The 2025-26 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp, also known as the Louisiana Duck Stamp, will go on sale June 1, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. However, due to a supply chain disruption, there will be a delay in the delivery time.
Customers will still be able to purchase the new stamp online and will receive a notification upon purchasing that there will be a delay in the delivery time.
Customers can purchase the stamp online, at a local license vendor, at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Baton Rouge headquarters office, or through the mail.
The physical duck stamps are only for collectors or those wanting to contribute additional dollars to conservation efforts. These stamps do not serve as licenses to hunt waterfowl.
The stamp is currently $5.50 for residents and $25 for non-residents, but the new pending legislation would do away with the price difference and allow the commission to set the price annually. Anyone can purchase it regardless of residency.
John Nelson Harris of Groveland, Florida, won the 2025-26 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp. Harris is a three-time winner of the contest, also claiming the top prize in 2016 and 2021. The black-bellied whistling duck was the species selected for this year’s stamp. Harris’ work features three ducks near a still waterbody with two taking flight and another resting on the water.
About the Louisiana Duck Stamp
The Louisiana Duck Stamp began in 1988 with the Louisiana Legislature authorizing the creation of the Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp Program, with the purpose of securing revenue to create, enhance and protect wetland habitats to benefit Louisiana’s ducks and geese.
The projects these funds have facilitated over the years have, and continue to, benefit not only ducks and geese but countless additional wetland birds and other wildlife, in addition to providing and enhancing recreational pursuits of hunters, bird watchers, tourists and any other citizens that appreciate wetlands, wetland wildlife and the ecological services they offer.
To learn more about the duck stamp program and contest, visit: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/louisiana–duck-stamp.
