Waterfowl Survey Shows Good News

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Canvasbacks, redheads, and Northern shovelers break traditional survey area records.Preliminary results from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service’s Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey indicate a total duck population estimate of more than 41 million birds in the traditional survey area. This represents a 14 percent increase from 2006 and is 24 percent above the 1955-2006 average. [News Release] Interviews with the pilot/biologists and video of the conditions can be see at http://www.fws.gov/video/wmv/statusprelim2007a.wmv

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