Aldo Leopold Baton Rouge, LA Lancaster, PA Burlington, IA
17 CORPORATE SPONSORS
Corporate Partners Support Delta Programs Delta Waterfowl appreciates industry partners that help fund the important conservation mission of The Duck Hunters Organization.
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