Buttonwood Nature Center is now the Pennsylvania State Coordinator for the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program!

The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program is a dynamic art- and science-based curriculum that teaches wetland and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. The program encourages students to explore their natural world, invites them to investigate biology and wildlife management principles and challenges them to express and share what they have learned with others.

After studying waterfowl anatomy and habitat, students may express their newfound knowledge by drawing, painting or sketching a picture of an eligible North American waterfowl species and submitting it to their state’s Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest.  The “Best of Show” from each state competition is submitted to the National Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest, where a panel of judges will select one image to become the next Junior Duck Stamp!

Pennsylvania students may submit their contest entries to:
Buttonwood Nature Center,
P.O. Box 971,
Waynesboro, PA 17268

The contest deadline is March 15, 2026.

Additional information—contest rules and entry forms

Junior Duck Stamp Gallery

Pennsylvania’s 2026 Winners will be announced and recognized on Buttonwood’s website, social media pages and in press publications. There will not be an in-person award ceremony this year.