Is Ducks Unlimited alone in its views on habitat conservation and predator control?
No. The wildlife management community at large agrees. For example, the Mississippi Flyway Council (composed of leaders of wildlife agencies from all states and provinces within the Mississippi Flyway) recently issued a statement against the practice of predator removal. In part, the statement read: “The Mississippi Flyway Council (MFC) does not support the practice of predator removal as a viable management practice to improve waterfowl recruitment over the long term or over large geographic areas. The MFC believes that the highest conservation priorities for improving waterfowl recruitment are the landscape-scale wetland and grassland habitat restoration strategies advocated by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Maintaining waterfowl breeding habitat is the highest priority for the long-term welfare of populations in North America.” In August of 2003, the Arkansas Wildlife Federation’s Duck Committee (a group of concerned duck hunters and community leaders) published a rep
