As the US elections approach next month, even the annual contest to design next year’s Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, better known as the Duck Stamp, is mired in controversy.

Barnet student Ezra Goss won the “Vermont Best of Show” competition last year with this painting of a red-breasted merganser. Image courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service October is a big ...

When I started looking at kayaks for duck hunting I knew I wanted something small, lightweight, and spacious. I needed a boat that could access small water, go over beaver dams, and have enough room ...

A federal duck stamp costs $25. Waterfowl hunters have to buy them every year and fix them to their licenses. But millions of other people buy them as well — lovers of wetlands, lovers of birds.