I'm certainly not ever knocking conservation efforts by any means.
I'm just not real sure I can get behind the idea that dilapidated boxes are actually harmful to ducks.
Wildlife as a whole are pretty resilient and I'd like to believe that a wild mama duck has enough sense to know whether or not a box is suitable and safe to lay a clutch.
On Marion, there are thousands of dilapidated boxes left over from the 90s, and few areas where boxes are maintained annually.
I'd wager we have more wood ducks than anywhere in the state, and it's certainly not due to an up-to-date, well run conservation effort by anybody.
Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.
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