It's duck season and a number of folks at NWF seem to be slightly distracted.  Our very own Marc Smith, regional represenative for MN, WI, IA and IL, bagged his very first duck this year (left).    

While our regional representative for DE, VA, NC and SC, Dan Wrinn showed us why he's the resident duck hunting expert--for those who doubted his credentials as former staff at Ducks Unlimited (lower right).

But what of global warming?  Ducks are probably the game species most affected by warmer average temperatures. From the drying up of the Prairie Pothole breeding ground  in the  Central Flyway to the lingering summers that  run later into fall, duck populations and migration patterns are changing.  

And you better believe that's going to affect the hunting.  You can read all about it in "The Waterfowler's Guide to Global Warming." (pdf)