Jim Abrams offers insight on one of his favorite jobs as a game protector for the Division of Wildlife: placing and maintaining wood duck nesting boxes.

Frank is helping in leading efforts to maintain dozens of duck boxes around Lake Juliette. These simple yet essential structures provide female wood ducks with safe spaces to nest and raise their ...

Recent views, however, indicate that on the overall wood duck population, nesting boxes no longer have the impact they once had. Part of that is because natural nesting sites have improved in ...