Ducks Unlimited Chapters in Missouri Among Top Fundraisers in the Nation

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First posted on 06-25-2007

Show-Me State waterfowlers are showing hunters in other states how to turn duck-hunting dreams into reality.

JEFFERSON CITY-Three Missouri chapters of a waterfowl conservation group are listed among the top 3 percent nationwide in fundraising. They played a key role in conserving more than 170,000 acres of waterfowl habitat last year.

Ducks Unlimited (DU) recently announced that its chapters in Clinton, Columbia and St. Louis were among the top 100 fundraisers out of more than 3,500 chapters nationwide.

The St. Louis Sponsors Chapter was Missouri’s top fundraising DU chapter, bringing in $93,486 for waterfowl conservation in 2006. The Golden Valley Chapter in Clinton was second with $67,897, followed by the Columbia Chapter with $60,831.

“These chapters set the standard for what volunteers can do,” said DU President Jim Hulbert. “They prove how crucial volunteer efforts are to our conservation mission. The more money we raise, the more habitat we can conserve. Our challenge is to get more people involved and raise money for waterfowl and wetlands conservation.”

Volunteer efforts like Missouri’s resulted in more than $162 million raised in 2006. At least 80 cents of every dollar raised by DU chapters goes to conservation work, enabling DU to protect nearly 170,000 acres of waterfowl habitat last year. For more information, visit http://www.ducks.org.

-Jim Low-

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