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Painting ducks to save wetlands

Ron Schara and Raven from Minnesota Bound covered the 2008-09 Federal Duck Stamp contest, held in Bloomington, Minn., last fall.

Ron Schara and Raven from Minnesota Bound covered the 2008-09 Federal Duck Stamp contest, held in Bloomington, Minn., last fall. In the past 23 years, artists from Minnesota have won 15 times, and brothers Jim, Joe and Bob Hautman won eight of those contests. The money from stamp sales funds the purchase and preservation of wetlands. This video includes the final moments of judging in Bloomington, where a South Dakotan won.