The BBC is selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp, also known as the Duck Stamp, through February 15. The current Stamp is good from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. We do this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands.
To purchase your Stamp through the Brookline Bird Club, send a $25 check made payable to: Brookline Bird Club. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope and send to: Chris Hughes, 4 Pelham Road, Weston, MA 02493. Holders/keychains are $2 each. Please, NO self-addressed stamped envelope with any order containing a holder since they require additional packaging!
The 2025 Stamp is valid through June 30, 2025. Entrance to any of the 573 national wildlife refuge in the United States is FREE when you show your Stamp, including Parker River and Great Meadows, among others.
Ninety-eight cents of every Stamp dollar goes to land acquisition from willing sellers through purchase or easements. Since 1934, Stamp sales have generated more than $1.2 billion to protect over 6 million acres of wetlands habitat on national wildlife refuges around the nation. The newest, Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge, was established in December 2024. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet River. With our large membership, purchasing a $25 Stamp can make a significant contribution to the continued protection of these important habitats.
For more information about the National Wildlife Refuge System, go to the US Fish & Wildlife Service. For more information on the Stamp, go to the FWS Duck Stamp page. Friends of the Stamp features Stamp news, links, a calendar of upcoming events, and more.
You can also continue to buy your stamp at refuge offices, admission booths, and post offices or online from either USPS or www.duckstamp.com.
Join us in supporting our national wildlife refuges and this important conservation program by buying a Stamp today!
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The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262 [...]
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Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:30 with the BBC's annual business meeting and the election of [...]
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The BBC Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce our two annual Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Sydney Beard of Cambridge and Jonas Johnson of Canaan, CT. These scholarships cover the full cost [...]
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According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an [...]
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The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262 [...]
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:30 with the BBC's annual business meeting and the election of [...]
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