With NAWCA funding approved at $35.5M DU turns focus to reauthorization

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MEMPHIS Tenn. - Dec. 21 2011 - Ducks and other wetland-dependent wildlife will benefit from last weeks congressional approval of a $35.5 million budget for the North American Wetlands Conservation Act NAWCA program for FY 2012. While significantly less than what the administration recommended months ago this number is much improved from an initial $20 million figure proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives in the spring largely through the work of Ducks Unlimited its supporters and other conservation organizations.

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