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Article: WINNER OF 75TH ANNIVERSARY FEDERAL DUCK STAMP CONTEST NAMED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 13, 2007
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The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued the following press release:
Wildlife artist Joe Hautman of Plymouth, Minn., today won the 2007 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest - the oldest and most prestigious wildlife art competition in America - with his depiction of a pair of pintail ducks. Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the winner in front of a crowd of 300 people at the contest, held at BIG Arts in Sanibel, Fla.
"It was a privilege for me to congratulate Joe Hautman when the judges chose his art to grace the 75th Duck Stamp," said Secretary Kempthorne. 'The Duck Stamp program is unique in the realm between art and ...