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2N
ew Editor
3Chairm
an’s Corner
5 Wetlands D
isplay
62004 G
un Winners
7Sanctuary Shootout
10CO
Conservation Plan
5th Annual D
USporting C
lassic Results
First,I wo
uld like to thank everyo
ne who
attended the 5th Annual D
ucks Unlim
itedSpo
rting Classic.T
he weather co
operated!
There w
ere 170 shoo
ters,from
eight states,w
ho attended the tw
o-day event w
hichgro
ssed almo
st $55,000.Over 50,000 targets
were throw
n over the course o
f two
days!O
ver 150 cases of W
inchester Shells and 18guns w
ere awarded during the event.A
silentauctio
n was run bo
th days and a live auction
was held after O
utback Steakhouse provided
us a fabulous dinner o
n Saturday night.Our
live auction auctio
neer,Dave Linnertz,did a
great job fo
r us.W
e had four side gam
es running each day,M
ake-a-Break,Team
Flurry,Co
bo W
obble,
and a Greenw
ing only target.Everyo
ne who
played these games had their tickets entered
into the draw
ings for prizes and guns.T
hose
individuals who
wo
n guns as a result of par-
ticipating in the side games include:G
arySm
ith,Eugene Ritchey,M
ichael Haigh,
Randy
Lewis,Larry Sharp,G
ary Upperm
an,David
Brando
n,Brian Po
tter,and Benny Jo
nes.T
he Greenw
ing only target w
as a specialo
ne this year to enco
urage the youngsters to
participate.A do
zen Greenw
ings participat-ed.T
he prize for participating w
as a Ducks
Unlim
ited Edition .22 rifle,w
hich was aw
ard-ed to
Sam Jo
rdan.D
uring the course o
f the event,we w
ereselling raffle tickets fo
r two
prizes:a water-
fowl package including a gun,blinds,decoys
and a hunt;and a gun raffle for a cho
ice of a
391 Beretta o
r a Winchester Surprem
e O/U
.Jo
seph Phillips wo
n the waterfow
l packageand K
ent Sandoz w
on the gun raffle and
choo
se the Winchester Surprem
e O/U
.W
e need to give a special thanks to
all of
our spo
nsors,fo
r witho
ut them w
e wo
uldno
t be able to put o
n this annual event.B
enelli,Beretta,B
rowning,B
udweiser,B
ull &B
ear Outfitters,Inc.,C
hris Swinhart,
Co
rgenix Medical C
orp,D
avid LinnertzA
uction Service,Eastern Plains T
herapy,ESP -Electro
nic Shoo
ters Protectio
n,Gunw
orks o
f
Co
lorado,K
iowa C
reek Sporting C
lub,Matt
& D
enise Rivera,M
BN
A,O
utbackSteakho
use,Sportsm
an’s Wareho
use,Sto
neback Landscaping,Winchester
Am
munitio
n All o
f the DU
Sporting C
lassicC
om
mittee M
embers,and all o
f the Ducks
Unlim
ited Volunteers that m
ade this eventpo
ssible!A
com
plete list of the results can be
viewed o
n the Kiow
a Creek Spo
rting Club’s
website at w
ww
.kiowacreek.co
m.T
here isalso
a short survey requesting info
rmatio
nfo
r making this an even better event.If yo
uhave a chance please take a m
om
ent to co
m-
plete the survey.Thank yo
u.
By Todd Olson,
Area C
hairman
Spo
rting Classics happy participants take a break betw
een stations.T
he two
-day eventgro
ssed almo
st $55,000.
Gary Im
el (aka Santa C
laus)takes a break fro
m the sho
ot
action.A
ll the imels (w
ifeK
ris and daughter Jenny)w
orked the S
tate Co
nvention
and shoo
t.
those golf carts. Todd and A
lison are known and established
sporting clay shooters and have plenty of trophiesin their hom
e as testimony. T
hese two South
Dakota natives are hom
etown sw
eethearts fromC
hamberlain, SD
, where Todd returns w
ith sever-
al other DU
volunteers each year for deer andpheasant hunting. B
oth Todd and Alison cam
e toC
olorado to attend and graduate from A
dams State
College in A
lamosa. Todd serves as a controller for
the state, while A
lison is a practicing physical ther-apist w
ith Eastern Plains T
herapy. The fam
ily
resides in Aurora.
Whether
a D
U
shoot, banquet,
or State
Convention you can alw
ays count on the Olsons to
be there and offering support. They’re a great fam
-ily and all of the D
U folks say big thanks for all they
have done and continue to do. Thanks O
lsons!
Olson’s
On A
ugust 6 thand 7 th,
over 80 dedicated DU
volunteers, staff andsupporters descended on theS
ilvercreek Lodge near G
ranby,C
olorado for what w
as to be oneof the best D
U state conventions
ever. Designed by S
tate Chair
Brad B
illingsley and Convention
Chair K
evin Metzler, their initial
goal was to m
ake this fun week-
end informative, energizing and
fun —- all of w
hich were
achieved. The G
rand County D
U
comm
ittee led by Shaw
n Anderson
(AC
) and Nick M
eyer carried outthe registration and logistics of theevent.
Key highlights for this gather-
ing started on Saturday m
orningw
hen biologists and conservationstaff provided their update briefin-gs on projects and activitiesthroughout the continent. N
otonly did the audience hear fromour ow
n state biologists (Bob
Sanders and G
reg Kernohan) but
also received informative briefings
by DU
staff from the G
reat Plains
Regional O
ffice, Steve A
dair, andfrom
the Canada D
U staff R
ickH
arland. Highlighting and cap-
ping the morning conservation
briefings was a very inform
ative,and hum
orous, brief by Wildlife
Com
missioner R
ick Enstrom
. The
morning session concluded w
ithan added brief by G
reaterC
olorado Outdoors executive
director John Sw
artout. When you
add up the entire input coming in
from both the state, regional and
international speakers, it was
obvious that attendees were given
a very comprehensive snapshot of
where their fundraising dollars are
being put to work throughout
North A
merica.
Saturday afternoon brought a
change to the normal state con-
vention activities. This year’s
goal was to build cam
araderieam
ong DU
volunteers and staffthrough a “D
U O
utdoorsC
arnival” which included educa-
tional activities for the entire fam-
ily. Fly tying clinics, D
OW
elec-tronic shooting gam
es, retrieverdem
onstrations, fly casting clinics,and a G
IS S
urvey demonstration
led by DU
staffers Richard V
ailand B
en Chavez kept everyone
busy for the afternoon. But per-
haps the highlight of the carnivalw
as the waterfow
l hunting clinicgiven by D
U volunteers Jim
Arnold and S
hane McC
oy. Jimand S
hane, co-owners of
Waterfow
l Haven O
utfitters,shared their expertise on decoylayouts and calling procedures.
Saturday night’s events includ-
ed a Major D
onor social, which
saw volunteers Tom
Ren and G
regW
ilson become M
ajor Donors.
Follow
ing this the annual banquetcom
menced and included the
annual awards recognition for our
outstanding chapters and individu-als. C
had Thom
as of Loveland
and Bill D
avis, Steam
boatS
prings, stole the show as they
shared the prestigious Area
Chairm
an of the Year aw
ard. Bill
also won the D
istrict Chairm
an of
State Convention 2004
Area C
hairmen o
f the Year Bill D
avis and Chad
Tho
mas receive
their awards fro
m state chair B
rad Billingsley.
State W
ildlife Co
mm
issioner
Rick E
nstrom
briefs the DU
attendees on C
olo
rado D
OW
action pro
jects.S
ee State C
onventio
n,Page 3
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Colorado State Leadership
State C
hairman
Brad Billingsley3940 East W
esleyD
enver,CO
80210720-635-2166
State T
reasurerJerry M
arrs230 S.H
olland St.Lakew
ood,CO
80226303-936-6355
Spo
nsor C
hairman
Lawrence “Buck” Buchholz
S Deer C
reek Road
Littleton,CO
81027303-921-5864
Majo
r Gifts C
hairman
John Winter
90 Pinion Dr
Carbondale,C
O 81627
970-704-0886
MA
RS
H C
hairman
Bob Clark
13720 6000 Rd
Montrose,C
O 81401
970-240-4026
Event M
erchandiseC
hairman
David J.Barber
10891 East Llliff PlaceA
urora,CO
80014-1713303-751-4600
Greenw
ing Chairfam
ilyD
ennis,Pam and C
ameron
Markw
ay472 S.Joe M
artinez BlvdPueblo W
est,CO
81007719-547-4494
Co
nvention C
hairman
Kevin M
etzler4900 S.Syracuse St.D
enver,CO
80237303-740-2539
New
sletter Edito
rC
hris Cude
1159 Knotty Pine Ln
Pueblo West,C
O 81007
719-547-8257
Sho
ot C
hairman
Matt R
ivera8189 W
ebster StA
rvada,CO
80003303-693-1550 ext.211
Go
lf Chairm
anC
hris Swinhart
8116 Nola D
r.D
enver,CO
80221303-438-8997 ext 13
Feather So
ciety Chairm
anJack W
itt5259 M
anitou Rd
Littleton,CO
80123720-283-2588
Statstician
Deborah Poirier
220 S.County R
d 21Berthoud,C
O 80513
970-532-9831
Webm
asterD
.J.Banta5835 R
avina Court
Colorado Springs,C
O 80919
719-266-8862dj.banta@
adelphia.net
Nat’l B
oard M
ember at
Large
Steve Tonso1016 E.H
ighway 112
Center,C
O 81125
719-754-3745
Regio
nal Vice-P
residentG
ene Engrav6219 Buffalo A
veC
heyenne,WY
82009307-638-6437
Senio
r Vice-P
residentJill O
lsen3315 S.C
olumbine C
ircleEnglew
ood,CO
80110
CO
LO
RA
DO
ST
AF
FR
egional D
irector
Ken C
onstantinePO
Box 776283Steam
boat Springs,CO
80477970-871-6665
Regio
nal Directo
rK
irk Davidson
7795 Lebrun Court
Lonetree,CO
80124303-927-1949
State B
iologist
Bob Sanders206 Lyell StM
onte Vista,C
O 81144
719-852-0925
Directo
r of D
evelopm
entTom
Harris
10143 Highland M
eadow C
ircleParker,C
O 80134
303-799-5880
Edito
r’s Co
lum
nB
y Ken C
onstantineF
or over four years Chris C
udehas been the editor of W
ings Over
Co
lorad
o,
ou
r C
olo
rado
D
uck
sU
nlim
ited
official
new
sletter.T
hat is
about a
dozen issues
ofediting, review
ing, gathering, andputting
together this
newsletter.
Chris
is finally
taking a
well
-deserved break and for this issueonly I w
ill be the temporary edi-
tor. Chris is not leaving D
U at all.
Chris
ablely chaired
the P
uebloW
est chapter annual banquet lastm
onth and in addition, Chris also
played a key role in the Pueblo
West
chap
ter’sF
amily F
un Shoot
last spring. In hissp
are tim
e C
hris
coach
es 4
-
Hshooting sports inth
e P
ueb
lo
West
area and squeezesin m
aking a livingas a general con-tracto
r b
uild
ing
custo
m
ho
mes.
He
has
been
known to occupy a
duck blind on notfreq
uen
t en
ou
gh
occasions.
Chris
than
ks
for
fou
rgreat years of vol-u
nteer
service
toall of us in C
olorado DU
!N
ow I w
ill let our new editor,
Fran
Reinier,
introduce herself.
And yes the picture in this colum
nis of F
ran!A
few years ago I volunteered
to help, if any was needed, on the
newsletter. I guess a little bird (or
Regional D
uck) overheard me vol-
unteering! I’m F
ran Reinier, and
I’ve been involved with D
ucks form
ore than 10 years now, starting
as a Ducky D
arling and working
my w
ay up though the volunteerladder to a chairperson. N
ow, I’m
happy to report, that I still volun-teer
for just
about any
job, but
most often now
I’m in the back-
ground getting donations to help-ing set up for banquets. W
hen theposition opened for editor I w
asasked
if I’d
be w
illing to
stillhelp.... I accepted.
For
a real
job I
work
at the
local
new
spap
er,th
e S
teamb
oat
Pilo
t an
d
To
day
and have
worked
for
the
com
pan
yclose
to 25
yearsnow
. I know w
hatdeadlines
are and
have to meet them
daily.
So
, a
new
sletter, h
op
e-fu
lly, w
ill b
esm
oo
th
sailing
.(I’d
h
ate to
u
seone of the papers Iw
ork
o
n
to
beat
someone over the
head with!) I w
illw
elcome
any and
all ideas or sugges-tio
ns
to
help
ev
eryo
ne
wo
rktogether as one great team
. Thanks
Ken for the opportunity, and I’m
looking forward to a new
chaptero
f v
olu
nteerin
g
for
Du
cks
Unlim
ited!
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View
from
the West &
So
uthT
he spring, summ
er, and fall of2004 w
ere different than in years pastas m
any traditional events moved to
different spots on the calendar. Sum
mit C
ounty DU
missed their
traditional fall date and ended up hold-ing their banquet in m
id April. B
asedon feedback they returned to their pre-vious Septem
ber timefram
e led by anenthusiastic new
chairman Trip
McLaughlin. M
any of you met Trip
and his wife R
enee at the state conven-tion in early A
ugust. Trip and his newcom
mittee held a great banquet Sept.
17th.April also found Steam
boat holdingtheir Sponsor event w
ith a sneak pre-view
of the Colorado Plan given by
Bob Sanders head biologist for
Colorado D
U. Pueblo W
est thenheld their Fun Shoot in late A
pril with
good weather (as in no w
ind) andgood turnout this year. T
he event was
ably chaired by Pam M
arkway this
year.May had the C
arbondale chapterled by B
ill Johnson hosting theirSponsor T
hank You event at the Basalt
gun Club and the Pikes Peak chapter
held their dinner event in Mid M
ayw
ith a truly earnest effort put forth byVerl O
lsen and his comm
ittee. LateM
ay found state leaders and staff at thenational convention in C
algary for anexcellent gathering of D
U volunteers
from all across the continent.
June held the second very successfulFront R
ange Greenw
ing day chaired byB
ill Sullivan at the Fort Carson Turkey
Creek w
ildlife area where B
ill and hiscom
mittee earned top honors for sign-
ing up the most G
reenwings in the
state this year. District m
eetings were
held across the region and the stateconvention m
oved to August.
July held only one event, theSteam
boat Fun Shoot aka “Ducks in
the Boat” that attracted shooters from
3 states and doubled their Net/N
etfrom
the previous year. August had
everyone converging to Grandby for
the state convention and that was fol-
lowed by the first banquet of the new
fiscal year in Grand Junction on the
21st.The fall banquet season really
geared up in September w
ith theSum
mit C
ounty banquet as alreadym
entioned and the Colorado Springs
Sponsor event on the 16th. LasA
nimas held their second golf event on
the weekend of Septem
ber 18th and19th. Pagosa Springs under new
chair-m
an Nolan Fulton w
as well organized
for their Sept. 25th date and was
joined on that date by Pueblo trying afall tim
eframe after being in February
for many years. Steam
boat roundedout the m
onth on the 30th with their
banquet at the Sheraton.O
ctober had the Glenw
ood Springscom
mittee, chaired by Joe B
air, sell out
their second event since the tremen-
dously successful restart of the chapterlast fall. N
ovember saved everything
for the weekend before T
hanksgivingw
ith the North Fork chapter in
Hotchkiss holding their event on
Friday Nov. 19th and both Las A
nimas
and Montrose banquets on Saturday
Nov. 20th. M
ontrose celebrated theirspecial 30th anniversary event this year.
Decem
ber finished 2004 in a flurryw
ith Colorado Springs on the 2nd,
Pueblo West on the 3rd and C
raig onSunday D
ec. 5th. Many events from
the typical fall schedule such asW
oodland Park, Durango, and A
spenhave m
oved to winter schedules.
The end of FY ’04 in June found
the region stable in dollars and mem
-bership and all of us looking forw
ardto grow
ing both as we com
plete thenew
year.
By K
en Co
nstantine,Regio
nal Directo
r
Wings O
ver Co
lorado
’s New
Edito
r,Fran Reinier.
Winter / Spring 2005
Western and Southern C
olorado Duck D
ates
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Win
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ver colo
rado
Ducks U
nlimited is a private,non-profit organization dedicated to conserving w
etlands habitat for waterfow
l and other wildlife.D
U w
as incorporated by a group of farsightedconservationists on Jan.29,1937.
Mem
bership in the organization is $25 minim
um,w
hich includes a subscription to the national Ducks U
nlimited m
agazine.A
s the organization’s official publication for Colorado
has a circulation of 14,000.View
s expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of Ducks U
nlimited Inc.Sim
ilarities between the nam
e Ducks U
nlimited Inc.and those of
advertisers are coincidental and do not indicate mutual affiliation unless clearly stated.
Mem
bers who m
ove,should send new address and current m
embership num
berto national headquarters on
POD
Form 3578.Please direct inquiries to State C
hairman Brad Billingsley.
Ken C
onstantine
PO
Box 776283,S
teambo
at Springs,C
O 80477• 970-871-6665
Wings O
ver Colorado is p
rinted by Main Street N
ewsp
apers,Salem
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About a year ago, I
sat in a room at the
Sheraton in southD
enver w
ith a
dozen DU
biolo-gists,
staff, and
lead volunteers todiscuss an oppor-t
un
it
y.
“Opportunity”
isprobably
not the
right word, as w
ew
ere in the finaldiscussions
forsecuring a tract ofland
along the
South Platte River that w
ould be a final piecein securing m
ore than 70 miles of contiguous
property along
the Platte…
for
eternity.Sim
ply put, this was the critical piece that
would ensure that this portion of the Platte
would be protected from
development and
agriculture, and preserve it for wildlife habitat
for the rest of our lifetimes, and those of our
grandchildren, their
grandchildren, and
theirs…. I recall the excitem
ent as the biolo-gists show
ed slides of the beautiful cotton-w
oods that lined its banks, the broad river thatflow
ed during the past Fall, and the waterfow
l- countless w
aterfowl!! D
ucks and geese as faras you could see! T
here was a feeling of elec-
tricity in that small room
…w
e were in the final
stages of inking the deal that would be a w
in tocelebrate. In fact, one State C
hairman in the
room
(who
shall rem
ain nam
eless) even
brought a bottle of champagne to entice the
others. “We shall celebrate once w
e finalizethis deal!!” I said (oops, I gave aw
ay the guiltyparty…
).A
ll that was left w
as some final negotiations
and the signing of the deal…m
inor details. T
he call came a few
weeks later. T
here will
be no celebrating, the voice on the phone said.T
here will be no “m
arquee project in our back-yard” the voice said. B
asically, there will be no
“for eternity” the voice said. The electricity
turned to anger, then sadness. It turns outanother buyer entered the picture under theradar. T
his was prem
ier property, and itattracted deeper pockets. A
nd just like that,the deal w
as off.D
uring our State Convention this past
summ
er, we learned that there are currently
plans for developing this property into “trophyhouses”, and our fears are being realized. W
hatjust m
onths ago seemed like a huge w
in forconservation and D
ucks Unlim
ited has turnedinto our greatest loss. B
ut like any disappoint-m
ent, I realize we have a choice. W
e can fretour loss and allow
it to dampen our spirits, or
we can fight. By fight I m
ean continue thegreat w
ork that so many individuals reading
this article do year in and year out for conser-vation. Put on a second event, recruit som
enew
comm
ittee mem
bers to your chapter, sella few
more tickets to your banquet…
DU
isan organization unlike any other in that w
eshare a com
mon bond so strong and for m
anyso deep, that w
e overcome the seem
ing insur-m
ountable odds stacked against us. I watched
the many children that attended the State
Convention a few
months ago. I saw
theirexcitem
ent as they cast a fly rod for the firsttim
e, as they learned gun safety from our
friends at the DO
W, and their enthusiasm
tokeep getting back in the layout blinds thatW
aterfowl H
aven had set up to teach thehunting clinic.
That’s w
hy we keep up the fight. So that
we can relieve the thrill that w
e first learnedyears ago w
hen we first sat in a duck blind or
enjoyed our wild places.
As
I finish
my
first year
as your
StateC
hairman and look tow
ard the next, I thankeach of you for continuing the fight, for sharingthe D
U story, and for doing your part to ensure
that countless generations can enjoy what w
e’vecom
e to love in the outdoors. I look forward to
joining you in a most prosperous year for the
Ducks!
Colorado C
onservationP
rogram R
eceives Grant
Ducks U
nlimited’s C
olorado State Conservation Program
recently received
a $1,600
grant from
the
Conservation
Resource C
enter (CR
C) for its land conservation activities last
year. The C
RC
’s Tax Credit E
xchange program is the state’s
largest conservation tax credit facilitator and transferred over$14 m
illion in credits in 2003. T
his success allowed C
RC
, a nonprofit organization, togrant funds to land trusts across the state and to supportim
portant statew
ide land
conservation initiatives.
D
ucksU
nlimited’s grant w
as based upon the number of our conser-
vation easement donees that transferred credits through C
RC
in 2003. DU
will contribute this grant to our C
oloradoR
evolving Lands Program.
To learn more about D
U’s C
olorado Revolving Lands
Program contact Jenifer C
hristman at (303) 369-5180.
If you are interested in learning more about C
RC
or thegrants m
ade, please contact them directly at (303) 544-1044
or via their website at w
ww
.taxcreditexchange.com.
■C
hairman’s C
orner
An O
pportunity L
ost
By B
rad Billingsley
Co
lorado
Co
nservation P
lanSince 1997, D
ucks Unlim
ited’s Colorado
program has grow
n from a handful of w
et-land restoration projects to a m
ulti-million
dollar effort involving over 27,000 acres ofim
portant wildlife habitat. R
ecently, ourC
olorado Conservation staff has begun dis-
tributing brochures
of our
2003-2012C
olorado Conservation Plan. T
his new plan
outlines how D
U w
ill continue conservingC
olorado’s wetland resources through 2013
via a comprehensive and integrated program
of land protection, restoration, and wetland
managem
ent.O
ver the next 10 years, our goal is toconserve 70,000 acres at a cost of $58 m
il-lion w
ith a focus on the South Platte River,
San Luis Valley, and N
orth Park.T
he South Platte provides high qualityspring
migration
habitat for
waterfow
l as
they move from
wintering areas to prairie
breeding grounds. In addition, the Rocky
Mountain B
ird Observatory estim
ates that74 percent of all bird species in C
olorado usethis river som
etime during the year. T
heSouth Platte w
etland corridor encompasses
more than 425,000 acres including 71,000
acres of wetlands. N
inety-four percent of thecorridor is unprotected and thus at risk of
being lost or degraded. Due to its proxim
ityto the Front R
ange, DU
considers wetlands
of the South Platte the most threatened in
the state.T
he 3,500 square mile San Luis V
alley isone of the largest interm
ountain basins inthe w
orld and arguably one of the most
important
water
bird habitats
in the
Intermountain W
est. During spring and fall
migration, hundreds of thousands of w
ater-fow
l utilize the valley. In some areas of the
valley nesting densities have been document-
ed at 1,000 per square mile-m
aking it among
the most productive breeding habitats in the
world. T
he 230,000 acres of wetlands in the
SLV are threatened by changing agricultural
practices, water export schem
es, and growing
residential development. T
he majority of
these acres are privately owned and are cur-
rently unprotected.N
orth Park is a semi-arid high m
ountainvalley of approxim
ately 1,600 square miles
that has long been recognized as quality habi-tat for breeding and m
igrating waterfow
l. Itis a rich landscape of rivers, reservoirs, ponds,m
eadows
and expansive
sagebrush-grassuplands
that has
recorded an
average of
30,000 breeding ducks per year. Thousands
of waterfow
l also utilize these wetlands for
molting
areas during
the spring
and fall
migration.
Although D
U’s efforts over the next 10
years will focus on the m
ission critical habi-tats of the South Platte R
iver, the San LuisV
alley, and North Park, additional projects
will be undertaken in other im
portant wet-
land and waterfow
l habitats across the stateas funding and resources allow
. The addi-
tional wetland areas include the A
rkansasR
iver Basin, M
iddle and South Park, andW
est Slope Rivers.
We m
ade impressive progress during our
first year of the Colorado Plan’s im
plementa-
tion. We com
pleted fiscal year 2004 at theend of June and w
ere 35 percent ahead of ourannual goal for protected acres, 24 percent ofour annual goal on restored and enhancedacres and cam
e within 3 percent of m
eetingour annual goal for m
anaged acres! Those
are extraordinary accomplishm
ents and we
plan to keep the mom
entum going.
One of the m
ost exciting opportunitiesyet greatest challenges w
ithin the Colorado
Plan is Colorado’s R
evolving Land Fund. Inthis cost-effective revolving fund approach,D
U purchases land in fee-title from
a willing
seller at
fair m
arket value,
restores any
degraded w
etland and
grassland habitats,
places a conservation easement on the prop-
erty to protect the wetlands and grasslands in
perpetuity, and then sells the land to a publicor private conservation-oriented buyer. Landsales are conducted through a com
pletelytransparent internet auction that insures fair-ness
and im
partiality am
ong prospective
buyers. During the holding period, the cost
of restorations are partially funded by variousgovernm
ent programs, and easem
ents may
be sold to protect the grasslands and wet-
lands as well as offset the cost of the land
purchase. Easem
ent payments, along w
iththe net proceeds from
the sale of the land, aredeposited back into a revolving fund that isutilized for new
acquisitions. Through the
revolving fund approach we w
ill be able toperm
anently protect 5,200 acres of land with
a market value of $12.5 m
illion with only
$5.3 million in w
orking capital. This is
extremely cost effective w
ork, but we have a
lot of money to raise to get it done.
To
receive a
copy of
the C
oloradoC
onservation P
lan, please
contact B
obSanders
at (719)
852-0925 or
Greg
Kernohan at (970) 399-5719.
BEST
NET,N
ET:GR
OSS
BEST
NET,N
ET:GR
OSS
(BA
NQ
UET
S)(O
TH
ER EV
ENT
S)
1.Steamboat Spr.
82%1.G
unnison Greenw
ing200%
2. San Luis Valley78%
2.S.L.V. Greenw
ing178%
3.Sterling76%
3.Longmont Sponsor
100%4.C
raig73%
4.Aurora G
olf100%
5.Wray
73%5.C
olo. Springs Spons.76%
6.Delta
71%6.Pikes Peak H
unt68%
7.Eagle69%
7.Colo. Springs H
unt63%
8.Rifle
69%8.Steam
boat Sponsor52%
9.Golden
69%9.Steam
boat Shoot43%
10.Meeker
69%10.Pueblo W
est Shoot23%
GR
EATEST
DO
LLAR
INC
REA
SEG
REAT
EST %
INC
REA
SE(A
LL EVEN
TS)
IN D
OLLA
RS (B
AN
QU
ETS)
1.Sterling$ 8,160
1.Sterling62.1%
2.Denver
$ 7,2102.C
raig41.3%
3.Loveland$ 6,804
3.Denver
35.8%4.Steam
boat$ 5,007
4.Royal G
orge32.7%
5.South Platte Init.$ 3,742
5.Burlington
29.8%6.Eagle
$ 3,5466.Eagle
27.8%7.R
oyal Gorge
$ 3,3047.Steam
boat22.4%
8.Craig
$ 3,1568.Loveland
21.9%9.B
urlington$ 2,901
9.River Valley
21.3%10.C
olorado Springs$ 2,794
10.Lakewood
17.2%
MO
ST R
EGU
LAR
MEM
BER
GR
EATEST
% IN
CR
EASE
(ALL EV
ENT
S)IN
MEM
BER
S (ALL EV
ENT
S)
1.Greeley
2741.B
righton130%
2.Durango
2692.C
raig74 %
3.Loveland266
3.Pagosa Springs50 %
4.Steamboat
2654.San M
iguel Basin
39 %5.G
unnison226
5.Royal G
orge35 %
6.Montrose
2216.R
ifle32 %
7.Golden
2097.M
eeker27 %
8.Grand Junction
2048.Ft. C
ollins25 %
9.Colorado Springs
1949.Steam
boat24 %
10.Pagosa Springs189
10.Grand Junction
24 %
MO
ST SPO
NSO
RS
GR
EATEST
INC
REA
SE IN
(ALL EV
ENT
S)SPO
NSO
R (A
LL EVEN
TS)
1.Loveland93
1.Loveland17
2.Steamboat Springs
592.D
urango14
3.Durango
523.Steam
boat Springs12
4.Crystal R
iver48
4.Grand Junction
105.Pagosa Springs
345.Fort C
ollins9
6.Denver
306.Pagosa Springs
87.San Luis Valley
277.C
raig5
8.Littleton25
8.Colorado Springs
39.C
astle Rock
229.M
eeker3
10.Pikes Peak21
10.Fairplay3
MO
ST G
REEN
WIN
G M
EMB
ERS
MO
ST D
OLLA
RS R
AISED
(ALL EV
ENT
S)(A
LL EVEN
TS)
1.Front Range G
W72
1.S.P. I.$ 41,798
2.San Luis Valley66
2.Loveland$ 37,871
3.Gunnison
443.G
reeley$ 37,501
4.Pueblo34
4.Steamboat
$ 34,490 5.D
elta28
5.Durango
$ 28,7076.G
rand Junction27
6.Colo. Springs
$ 28,7047.Loveland
267.Pagosa Springs
$ 27,9428.Evergreen
268.D
enver$ 27,327
9.Sterling25
9.Golden
$ 27,19310.W
ray22
10.Evergreen$ 26,189
Colorado D
ucks Unlim
ited FY 2004 Rankings
MO
ST D
OLLA
RS R
AISED
NEW
EVEN
T1.A
spen$ 17,861
2.Glenw
ood Springs$ 11,279
3.Westm
inster SBA
$ 6,8544.A
urora Golf
$ 3,7505.Front R
ange GW
$ 2,4746.R
ifle SBA
$ 2,3977.Steam
boat SBA
$ 9708.G
unnison SBA
$ 9319.C
olo. Spr. SBA
$ 66410.Las A
nimas G
olf$ 345
TO
P FLIGH
T AW
AR
DS
TO
QU
ALIFY EV
ENT
S MU
ST : 1. H
ave a Net, N
et : Gross of at least 60 %
2. Meet 10/30
Reporting R
equirements 3. M
eet Grow
th Incentive Requirem
ents • Steamboat - B
ill Davis
Pagosa Springs - Tracy Bunning • R
iver Valley- Kevin O
’Brien • Fairplay - B
rad Hart
Delta - C
hristy Eckstein • Durango - Tom
Brossia • Sterling - Steve K
aiser • Eagle - Wendy Sacks
Loveland - Chad T
homas • R
ifle - Jane Chapm
an • S.P.I. - Mark K
eeler • Col.Springs - M
ark Smagner
Meeker - N
ori Pearce • Loveland ’03 - Bruce Kelly • C
anon City - D
on Ley • Aurora G
olf - Tim
Nelson
Col. Springs Sponsor - D
oug Hantelm
an • Pikes Peak Hunt - D
oug Hantelm
an
the Year A
ward. T
he evening concluded with a very
fun-filled and lively live auction. The convention did a
final wrap-up on S
unday morning w
ith a general statem
eeting. Before dism
issal several volunteers offered toserve on the 2005 state convention com
mittee, further
testimony to the enthusiasm
and spirit of Convention
2004. Area C
hair Steve K
aiser of Sterling best sum
med
it up when he stated, “w
e (speaking for the group hebrought to the convention) had never been to a stateconvention, and w
e’re definitely coming back.” H
ere’sto C
onvention 2005 next July. Be there!
State Convention
Aflo
ck of N
ear and Pearse Greenw
ings enjoy the2004 C
onventio
n.
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“Focus on the million”; that’s our C
oloradograssroots goal that echoed from
our state con-vention and it rem
ains our target as we enter
the FY
05 DU
banquet and event season. Our
NE
region started off strong has the SterlingC
hapter under Area C
hair (AC
) Steve Kaiser’s
leadership added a new July golf event and w
ehad a record setting A
ugust for our region asw
e hosted the State Convention w
ith theG
rand County C
hapter (AC
Shawn A
nderson);follow
ed this with the 1st R
ocky Mountain
Shootout at Sanctuary held by the Westm
instercom
mittee (A
C E
ric Near), and finished the
month w
ith our annual Sporting Classic shoot
led by AC
Todd O
lson. In betw
een all this AC
Sharon Moore once
again guided the Fort Collins chapter to
another successful banquet. A
lthough the money is still com
ing in ourA
ugust totals should net/net over $75,000 forthe ducks! T
his is a great start towards our
million-dollar m
ark and it’s going to requirethe com
bined efforts of all our state chaptersto achieve it, w
hich we undoubtedly can.
As w
e discussed in our district meetings it’s
imperative for each com
mittee to focus on a
goal and center their efforts and event towards
this achievement.
Ticket sales; com
mittee grow
th; effectiveraffles; selecting the right silent and life auc-tion m
erchandise; proper money control; all
the basics that if properly executed achievesuccess.
You’ll find our winter and spring schedule
in this newsletter and I ask your participation
in has many events as possible w
hether as aparticipant, or w
orker. Fall in C
olorado is an absolute beautifultim
e as the sandhill cranes start passingthrough and the leaves start turning.
Take som
e time to enjoy our great outdoors
and give some tim
e to your local DU
eventand/or chapter.
Truly it is time for T
EA
M D
U to go into
action and a big thanks to all our dedicatedvolunteers as w
e lead the way to a m
illion!
■N
ortheast C
olo
rado U
pdate
Go
al focuses o
n the millio
nB
y Kirk W
.Davidso
n,Regio
nal Directo
r
Meet D
ennis Markw
ay
The O
lson’s - It’s a Family A
ffair!
By K
en Constantine
Dennis M
arkway is the currently
the state Greenw
ing Chairm
an but hedoes not occupy that position alone.D
ennis shares that position with his
wife Pam
and son Cam
eron as thefirst G
reenwing chair fam
ily Colorado
has ever
had. H
ow
does som
eonecom
e up with that original an idea?
Well let’s take a look at how
Dennis
has been involved with D
U over tim
eand I bet you w
ill get the picture. O
riginally from M
issouri, Dennis
first became involved w
ith DU
rightafter he got out of V
eterinary school.H
e joined the Jefferson City chapter
in 1979. After helping for a few
yearsD
ennis helped
found the
nearbySt.T
homas
chapter and
was
Area
Chairm
an of that comm
ittee for 4years. H
e moved right up the volun-
teer ranks in Missouri D
U as Z
one,D
istrict Chairm
an, and then Missouri
DU
State Publicity Chairm
an.A
ll through his volunteer career inM
issouri, D
ennis had
caught the
attention of
Senior R
D
Mitch
Rodgers w
ho knew a quality volun-
teer when he saw
it. Through M
itch,D
ennis was offered a position w
ithD
U
as a
Regional
Director
in
Minnesota. D
ennis moved his grow
-ing fam
ily up north in ’92 to work for
DU
full time. N
ot to be left out, dur-ing that sam
e time Pam
chaired a
wom
en’s chapter in MN
. A pattern
was beginning to em
erge.In
1994 D
ennis w
as offered
achance to transfer to C
olorado and he
moved his fam
ily of Pam, 6 kids, and
assorted horses,
dogs, and
cats to
Pueblo West. For the next tw
o yearsD
ennis was R
D in C
olorado first forthe
Western
and Southern
Region
where I first m
et him, and in his sec-
ond year covering Southern Colorado
and Western K
ansas. Dennis and I
laughed about the 800-mile corner-
to-corner size of that region stretchingfrom
Cortez, C
O to Phillipsburg, K
S.A
t the time that w
as one of the largestR
D regions in the country and how
glad he was that Jim
Ware at N
HQ
didn’t let it stretch all the way to
Hutchinson, K
S! In 1996 after 4 years as a R
egionalD
irector for DU
in 3 states, Dennis
went back into veterinary practice in
Pueblo West. B
ut that was far from
the end of his involvement w
ith DU
.W
ith Doug H
err and Steve Adam
s hehelped found the Pueblo W
est chap-ter in 1998. A
continuously activecom
mittee
mem
ber, D
ennis once
again took a turn at the helm as A
reaC
hairman in 2001 and 2002. D
uringthat tenure Pueblo W
est launched it’ssecond
annual event
the spring
“Family Fun Shoot”, now
in its third
By K
irk Davidson
Team, or fam
ily effort, is the word w
hen talk-ing about the O
lson family and their dedicated and
continued support to Ducks U
nlimited. Just in
the last couple months there probably w
asn’t a sin-gle night you couldn’t catch Todd, or A
lison, uppast m
idnight as they ran all the pre-registrationsand
planning for
the annual
Sporting C
lassicshoot. O
f course Todd & A
lison (dad and mom
)head up the O
lson klan rounded out by daughterC
harlee (age 13), and two sons D
erek (age 12) andQ
uinton (age 8). This bunch in, and of itself,
practically makes up their ow
n DU
comm
ittee andthey easily do the w
ork of one. The entire fam
ilyhas alw
ays been involved in all outdoor and sportsactivities and, m
ost notably, DU
events. For thepast several years the O
lson’s have served on theD
enver Metro (C
O 007) com
mittee and every past
recent Denver banquet saw
the entirefam
ily scurrying around, running raffles,setting up auctions and cleaning up afterthe events. T
his year Todd assumed the
reins as the Area C
hair for the SportingC
lassic shooting event, which now
servesas one of the four m
ajor DU
continentalshoots. A
s in the past, the total Olson
family participation w
as engaged in thisyear’s running of the Sporting C
lassic,w
hich was a truly first-class event. W
hileTodd and A
lison worked the preparation
and running of the shoot, their kids were
seen throughout the 2-day event haulingw
ater, food, goods, setting up auctions…doing w
hatever it took to support theshooters and, of course, loving to drive
See O
lson’s,P
age 12
See M
arkway,P
age 8
Volunteer Spotlight
Winter/Spring 2005
Northeast C
olorado Duck D
ates
DA
TE
EV
EN
TLO
CA
TIO
NC
ON
TAC
T
Jan 14A
very Worldw
ide Goose
The R
anchC
had Thom
asC
alling Cham
pionshipLoveland, C
O70-556-0581
Jan 27-30International S
portsmen’s
Denver
Steve S
ecorE
xpositionC
onvention Center
303-740-4041Jan 30
CS
U B
anquetS
undance Steakhouse
Aaron C
ohn2716 E
. Mulberry S
t.303-638-4115
Fort C
ollins, CO
. 80525F
eb 4G
olden Banquet
Denver W
est Marriott
Al Larson
303-795-6751M
ar 5ongm
ont Banquet
Longmont E
lks Club
Bob A
hern303-775-0297
Mar 12
Aurora B
anquetR
adisson Hotel
Mik A
nderson303-627-4275
Apr 8
South P
latte InitiativeT
he Wildlife E
xperienceM
ark Keeler
Parker, C
O303-478-6041
Apr 23
Evergreen B
anquetT
he Pines
Steve R
eelG
enesse, CO
.03-670-2688
May 14
Loveland Banquet
Ft C
ollins Marriott
Chad T
homas
970-556-0581M
ay 21D
U Texas H
old-Em
Castle R
ockC
huck Klafka
Poker Tournam
ent303-905-8702
Jun 17Q
uacker Classic
Saddleback G
olf Club
Eric N
earG
olf Tournament
Firestone, C
O303-507-1723
On N
ovember 5, 2004, the
official unveiling of the jointD
ucks Unlim
ited – Wildlife
Experience w
etlands display was
conducted at the Wildlife
Experience m
useum near D
enver,C
olorado. The W
ildlifeE
xperience is the result of theinspiration and passion that D
aveand G
ail Liniger (founders and
CE
O of R
E/M
AX
, International)have for w
ildlife and wildlife
habitat. The L
inigers are avid sup-porters of D
ucks Unlim
ited andopened the m
useum in P
arker,C
O, in S
eptember 2002. It fea-
tures displays of wildlife, rotating
wildlife art exhibits and an
IWE
RK
S theater.
The unveiling cerem
onyincluded rem
arks by Museum
Director, D
r. Richard S
martt;
Senior C
olorado volunteer JillO
lsen; and State P
resident Brad
Billingsley. T
he permanent
exhibit focuses on DU
projects inC
olorado and includes six interac-tive stations w
ith activities rang-ing from
self-tests on wetland
ecology and audiotapes of wet-
lands inhabitants, to a wetlands
“drawing” station. In addition,
the display highlights Ducks
Unlim
ited’s contribution to theprotection of w
etlands. F
or over two years, D
ucksU
nlimited and W
ildlifeE
xperience personnel worked
jointly on the wetlands project to
promote the im
portance andpreservation of this critical
resource. Specim
ens for the dis-play w
ere provided by area volun-teers and staff and m
any were col-
lected on joint field trips between
the Wildlife E
xperience personneland D
U staffers G
reg Kernohan
(Regional B
iologist) and Kirk
Davidson (R
egional Director).
Since opening, the W
ildlifeE
xperience has had over 220,000visitors and w
ill average approxi-m
ately 110,000 visitors a year.T
he museum
’s gift store also sellsD
U m
erchandise with proceeds
going back into conservation.
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Wetlands D
isplay opens at Wildlife E
xperience Museum
successful year.
Pam
Markw
aychaired
this year’s
shoot.V
olunteering on the local comm
it-tee w
as not enough, as Dennis has
also held
positions as
Colorado
Sponsor chairm
an and
nowG
reenwing C
hairman.
The Pueblo W
est chapter hasprospered in part because D
ennisand the entire com
mittee share a
similar philosophy about helping
the Ducks. W
hen asked why they
do so well D
ennis said, “I love theresource. T
his is my passion! I feel
every hunter should give back tothe
resource and
make
it better
than it was. W
aterfowling and D
Uare part of m
y life 12 months a
year. If we are not planning an
event, we are training dogs, paint-
ing decoys, or working on the boat.
It involves the whole fam
ily. All
my fam
ily supports DU
.” T
he fam
ily D
ennis refers
toincludes 6 children and 3 grand-children,
with
all nine
beingLegacy G
reenwings. D
ennis says,“T
he only reason the other 2 aren’tis because they w
ere too old when I
found out about the program!”
That brings us back to his cur-
rent role on the state comm
ittee asState G
reenwing chairm
an. He,
Pam and son C
ameron fill the role
jointly and promote it from
thefam
ily perspective.
D
ennis says
“DU
is the greatest conservationorganization in the w
orld. We all
have to give something back to the
resource and DU
is a great way to
do that.” We couldn’t agree m
ore.
Markw
ayBy the tim
e you’re reading this,the waterfow
l season of 2004/2005 will w
indingdow
n.G
oose hunting will linger on for a couple m
ore weeks in the C
entral Flyway,
and there are but a few m
ore precious days of duck hunting in the Pacific Flyway.
What a perfect tim
e to start thinking about next year’s duck season,or spring turkey,or trout fishing.W
hat am I talking about? The International Sportsm
an’s Exposition,of course!
January 27 through 30,the Colorado C
onvention Center in dow
ntown D
enver
will host the 30 th
annual International Sportsman’s Exposition.W
ith over 600exhibitors ranging from
our own D
OW
to African Professional H
unters,from gear
manufacturers to art dealers,you’re sure to find plenty talk about and explore.
Bookthat hunt of a lifetim
e,pick up some tips on blind placem
ent or goose calling,try yourhand at the casting pond,but m
ost of all,stop by the DU
booth located in space 633.W
e’ll have DU
logo stuff to trade for donations,prints to auction and hopefully ashotgun to raffle.
Want to find out about an upcom
ing event,learn more about D
U’s investm
ent inC
olorado,volunteer for a comm
ittee? Stop by and see us.We’d love to chat and
swap lies about full lim
its by 7:30 and the biggest Canada G
oose ever bagged.Talk toD
U biologists,project m
anagers,and land use consultants about where your dona-
tions are being spent and learn what m
ore can be done to conserve the resource.The show
runs from noon to 9:00 Thursday and Friday,10:00 to 8:00 on Saturday
and 10:00 to 5:00 on Sunday.Adm
ission is charged at the door,and as of this writing
hasn’t been set by the Convention C
enter,but whatever the cost,it’s a sm
all price topay for this once-a-year extravaganza.
Com
e on down,and bring those G
reenwings!
International Sportsman’s E
xposition
The U
.S.Fish and W
ildlife Serviceto
day anno
unced that
Ducks
Unlim
ited (D
U)
President Jo
hnTom
ke will serve as one of only five
judges in
the Federal
Duck
Stamp
Com
petition this year.T
his marks
the fifth time that a D
U representa-
tive has judged the competition.
“It’s an
hono
r to
have
Ducks
Unlim
ited invo
lved o
nce again
injudging the stam
p contest and it’s aperso
nal pleasure
for
me,”
saidTom
ke.“T
he result of duck huntersuppo
rt to
assure
the future
of
waterfow
l populations is tangible inD
U’s
habitat projects
and through
the Duck Stam
p program,too.
Both
will be valuable for generations to
come.”
Last night,D
U hosted the presti-
gious Duck Stam
p Dinner in dow
n-tow
n Washington D
.C.honoring the
federal duck stamp judges.
“Ducks U
nlimited and the Federal
Duck Stam
p Program have a long and
often intertwined history of habitat
conservation,” said Tomke.
“The tw
ohunter-supported efforts have beenaround for about the sam
e amount of
time and have com
bined to conserveover 16 m
illion acres of waterfow
lhabitat.”
The Federal D
uck Stamp Program
began in
1934 w
iththe
signingo
f the
Mig
rato
ry
Bi
rd
Hu
nt
ing
Stamp
Act.
The
Act
requires all
wa
terfo
wl
hunters 16
or older
topurchase
astam
p.T
hem
oney
isused to buyw
et
lan
ds
and associated
upland habitats.
Todate,$670 m
illion duck stamp dollars
have conserved more than 5.2 m
illionacres of habitat.
DU
got started three years later in1937 w
hen a small group of sports-
men
banned together
to conserve
habitat on
North A
merica’s
water-
fowl breeding grounds.
Now
,DU
isthe
wo
rld’s largest
wetlands
andw
aterfowl conservation group,
with
more than a m
illion supporters andconservation
programs
throughoutC
anada,the U.S.and M
exico.D
U has
raised more than $2 billion to con-
se
rv
em
ore than11
million
acres o
fw
aterfow
lhabitat.
Because
the D
uckS
ta
mp
pro
gra
mand
DU
have a
co
mm
on
mission to
con
serve
waterfo
wl
ha
bita
t,the
two
efforts often join forces.Earlier this
year,D
U
signed an
agreement
tom
anage the
Federal D
uck Stam
plicensing program
.U
nder the agree-m
ent,D
U
is helping
the Fish
&W
ildlife Service broaden the aware-
ness o
f the
Federal D
uck Stam
pProgram
and the role it plays in con-servation efforts.
Like DU
's currentlicensing program
s that raise money
for waterfow
l and habitat,royalties
generated from the sale of products
with the stam
p images w
ill conservem
ore waterfow
l habitat.“T
he Federal Duck Stam
p Program
is an important source of funding for
habitat co
nservation,”
explainsTom
ke.“N
ot only does it generatem
oney
through
direct sales
andlicensing,but also through print andstam
p collections.”For exam
ple,the first duck stamp,
designed by Ding D
arling,may bring
as much as $1,200 today.
This year,D
arling’s family,through
his grandson Kip K
oss,donated oneof the few
remaining prints of the
first federal
duck stam
p to
Ducks
Unlim
ited.D
U auctioned the print at
their Annual C
onvention in May,rais-
ing valuable dollars for habitat con-servation w
ork.W
ith more than a m
illion support-ers,
Ducks U
nlimited is the w
orld’slargest w
etlands and waterfow
l con-servation group.
The U
nited States alone has lostm
ore than half of its original wet-
lands –
nature’s m
ost
productive
ecosystems – and continues to lose
more
than 100,000
wetland
acresevery year.
Look for Ducks U
nlimited on the
World W
ide Web at w
ww
.ducks.org.Tune
in to
T
he W
orld
of
Ducks
Unlim
ited R
adio,and
watch
Ducks
Unlim
ited Television on the Outdoor
Life Netw
ork (OLN
).
DU
President N
amed Federal D
uck Stamp Judge
Ducks U
nlimited (D
U) w
ill manage
how Federal D
uck Stamp im
ages arelicensed
to m
anufacturers w
ho place
the images on a w
ide variety of con-sum
er products. Under the agreem
ent,D
U w
ill use its expertise to expand andm
anage the licensing program for the
U.S. Fish and W
ildlife Service's FederalD
uck Stamp Program
."W
e're excited to have DU
manage
our Duck Stam
p licensing program and
the potential it will have to provide
even more m
oney for wetlands conser-
vation," said
Service D
irector Steve
William
s. "I am confident that this
agreement w
ill help us fulfill the goalannounced by President B
ush of con-serving three m
illion acres of wetlands
across the
nation over
the next
fiveyears."
Since 1934,
the Federal
Migratory
Bird H
unting and Conservation Stam
p,popularly know
n as the Federal Duck
Stamp, has been sold to hunters, con-
servationists, and stamp collectors. In
that time, stam
p sales have generatedm
ore than $670 million that has been
used to acquire more than 5.2 m
illionacres of im
portant wetlands and associ-
ated upland habitat for the National
Wildlife R
efuge System.
The stam
ps, which feature im
ages ofw
aterfowl
painted
by som
e of
then
ation's
most
promin
ent
wildlife
artists, are
valued for
their beauty.
Recogn
izing
the stam
ps' popularity
with the public, C
ongress authorizedthe Service to license stam
p images for
use on a variety of products in 1984,w
ith proceeds going to acquire addi-tional habitat for the R
efuge System.
Since that
time,
dozens of
licensedproducts
ranging from
em
broideredhats
and sw
eatshirts; to
knives, key-
chains, and prints have been successful-ly
marketed
by private
compan
iesacross the country.
By engaging the professional m
arket-ing and licensing expertise of D
U, the
Service hopes to take full advantage ofthe valuable stam
p images to generate
more m
oney for conservation and raisepublic aw
areness of the Duck Stam
pitself.
Under the agreem
ent, DU
will help
the Service broaden the awareness of
Federal Duck Stam
ps and the role theyplay in past, current and future conser-vation
efforts.
Like
DU
's curren
tlicensing program
s that raise money for
waterfow
l and habitat, royalties gener-ated from
the sale of products with the
stamp
images
will
be dedicated
tow
aterfowl conservation efforts.
"When w
aterfowlers purchase a prod-
uct depicting a Federal Duck Stam
pim
age, they're not only supporting agreat conservation program
and tradi-tion, they're enabling the m
anufacturerof that product to donate im
portantfunds to habitat conservation, as w
ell.E
veryone
win
s," said
Don
Youn
g,E
xecutive Vice President of D
U.
"DU
an
d its
mem
bers share
ourstrong com
mitm
ent to wetlands con-
servation, and
understand the
valuesthat
the D
uck Stam
p represen
ts,”W
illiams
added. "T
he Service
has a
long history of partnership with D
U on
wetlands conservation projects, and w
elook forw
ard to deepening this partner-ship through our licensing program
."For m
ore information on the D
uckStam
p Program and how
Duck Stam
pfunds have benefited a refuge in yourstate, visit the D
uck Stamp hom
e pageat http://duckstam
ps.fws.gov.
With m
ore than one million support-
ers, Ducks U
nlimited w
ww
.ducks.org isthe w
orld's leading wetland and w
ater-
fowl conservation group.
The U
.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is
the principal Federal agency responsi-ble
for con
serving,
protecting
and
enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and
their habitats for the continuing bene-fit of the A
merican people. T
he Servicem
anages the 95-million-acre N
ationalW
ildlife Refuge System
, which encom
-passes
544 national
wildlife
refuges,thousands of sm
all wetlands and other
special managem
ent areas. It also oper-ates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 Fishand W
ildlife Managem
ent offices and81
ecological services
field stations.
The
agency enforces
federal w
ildlifelaw
s, adm
inisters
the E
ndan
geredSpecies
Act,
manages
migratory
birdpopulations, restores nationally signifi-cant
fisheries, conserves
and restores
wildlife habitat such as w
etlands, andhelps foreign governm
ents with their
conservation efforts. It also oversees theFederal A
ssistance program, w
hich dis-tributes hundreds of m
illions of dollarsin excise taxes on fishing and huntingequipm
ent to
state fish
and w
ildlifeagencies.
Service Signs Agreem
ent To Manage Federal D
uck Stamp
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Winter 2005
On A
ugust 16th over 50 golfersw
ere treated to one of them
ost mem
orable and fungolfing events of their life.
Held at the
prestigious Sanctuary in Sedalia,Colorado,
Ducks U
nlimited and RE/M
AX
hosted thisgreat event titled the “R
ocky Mountain
Shootout”.While the perm
anentSanctuary staff effectively ran the event,our
own W
estminster C
hapter led by EricN
ear effectively carried out the “DU
duties.” Through the generosity and sup-port of RE/M
AX
co-founders Dave and
Gail Liniger,D
ucks Unlim
ited was one of
23 charities handpicked from a field of
over 275 to be afforded the opportunity tohost an event at Sanctuary.
In attendanceat the event w
as DU
’s President,JohnTom
ke.Like all the participants,John w
asfrequently heard com
menitin in aw
e of thebeauty of Sanctuary.
He spent m
uch time
welcom
ing guest on the first tee box,which
had a 360 degree panoramic view
s of theFront Range and eastern plains.W
hetherlooking at Pikes Peak to the south,Long’s
Peak to the north,or listening to elkbugling;as the players m
aneuvered throughthe course of beauty and w
ildlife,it was evi-
dent that Sanctuary is truly in a class of it’sow
n.The outstanding Sanctuary staff pro-vided only the best of accom
modations
from golfing equipm
ent to fine foods andbeverages.The participants w
ere honoredw
hen Dave and G
ail joined the golfers forthe w
rap-up evening banquet.Both
Linigers aggressively “participated” in thesilent auction and raffles in w
hich Dave
won tw
o prizes and,being the avid hockeyfan,bought all the hockey item
s (stick,jer-sey and helm
et) on the silent auction.Truly,our m
ost heartfelt DU
thanks to Dave and
Gail Liniger for their outstanding support
and allowing us to use this fantastic facility.
Likewise a special thanks to our senior
Colorado volunteer,Jill O
lsen,who proved
to be the linchpin for this unique event asw
ell as Eric Near and his com
mittee for
putting on one of the classiest events of theyear.
Ro
cky Mo
untain Sho
oto
ut at Sanctuary
DU
President
John To
mke
watches as Jim
Young launches
another ball
into the ro
ugh!
1st Place- B
rent Henry,R
usty Ham
es,S
cott B
ailey and David D
uke.2nd P
lace- Lenny N
osenicz,C
hristieA
ustin and Tom
Law
erence.
Middle o
f the Ro
ad- Do
ugS
choenro
ck,Kevin Q
uinn,Brian
Wasto
n and Greg L
awso
n.
Alm
ost L
ast- Mark K
eeler,Bo
b Olsen
and Geo
rge Richardso
n.
Back o
f theB
lind- Travis
Pecklam and
Charlie
Cadigan.
2004 Gun w
inners
2004 Bud G
un Winner!
Lakew
oo
d AC
Rich P
hillips presents the 2004 Bud
Gun to
winner A
ndy Larsen.
Andy’s nam
e was
drawn fro
m 64 entries at the S
tate Co
nvention fo
rthe highly custo
mized B
rowning C
itori valued at
over $10,000.A
ndy earned his entry by being thehigh bidder o
n the Bud S
tein at the Lakew
oo
dannual D
U dinner banquet in N
ovember 2003.
Already A
ndy is planning for a “repeat” as he pur-
chased the 2004/05 stein at this year’s Lakew
oo
dbanquet in O
ctober.
Go
Andy!
Winner o
f the Gart
Do
uble Gun 28 gauge
Brow
ning Cito
riL
ightning is Ro
nA
rant,retired DO
WD
istrict Wildlife
Manager fro
m N
uclaand fo
rmer chairm
anand current co
mm
it-tee m
ember o
f theS
an Miguel B
asin DU
chapter in farW
estern colo
rado.R
on can’t w
ait totake his prize D
oveand Q
uail huntingand to
the Skeet
Range.
Co
ngratulations R
on!
The co
lorado
Spo
nsor G
un drawing
was w
on by C
lintB
arter of D
urango.C
lint has been a DU
sponso
r for m
anyyears and w
as obvi-
ously very pleased to
win the S
ponso
r Gun
Draw
ing.The gun is a
Beretta S
ilver Pigeo
nII
Genero
usly donat-
ed by the Grand
Junction S
portsm
an’sW
arehouse fo
r thethird year in a row
.E
very Spo
nsor in the
state was auto
mati-
cally entered in thedraw
ing.Thank yo
uS
portsm
an’sW
arehouse and co
n-gratulatio
ns Clint!
First C
hoice w
inner of the G
art Do
uble Gun raffle
is Ken D
ecker who
chose the 20 gauge B
rowning
Cito
ri Gran L
ightning donated by G
art Spo
rts,Ken,
who
wo
n the raffle at the Grand Junctio
n banquet ayear ago
was tickled to
be the first Grand P
rize win-
ner.Thank yo
u Gart S
ports.
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