Ducks Unlimited (DU) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. It had approximately 579,000 members as of January 2011, mostly in the United States and Canada.
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—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
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