Junior Duck Stamp Program
Calling all science and art students! The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is a conservation education experience to aimed engage and inspire youth. The program is designed to spark interest in habitat conservation through science, art, math, and technology.
Students are encouraged to explore their natural world, invited to investigate biology and wildlife management principles, and challenged to express and share what they have learned with others through art and a conservation message.
Curriculum is available for teachers in all types of educational settings - pick what works for you!
Each year, students can enter their art and conservation messages into their local state contest. Best of Show and the top conservation message from each state go on to compete in the national contest. The winning artwork from a national art contest serves as the design for the Junior Duck Stamp, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service produces annually. One hundred percent of the revenue from the sale of the $5 Junior Duck stamps goes to support recognition and environmental education activities for students who participate in the program.
For many years we've worked with the zoo to conserve locally imperiled species such as Oregon silverspot butterfly, western pond turtle, Taylor's checkerspot butterfly, California condors, and more! We have a full-time interpretive specialist who has worked hand-in-hand with zoo staff in the development of activities, displays, and programs designed to communicate our shared conservation messages --- a first for our agency.
USFWS will be sharing some of the wildlife conservation education kits normally given at the Zoo through this webpage.
Oregon is home to an enormous diversity of wildlife! However, the habitats native wildlife once called home are changing and, in some cases, disappearing. By making your home safe and healthy, you will not only help support Oregon’s native wildlife species, but you will also improve your living situation by fostering fun, healthy, beautiful, enriching experiences for everyone in your household! Small changes can add up in a big way.
