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Show i Price for duck stamps increase Duck stamps will cost five dollars this year ibecause of a $2 increase ordered by the Department De-partment of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior was authorized to increase the price of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp when President Nixon signed the bill into law which had been approved ap-proved by Congress last December. Dec-ember. All proceeds from sale of duck stamps go into a fund set aside for the acquisition of wetlands and refuges for migratory birds. The costs of those lands have risen drastically drastic-ally over the last few years. "Without waterfowl habitat, we will have no waterfowl, and without more money we cannot preserve sufficient habitat. It's as simple as that," said Assistant Secretary of the Interior Nathaniel P. Reed. The duck stamp began in 1934 at $1. It was raised to $2 in 1949 and $3 in 1959. Funds from sales have always gone into buying waterfowl habitat habit-at Waterfowl hunters 16 years of age or older are required to purchase a duck stamp each year in addition to a state hunting license. |