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Article: WORKING FOR WILDLIFE; Targeting ducks; Hundreds of thousands of Ducks Unlimited members work for waterfowl, but other forces work against it. In Minnesota and elsewhere, the duck population dwindles, showing where the power lies.(NEWS)(SERIES: WORKING FOR WILDLIFE)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2004
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Byline: Dennis Anderson; Staff Writer
Today and Monday, the Star Tribune looks inside two of the state's most prominent conservation groups, Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever - both of which raise ever-greater amounts of money but struggle to show results.
Crouched in a hunting blind with his dad many years ago, watching ducks buzz their decoys, Dan Fabian couldn't imagine passing the first day of waterfowl season without downing a mallard, wood duck or teal.
That happened to him on opening day last year.
Fabian, of Stillwater, and about 125,000 other Minnesotans who hunt ducks are part of a tradition that dates to statehood. ...