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27 Sep, 5 tweets, 3 min read

Congratulations to James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota - winner of the 2021 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his acrylic painting of a pair of redheads floating in the water!

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Hautman's winning painting will be made into the 2022-2023 Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2022.

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Duck Stamps sell for $25 & raise about $40 million in sales each year. This funding directly supports habitat conservation across @USFWSRefuges to benefit wildlife & people.

Put your stamp on conservation: ow.ly/kM0G50GebMk 🦆

Second place in the 2021 Federal #DuckStamp Art Contest went to Robert Hautman of Delano, Minnesota with his acrylic painting of Ross’s geese. Great job!

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Third place in the 2021 Federal #DuckStamp Art Contest went to Joshua Spies of Sioux Falls, South Dakota with his acrylic painting of a flying drake redhead. Nice job!

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