Montrose Ducks Unlimited to host first fundraiser Dec. 4

The newly formed Montrose Ducks Unlimited chapter will host its first annual fundraising event Thursday, Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the Montrose Community Center, located at 200 Center Avenue South in Montrose.

Every 10 minutes, an acre of wetlands is lost in the United States. In Minnesota, 80 percent of the wetlands have been lost.

Citizens can help protect and restore those valuable wetlands by attending a local Ducks Unlimited (DU) fundraising event.

DU has full time staff on the ground in Minnesota conducting the much needed wetland conservation work. All monies raised goes into habitat work.

More than 80 percent of the dollars raised through local fundraising events goes into conservation programs throughout Minnesota and North America.

Since 1937 DU has restored, enhanced, or protected nearly 12 million acres of habitat in North America. More than 200,000 acres of habitat have been directly impacted in Minnesota through DU conservation programs. In 2007 alone, DU conserved 24,000 acres in Minnesota.

The “Living Lakes Initiative” will restore and protect 300 shallow lakes in Minnesota over the next 10 years. This initiative will help preserve Minnesota’s rich water fowling heritage and fulfill some specific conservation needs.

For more information on the Montrose DU event, contact Ronald Carlson at (763) 221-4985 or go to mn.ducks.org.

“More habitat on the ground = more ducks in the sky.”