To restore and perpetuate wild ducks and other wild waterfowl on the North American continent; to promote, carry on, conduct and foster scientific research, education, training and publication of the ornithological sciences; to establish departments of research and scientific stuff with particular reference to the enhancement of knowledge concerning the waterfowl of the North American continent; to establish, promote, assist, contribute to, or otherwise encourage the study of conservation, restoration and management of waterfowl and its habitat.