A new rule in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, requiring artists to include hunting themes in their submissions, has raised eyebrows and objections in the duck painting community. By Christine Hauser ...

Duck stamps help fund wetland conservation across the country. The art that adorns them is chosen through a beloved (and ...

Every year, hundreds of artists across the country compete to have their painting of ducks or other waterfowl featured on a U.S. stamp. Davis Dunavin of member station WSHU visited this year's Federal ...

Montana artist Chuck Black won the 2023 Federal Duck Stamp art contest with an oil painting of a northern pintail. His tight rendition of a pintail drake on the water of a marsh topped 198 other ...

In his Chaska, Minnesota, studio, Jim Hautman added a few finishing touches to his latest painting of a bobcat in the ...

In late winter award-winning wildlife artist Adam Grimm had a tentative plan for the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The annual event is hosted in September by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Every year, hundreds of artists across the country compete to have their painting of ducks or other waterfowl featured on a U.S. stamp. Every year, hundreds of artists across the country compete to ...

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 ...