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Atlantic Canada Migration Offers Navigation Challenges
September 26, 2000 – Atlantic Canada
Fall migration is peaking in Atlantic Canada according to Ducks Unlimited. Geese and ducks are funneling through prime habitats that offer hungry and tired migrating birds a rest stop.
Quebec Migration Offers Navigation Challenges
September 26, 2000 – Quebec
Fall migration is reaching its peak according to Ducks Unlimited. Geese and ducks are travelling through prime Quebec habitats that offer hungry and tired migrating birds a rest stop.
Wetland Education Gets Big Boost
September 22, 2000 – Saskatchewan
Ducks Unlimited Canada in partnership with SaskPower, announced today that the Wetlands are Wonderlands educational program will be expanded thanks to an increase in funding of $20,000 to $50,000 from SaskPower.
Nature Legacy Celebrated in Fort St. John
September 21, 2000 – British Columbia
Ducks Unlimited Canada and its partners in the BC Prairie Care Program held a dedication ceremony today at the Blanchette property northeast of Fort St. John where the most recent conservation project in the Peace Region of British Columbia was completed.
Get Ready for a Beautiful Hike, The Nature Trail at the Cambior Site is Ready
September 7, 2000 – Quebec
The interpretation trail at the Cambior site in Stratford, developed in conjunction with Cambior, Ducks Unlimited and the Stratford Environmental and Cultural Council, is now ready to receive its first official visitors.
A Major $2.2 Million Investment for the Protection and Development of Outaouais Wetlands
August 31, 2000 – Quebec
Ducks Unlimited and the Société de la faune et des parcs du Québec, with their partners, unveiled today the Action Plan for the protection, development and enhancement of Outaouais wetlands.
Ducks Unlimited Honors Cranbrook Surgeon
August 16, 2000 – British Columbia
Dr. Mort Doran, a prominent surgeon from the Cranbrook area, has committed $500,000 over ten years to Ducks Unlimited Canada.
Environmental Curriculum Saves Rural School
June 8, 2000 – Quebec
With summer holidays only a few weeks away, schools with constantly decreasing enrolment are forced to question their future. Val-Joubert primary school in Ste-Paule, Que., has escaped certain closure by introducing environmental themes into the regular curriculum.
Ducks Unlimited Offers Assistance in Controlling Soil Salinity
May 26, 2000 – Manitoba
After last year's wet conditions and a relatively dry winter and spring, saline soil patches are popping up across Manitoba especially around cultivated wetland fringes.
New Ducks Unlimited Canada Employee to Help Landowners Conserve Wetlands
May 25, 2000 – Prince Edward Island
Ducks Unlimited's first full-time employee in Prince Edward Island is looking forward to rolling up his sleeves and lending a hand to landowner partners interested in conserving habitat.
Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre Named Manitoba's Best Outdoor Site
April 4, 2000 – Manitoba
The next time you crave contact with the outdoors, visit Manitoba's Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre. For the second consecutive year, Attractions Canada has recognized the interpretive centre as the province's best outdoor site.
Ducks Unlimited to Focus on Quebec's Wetland Policies
February 1, 2000 – Quebec
Ducks Unlimited announced today that it has assigned a full-time employee to guide Quebec's wetland policies and ensure a future for wetland habitats that are so vital to Quebec's wildlife and people.
Ducks Unlimited Celebrates World Wetlands Day in BC
February 1, 2000 – British Columbia
February 2 is World Wetlands Day in recognition of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar, Iran, on this day in 1971.
Coastal Flooding Reduced if Coastal Wetlands in Place According to DUC
February 1, 2000 – Atlantic Canada
The celebration of World Wetlands Day on February 2 arrives in the wake of storm surge flooding off the shorelines of Atlantic Canada that has Ducks Unlimited representatives calling for increased action to conserve and restore coastal wetlands.
Dry Spell Helps Ontario Appreciate Wetland Values
February 1, 2000 – Ontario
If people in Ontario aren't stopping to celebrate the importance of wetlands on World Wetlands Day this February 2, they should be.
