Judges decided the winner of the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp contest on Friday, September 19th. I watched the livestream, along ...

An acrylic painting of buffleheads in flight by James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, won the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The image will be featured on the 2026-27 Federal Migratory Bird ...

The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) reported that Jim Hautman was awarded first place for the ...

A painting of a gadwall by Boiling Springs artists Gerald Putt tied for fifth in the recent Federal Duck Stamp Contest. Boiling Springs wildlife artist Gerald Putt's painting of a gadwall tied for ...

X Facebook Reddit WETLANDS CONSERVATION-- Joseph Hautman of Plymouth, Minn., won the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Contest on Saturday with his acrylic painting of a single wood duck. Hautman has previously ...

Altoona artist Michael E. Kensinger places a bird box in wetlands near Tipton. Kensinger is inspired by nature and has received “Best of Show” in the 2021 Pennsylvania Waterfowl Management competition ...

MADISON (WKOW) — An Oregon High School student was awarded Best in Show at the Wisconsin Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. A news release from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service said 16-year-old Sarah ...

ALBORN — In the hit movie "Fargo," sheriff Marge has to console her wildlife artist husband Norm after he loses the federal duck stamp art competition to the Hautman brothers, a real-life triumvirate ...

Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, or Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2026.