Public Domain Select the statement from the text that best supports the inference that the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest is highly regarded by the art community.

- 1949: The first Duck Stamp art contest was open to any U.S. artist who wished to enter.

- Decades later, the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest remains the only art competition of its kind sponsored by the U.S. government- and anyone may enter.

O Wildlife artists annually vie for the prestige of seeing their art grace the new stamp.

O The winning art is made into the Junior Duck Stamp, which sells for $5 to support this conservation education program. ​