3-165A Solicitation to Participate in Waterfowl Harvest Survey

United States Department of the Interior
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Division of Migratory Bird Management

Branch of Harvest Surveys

10815 Loblolly Pine Dr.

Laurel, Maryland 20708

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On the behalf of all supporters of wildlife, thank you for participating in the HIP waterfowl harvest survey
last hunting season. The valuable information you provided helped enable us to estimate the total
waterfowl harvest in the U.S.
We are asking for your help again this coming season. Each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also
conducts the Waterfowl Parts Collection Survey, in which we ask selected hunters to send us a wing from
each duck and the tail feathers and wing tips from each goose that they shoot during the hunting season.
Volunteering to send us these parts from ducks and geese you shoot next season will provide us with
more critical information.
Biologists will examine your specimens to determine the birds' species, age, and sex. This information is
vital for helping us better manage our waterfowl resource. For example, the specimens that hunters
contribute will allow us to estimate the number of young-of-the-year birds that were harvested, which tells
us how successful the birds were during the nesting season.
If you will be able to send us duck wings and goose tail feathers and wing tips from the birds that you
bag, please provide the information requested below and return this letter in the enclosed postage-paid
envelope. Please return it by July 2 so that we can send your postage-paid wing envelopes in time for the
hunting season.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-419-2965 between 7:00am - 4:00pm EST. Again,
thank you for you help.

Sincerely,
Kenneth D. Richkus
Acting Chief, Branch of Harvest Surveys

The number of ducks and geese I usually bag is: _1-10

11-20

more than 20.

In accordance with the Privacy Act (S U.S.C. S22a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3S01), please note the following information. This
study is authorized by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.). We will use the information that you provide in estimating migratory bird
hunter activity and harvest in the United States. It is our policy not to use your name for any other purpose. We will remove all names and identifying
information when we compile the results, and will report only summary information. We maintain the information in accordance with the Privacy Act.
Your response is voluntary. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to an information collection unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this information collection and assigned control number 1018-0023. We estimate
that it wiil take you about 30 seconds to read the instructions and check the box at the bottom of the letter. Comments on this form should be mailed to
the Information Collection Clearance Officer. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mail Stop 222--Arlington Square, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, D.C.
20240.
FWS Form 3-16SA
REV OS/07

OMB Control No. 1018-0023
Expires XXIX XIX XXX