Delta Waterfowl Foundation

Delta Waterfowl Foundation is a non-profit organization operating in both Canada and in the United States whose mission is to provide knowledge, leaders and science-based solutions that efficiently conserve waterfowl and secure the future for waterfowl hunting.[1][2]

Delta Waterfowl Foundation
Founded1911
TypeHabitat Conservation and Hunting
FocusWaterfowl habitat conservation
Location
Area served
North America
Key people
James Ford Bell, Aldo Leopold, Hans Albert Hochbaum
Websitehttp://www.deltawaterfowl.org

History
Barringer Slough in Iowa, a remnant of the extensive prairie wetlands that once covered the region.

In the 1930s James Ford Bell, sportsman and founder of General Mills, purchased 5,000 acres (20 km²) of the Delta Marsh in Manitoba, Canada. For several years Bell hunted waterfowl on the marsh in the fall and raised and released waterfowl in the spring and summer from a privately owned hatchery.

In 1938, Bell approached Aldo Leopold, who is considered to be the father of wildlife management in the United States, about establishing a research station dedicated to waterfowl research at the Delta Marsh, as very little was known at that time about waterfowl biology. After some discussion, Aldo Leopold agreed to Bell's idea and brought in his graduate student, Hans Albert Hochbaum, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Hochbaum completed his graduate work at the Delta Marsh on canvasback ducks and continued on to become the Scientific Director of the Delta Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Station.

Today

Today Delta Waterfowl Foundation supports graduate research on waterfowl (Master's degree and Ph.D.) along with other programs focused on waterfowl populations and waterfowl hunting in North America.[3] Delta Waterfowl has a program focused on reviving the duck population of the Great Lakes region through wetlands advocacy, applied research, duck production programs, youth hunting education, and promoting hunting rights and trapping.[4]

See also

References
  1. "What We Do". www.deltawaterfowl.org. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  2. Writer, Kristi K. Higgins, Staff. "Women find hunting just ducky". The Progress-Index. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  3. "Delta Waterfowl Is The Duck Hunters Organization". www.mossyoak.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  4. "Delta Waterfowl expands conservation efforts in Great Lakes". Outdoornews. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
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