BISMARCK, ND --Ducks Unlimited's Great Plains Region is celebrating its 30th anniversary at an open house on Thursday, August 7, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Brats, hot dogs and beverages will be served at the regional office at 2525 River Road, Bismarck. The event is open to the public.

DU established the Great Plains Regional Office (GPR) in 1984 to protect and restore wetlands and grasslands across the Great Plains. Today, the GPR works with landowners and partners in seven states, which include some of the most important nesting and migration habitat on the continent. DU has conserved more than 1.2 million acres in the Great Plains states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Kansas,Colorado and Wyoming.

Ducks Unlimited Inc. is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 13 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever.

For more information on our work, visit www.ducks.org. Connect with us on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ducksunlimited, follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/ducksunlimited and watch DU videos at www.youtube.com/ducksunlimitedinc.

Media Contact:
Becky Jones Mahlum
(701) 355-3500
bjonesmahlum@ducks.org