The Nutquacker

For well over a century, ducks and geese have been icons of wetlands conservation. That’s for good reason, because as go wetlands on landscapes, so go duck populations. Now the future of wetlands and waterfowl in the United States hangs in the balance as Congress debates the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA)-legislation every bit as important to Ducks Unlimited’s conservation mission as the Farm Bill.

Although periodic dry spells are natural on the prairies, a significant, policy-driven loss of our remaining wetlands would have the same effect on duck populations as a permanent prairie drought.