The Department of the Interior (DOI) allocated more than $54 million from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conserve 21,737 acres of waterfowl habitat and increase public access on four national wildlife refuges.
The funding mostly came from the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps, also called Duck Stamps, and import duties on imported arms and ammunition.
The funds will benefit the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah, the Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee, the Red River National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana and the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
