DU Honors Colorado Staff Member, Volunteer Leader

Erik Wettersten, regional director for Ducks Unlimited (DU), received the 2013-14 Regional Director of the Year award for his outstanding efforts as a staff member of Region 2, an area that encompasses the Prairies and Great Plains.

“It is amazing honor to be recognized with this award,” Wettersten said. “More than anything, it’s a testament to the dedication and quality of Colorado volunteers with whom I get to work.”

Wettersten, a resident of Evergreen, Colo., covers Front Range and West Slope Colorado and works with volunteer committees hosting fundraisers for the 77-year-old conservation organization. The events in his region raised more than $850,000, for DU’s conservation mission in the fiscal year ending in June 30. In addition, he was also awarded 2013-14 National Regional Director of the Year.

Ducks Unlimited is the leader in wetlands conservation, and volunteers are the heart and soul of the organization. Coordinating more than 4,000 local fund-raising events, the volunteers generate more than 400,000 memberships and more than $50 million annually.

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Ducks Unlimited

Ducks Unlimited is the world's leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation. DU got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows. Determined not to sit idly by as the continent’s waterfowl dwindled beyond recovery, a small group of sportsmen joined together to form an organization that became known as Ducks Unlimited. Its mission: habitat conservation. Thanks to decades of abiding by that single mission, Ducks Unlimited is now the world’s largest and most effective private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization. DU is able to multilaterally deliver its work through a series of partnerships with private individuals, landowners, agencies, scientific communities and other entities.