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 ...

Monday’s news was not what Louisiana duck hunters, nor wild waterfowlers anywhere north to the Dakotas, wanted to hear and read. News from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual “Trends on Duck ...

California's 2025 waterfowl breeding population survey shows a significant increase in duck populations. Mallard duck populations increased by 49%, while other duck species saw a 27% rise. The CDFW ...

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.

DULUTH — The number of breeding ducks estimated across the continent hit 33.99 million this spring, up 5% over 2023, but nearly all of the increase happened in the far north and west. That’s the ...