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BISMARCK - The number of breeding ducks in North Dakota is down from last year but still well above the long-term average, state wildlife officials say.

The state Game and Fish Department said a spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of nearly 3.7 million birds. That was 11 percent lower than last year but still 76 percent above the long-term average, said Mike Johnson, a migratory game bird management supervisor.
Duck indices were up from 2005 for mallards and pintails, and unchanged or down for all other species, the department said. All species except pintails were above the long-term average.
The 2006 water index was down from last year but still 3 percent above the long-term average. However, Johnson said the wet cycle that began in 1993 appears to be waning."