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  Adult Federal Duck Stamp Art   

Adult Federal Duck Stamp Art

  • Location: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
  • Date: Monday, May 04, 2009 through Sunday, May 31, 2009 , 6:00 AM - 6:00 AM

This exhibition showcases entries in the 2009-2010 Federal Duck Stamp competition. 

Joshua Spies, an artist from Watertown, South Dakota, won the contest with his acrylic painting of a long-tailed duck and decoy.

About 1.6 million stamps are sold every year to hunters, collectors and wildlife enthusiasts.

Since 1934, the Federal Duck Stamp program has raised more than $750 million to purchase nearly six million acres of wildlife habitat for the National Wildlife Refuge System.

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