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Minnesota Duck stamp sales under 100,000 for 1st time in 20 years

By DOUG SMITH, Star Tribune

The trend is disturbing.

For the first time in 20 years, Minnesota has sold fewer than 100,000 state duck stamps. The Department of Natural Resources has sold 95,467 licenses in 2008, and the duck season is over. Last year, it sold 100,134. In 1999, it sold 128,000.

Pheasant stamp sales and small game license sales also are down. Officials say all three declines could be part of the larger nationwide drop in people participating in outdoor recreation.

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