Early March the Chattanooga Ducks Unlimited Committee got together to build some wood duck boxes. Wood ducks are one of a few duck species that nest in trees. Typically the will use a hole in a rotting tree. However there are only so many of these nesting sites available naturally. Providing a specifically designed box/house will encourage more nesting. The Chapter was very fortunate to have partnered with Steve Underwood at the Hixson Home Depot for this project. They donated all the needed material to build 15 wood duck boxes (which wasn’t cheap!). This project would not have been nearly as large if it wasn’t for the generosity of the Hixson Home Depot. Several of these boxes are going to be luxury homes for wood ducks along the South Chickamauga Creek. We are also hoping to put several up along portions of the river walk where there is good wood duck habitat. We did the project to directly impact our local wildlife. It is important for us to give back to the resources that we enjoy so much. It only took us 5 hours to cut and assemble all 15 boxes. If 5 hours on a Saturday can give 15 wood duck pairs a home to nest in then we are proud to do it.
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