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Background Information
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Weyerhaeuser Company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in 2006 that initiated a five-year conservation project. The partnership will focus on conserving boreal wetland systems, including riparian areas. In addition to supporting DUC inventory work, the project will collaborate on research to inform best management practices (e.g. stream and lake buffers; effect of roads on subsurface hydrology). Traditional land use inventories and relationships with local aboriginal groups and woodlot owners are areas that both organizations recognize as important and intend to address through ongoing efforts.
The results of this project will help protect key wetlands, help maintain watershed health, establish enhanced best management practices to advance sustainable development, and provide better information to protect key nesting, molting and staging areas for thousands of North America’s migratory waterbirds. The project area covers 12 million acre in the boreal forest of Western Alberta and encompasses Weyerhaeuser’s Forest Management Areas (FMA) in Drayton Valley, Edson and Grande Prairie.Read More ... (PDF 72KB)
News Release
Weyerhaeuser Company and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) are pleased to announce a new five year, $2.5 million ($1.25 million each partner) conservation project that will provide science-based information to help manage migratory bird habitat in all three of Weyerhaeuser’s Alberta forest management areas. Read More ... (PDF 80KB)
Current Weyerhaeuser Project Partners
- Weyerhaeuser Company
- Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC)
