The partnership effort in waterfowl management on aflyway 

 basis, however, did not make its appearance until after World War 

 II, and research needs originally prompted this development. In 

 each flyway, the pressing demand for quick answers to spe'cial 

 problems launched cooperative projects as the most effective way 

 to do the job. In the Atlantic Flyway, a group of Northeastern 

 States and several conservation organizations in 1946 formed a 

 Joint Black Duck Committee. Later this committee became the 

 Joint Waterfowl Committee and a South Atlantic Waterfowl Com- 

 mittee was formed in the Southeastern States. In 1947, waterfowl 

 technicians of the Northern States in the Mississippi Flyway 

 started a team approach to their problems. The following year the 

 Pacific Flyway Study Committee was formed and State and Fed- 

 eral workers in the Central Flyway began to explore ways to help 

 each other in duck programs. 



Spurred by the success of these first cooperative efforts, the 

 International Association of Game, Fish, and Conservation Com- 

 missioners adopted a resolution at its 1951 convention in 

 Rochester, N. Y., calling for the setting up of a National Water- 

 fowl Council and also a Waterfowl Council in eachof the flyways. 

 The National Council would be composed of two representatives 

 from each Flyway Council to deal with nationwide problems. The 

 next year the four Flyway Councils and the National Council were 

 organized. 



What IS the Flyway Council? 



The Flyway Council is a formal organization representing 

 all State fish and game agencies in a flyway. Each State has one 

 vote--cast either by the Director or his designated representative. 

 In the Eastern Flyway, the Council is called the Atlantic Water- 

 fowl Council. The other Councils are known as the Mississippi, 

 Central, and Pacific Flyway Councils. The U. S. Fish and Wild- 

 life Service, through its Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, 



This area is typical of the kind of nesting habitat out waterfowl 

 needs 



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