April 10, 2013 – Mission, B.C. – Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), in cooperation with Genstar, BC Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, District of Mission, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and The Fraser Valley Regional Watersheds Coalition, has purchased an important group of rare tidal wetlands along the Fraser River to be called the Genstar Wetlands. The ...

April 9, 2013 – MISSION, B.C. – Two deserving Mission residents were awarded Saturday night with DUC’s Community Conservation Award for the grand impact they’ve had on their community. For many years Jim and Terry Taylor have worked as a team dedicated to the sustainability of Silverdale Creek, adjoining wetlands and all the species that ...

April 4, 2013 - Campbell River, B.C. – Waterfowl and fish have more in common than you might think, and that’s why Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to protect important habitat. The partnership allows for information, education and equipment sharing, cooperative investigation and ...

March 12, 2013, Vancouver, B.C. – The Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) 75th Anniversary Diamond Signature Gala held in Vancouver on March 9 was an overwhelming success, raising nearly $500,000 for wetland conservation. One in a series of Diamond Signature events taking place across Canada throughout 2013, the Vancouver gala provided the just over 200 attendees ...

Cranbrook, B.C., January 16, 2013– One of B.C.’s oldest conservation projects recently received a much-needed facelift. Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) worked together to refurbish and rebuild the aging water control structures on the Elizabeth Lake conservation project near Cranbrook, B.C., in October of 2012. The rebuild of Elizabeth Lake’s water ...

Vancouver, B.C. – A land owner and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) have helped Metro Vancouver acquire and protect some ecologically-sensitive wetlands and adjacent tree-covered lands. DUC and the regional district purchased the freshwater tidal marshes and uplands for $935,000. The former land owner, Bob Edward, made a donation of $400,000, in the form of a ...

Vancouver, BC.,  November 22, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – Wetlands in the boreal forest are highly connected systems, often transporting water and associated nutrients long distances. Resource developments, such as roads, that block the natural flow of water in wetlands are of particular concern. As part of a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between FPInnovations and ...

Vancouver, BC., October 3, 2012 - Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations are proud to announce the start of an extensive rebuild of Pitt Marsh, a 1,342-hectare (3,316-acre) part of the Pitt-Addington Wildlife Management Area located in Pitt Meadows, east of Vancouver. Over the next ...

Osoyoos, British Columbia, September 17, 2012 – Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) are proud to announce the start of an extensive restoration project on 162 acres of critical wetland habitat in the Okanagan Valley. The initiative will restore historical natural oxbows and streamside habitat throughout the Osoyoos Oxbows floodplain ...

Creston, British Columbia, June 12, 2012 — Wildlife conservation efforts in southeast B.C. received a big boost today with a new agreement between the Province and Ducks Unlimited Canada to jointly operate the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area for the next 30 years. Ducks Unlimited Canada will invest $850,000 in the Creston Valley Wildlife Management ...