3-165A Solicitation to Participate in Waterfowl Harvest Survey

United States Department of the Interior

OMB Control No. 1018-0023
Expires XX/XX/XXXX

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Division of Migratory Bird Management
Branch of Harvest Surveys
10815 Loblolly Pine Drive
Laurel, Maryland 20708-4028
Phone 301-497-5980 FAX 301-497-5981

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Dear XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX:
On the behalf of all supporters of wildlife, thank you for participating in the Harvest Information Program
waterfowl harvest survey last hunting season. The valuable information you provided helped us to estimate the
total waterfowl harvest in the United States. Results of our harvest surveys are available in late July and can be
accessed at: http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/NewReportsPublications/HIP/hip.htm.
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 15 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 Monday - Friday.
Again, thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Kenneth D. Richkus
Chief, Branch of Harvest Surveys
In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.522a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501), please note the following information. This study is authorized
by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) The information that you provide will be used for estimating migratory bird hunter activity and harvest in the
United States. It is our policy not to use your name for any other purpose. All names and identifying information will be removed when we compile the results, and
only summary information will be reported. The information is maintained 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 current valid OMB control number. The information
collection has been approved by OMB and assigned the clearance number 1018-0023. We estimate that it will take you about 1 minute 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, Mail Stop 222, Arlington Square,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington D.C. 20240.

The number of ducks and geese I usually bag is: ___1-10 ___11-20 ___more than 20.
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FWS Form 3-165A
Rev 12/10