Delta Congratulates Adam Grimm on 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest Win

Delta Congratulates Adam Grimm on 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest Win

Judges at the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest hold the winning artwork. Image provided courtesy of the Bruce Museum, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/2024-federal-duck-stamp-contest-bruce-museum

The Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp has generated more than 1.3 billion for conservation since its inception

Adam Grimm has won the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his stunning acrylic painting of a pair of spectacled eiders. This marks the third time that Grimm, a Wallace, South Dakota, artist, has claimed this prestigious honor. His artwork will be featured on the 2025-2026 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, commonly known as the “Duck Stamp,” which will be available for purchase in late June 2025.

The contest, held at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, drew 239 entries this year. Eligible species included the brant, northern shoveler, greater scaup, spectacled eider, and hooded merganser. Second place went to Rebekah Knight of Deepwater, Missouri, for her oil painting of a drake hooded merganser, while third place was awarded to Abraham Hunter of Dandridge, Tennessee, for his oil painting of a pair of hooded mergansers.

“The Duck Stamp Contest is about enjoying and selecting the art and recognizing the talents of the artists while celebrating this unique conservation program and its legacy of protecting millions of acres of habitat,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Martha Williams. “I hope everyone goes out and buys a Duck Stamp like I do to be a part of this legacy that is more than 90 years in the making.”

Since its inception in 1934, the Federal Duck Stamp program has generated more than $1.3 billion, helping conserve over 6 million acres of habitat. Waterfowl hunters aged 16 and older are required to purchase a current stamp, which also grants free entry to any national wildlife refuge that charges an admission fee.

Importantly, as a result of the passage of the Duck Stamp Modernization Act in December of 2023, waterfowlers who purchase their stamp online are now allowed to simply display their stamp on a smart phone for the entirety of the waterfowl season, including spring snow goose conservation seasons, rather than having to possess the physical stamp.

Duck stamps are available at post offices, many national wildlife refuges, sporting goods stores, and online. — Christy Sweigart