Virginia Junior Duck Stamp entries on display at the Visitor Center

2023-2024 Junior Duck Stamp featuring a hooded merganser
painted by Mila Linyue Tong from Virginia. (c) USFWS

Stop by the Visitor Center at the Refuge on Thursday through Sunday 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM to see the 2023 Virginia junior duck stamp entires.

A panel of five judges chose the entry, painted in acrylic, from among best-of-show entries. Students from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and two U.S. Territories participated in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program.

Students in kindergarten through grade twelve participate in their annual state Junior Duck Stamp Program through their school, home, art studio or after-school group, or from a national wildlife refuge , park or nature center. After learning about wetlands, waterfowl and wildlife conservation, they express their learning through a drawing or painting of a duck, goose or swan.

Learn more about the Junior Duck Stamp program https://www.fws.gov/service/buy-junior-duck-stamp

Purchase the 2023-2024 Junior Duck Stamp https://www.fws.gov/service/buy-junior-duck-stamp