Description
Put your stamp on conservation!
Each year, Klamath Bird Observatory offers a Conservation Stamp Set for purchase with proceeds supporting both national and regional conservation efforts. The 2024-23 two-stamp set includes:
- The Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (the Duck Stamp), and
- KBO’s Conservation Science Stamp.
The Federal Duck Stamp is among the most successful conservation tools ever created. Duck Stamp sales contribute directly to habitat conservation in our National Wildlife Refuges. KBO’s Conservation Science Stamp builds on this success by bringing additional support and attention to our science-driven conservation efforts.
The Conservation Science Stamp raises funds to support KBO’s mission – advancing bird and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships.
This year’s stamp highlights the Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis). The Lewis’s Woodpecker is a US Fish and Wildlife Service Bird of Conservation Concern and a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Oregon and other western states. Its population has suffered a 72% population decline. This species of woodpecker stands out with its unique coloring and behavior. It relies on flycatching insects during its breeding season and stores acorns for its non-breeding seasons. Lewis’s Woodpeckers have been impacted by habitat loss and the decline of insect populations at breeding sites and along avian migration routes. The funds raised from this stamp will support KBO’s role in partnership-driven restoration work in oak woodlands, a critical habitat for this species, and research to uncover mysteries about its migration and identify opportunities for better-focusing conservation efforts throughout the Lewis’s Woodpeckers full annual cycle.
You support bird conservation partnerships, monitoring, and education by purchasing this year’s Conservation Science Stamp.
If you already have this year’s duck stamp from another distributor, you can purchase the KBO’s Conservation Science Stamp independently. Please click here to email us a copy of your Duck Stamp and use The discount Code “HaveDuckStamp” upon checkout.
T-Shirt Now Available!
You don’t want the stamp but still want to support the partnership between artists and conservation. Check out our new t-shirts. They come in a variety of colors and sizes.
These are available only online at our Bonfire fundraising site. Get yours today!
The Artists
Conservation Science Stamp
Erikas is an illustrator and designer living in Austin, Texas. His art uses simple color palettes and geometry inspired by mid-century design and folk art. When he’s not drawing birds and other animals, he’s usually out walking his duck-tolling retriever Sammy, and looking up at the trees to spot a new bird. His favorite birds are roadrunners, scissor-tailed flycatchers, and red-bellied woodpeckers.
Check out their website: https://www.erikas.design/
Federal Duck Stamp
Born in 1986, Chuck Black’s upbringing in the outdoors provided him with a passion for nature ever since he can remember. What he remembers most is always trying to capture his time spent outside on paper. He has always loved to draw, but somewhere in his heart, he knew that wildlife was what he really wanted to devote his life to. After high school, he attended the University of North Dakota where he received a degree in wildlife biology. For the next seven years thereafter, Chuck traveled to work for national parks and wildlife agencies across the country. Even though Chuck loved working in the field, his painting began to grow more and more as a part of his life. After relocating back to Montana in 2015, he took the leap to pursue his passion for art full-time after his artwork had recently been selected for both the California and Colorado state duck stamps. Over the next 10 years, Chuck sought to progress both his work in oils and the connections shared with his subjects, eventually leading him to win the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Contest. This painting, titled, “Graceful Anticipation,” was his 10th entry in the Federal Contest. Chuck hopes to use the opportunity to further his message of conservation storytelling.
