When Minnesota's breeding duck numbers were announced last week, duck hunters gave a collective shudder. Counts were down 31 percent from last year and 19 percent below the long-term average. Mallards ...

The breeding population of ducks in North America increased this spring for the first time in nearly a decade, according to an annual report of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The 2024 Waterfowl ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Continental breeding duck populations are down 7% from 2022, Ducks Unlimited said Friday, Aug. 18, in reporting results from the annual spring North American waterfowl survey ...

The 2024 Wisconsin spring waterfowl breeding survey showed a continued decline in mallards, the state's most abundant duck species, and a year-over-year drop in total ducks as well as Canada geese.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated continental breeding duck populations at 34.2 million, down 12% from the 2019 estimate of 38.9 million and 4% below the long-term average since 1955, ...

Continental duck numbers are similar to 2024 but down from long-term averages since 1955, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday, Sept. 2, in reporting results from its 2025 Waterfowl ...