MONROE — Local conservationists, sportsmen and wetlands supporters are invited will join during an evening of food, fellowship and friends at the Monroe chapter of Ducks Unlimited’s annual fundraiser banquet and auction Wednesday, March 6 at Ludlow Mansion, Monroe.
This year will be the 47th year for the event.
Tickets to the event in Monroe include dinner and a Ducks Unlimited membership. There will be a silent auction as well as a live auction featuring an array of guns and other Ducks Unlimited merchandise including prints, sculptures and other home goods.
Several items also will be raffled. Tickets for the raffles will be available for purchase during the event. There will be more than 30 firearms to be raffled.
Ducks Unlimited is the world’s leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation and membership. The organization got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations plunged to unprecedented lows.
DU has become a leader in habitat restoration and has conserved more than 12 million acres of waterfowl habitat in North America. DU has worked to conserve 100,000 acres of wetlands and associated uplands throughout Wisconsin. The Monroe chapter represents the more than 38 thousand Wisconsin DU members.
DU teams with corporations and governmental partners as well as non-governmental organizations, landowners and private citizens to restore and manage areas that have been damaged, and to prevent further degradation of existing wetlands. DU also actively works with others to recommend sound government policies that will positively influence wetlands and the environment.
DU generates $200 million in revenues each year, more than 80 percent of which goes directly towards habitat conservation.
Ducks Unlimited places strong emphasis on its belief in science and research. They work closely with biologists and ecologists to evaluate habitat needs and to monitor how birds respond to various environmental changes.
Some of the methods used by Ducks Unlimited to conserve habitats are restoring grassland; replanting forests, restoring watersheds, educating landowner, conservation easements and acquiring of land.
Contact Armin Daubert at 608-558-2962 or visit ducks.org for more information and tickets.
