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Meet Anneke Harpur, winner of the 2022 Wetland Centre of Excellence Scholarship

Anneke Harpur wins Ducks Unlimited Canada scholarship for her outstanding commitment to wetland conservation.

Fay and Duncan Campbell’s education legacy

Anyone who wanted to celebrate their parents’ life can donate to help get kids outside, learning about nature and the wildlife.

Watch inside a duck’s nest box

Wild rice harvest along the Wolastoq

Re-establishing an ancient tradition connects community and conservation.

A duckling left behind

When a duckling hatches in the wrong nest, its journey to a life-sustaining wetland gets complicated.

Community pasture helps farmers, cattle and wildlife

Tantramar Grasslands Co-operative partners with organizations like DUC to ensure a healthy future for the land, and everyone who uses it.

Virtual field trips bring nature to the classroom

No longer limited by geography, DUC's education team is introducing students across the Atlantic provinces—and across Canada—to wetlands.

Birdsong everywhere

Celebrating biodiversity in the Saint John River floodplain with the Acadian Birder 

Where are the ducks nesting along the Saint John River?

What a University of New Brunswick student’s research could tell us about waterfowl and nest-box stewardship in the lower Saint John River floodplain. 

Keeping tidal forces at bay

We've partnered with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq to monitor our salt marsh restoration at Wallace Bay in Nova Scotia, a project that will help combat coastal erosion, provide habitat for fish and hopefully lead to a resurgence of sweetgrass, a common salt marsh plant, and one that’s particularly important to the Mi’kmaq.

Re-wilding at Rivière du Nord

DUC reverts decades-old freshwater marsh to saltwater to protect New Brunswick coastline from sea-level rise and provide habitat for endangered species.

A saltwater solution for sea-level rise at Fullerton’s Marsh

In Canada’s smallest province, DUC restores a salt marsh to slow erosion caused by rising seas

Coastal Marsh Conservation

Irving Oil contributes to groundbreaking research on Bay of Fundy salt-marsh restoration.

Biodiversity in Missaquash Marsh

There’s no better place to celebrate biodiversity and World Wetlands Day 2020 than Atlantic Canada’s Missaquash Marsh.

Rising Up: Saving Prince Edward Island from the threat of sea-level rise

In Canada’s smallest province, DUC restores a salt marsh to slow erosion caused by rising seas.

Lessons in adaptation help address sea-level rise at Musquash Marsh

How restoring a salt marsh helps to protect one of New Brunswick’s most important coastal ecosystems

DUC receives more than $1 million in funding through federal Coastal Restoration Fund

Befriending Lundigrans Marsh

Devoted staff and volunteers shine a light on one of St. John’s most biodiverse wetlands.

Celebrating Blanchards Marsh

DUC brings life back to an iconic PEI wetland.

Community Conservation

How farmers and conservationists are bringing a bog at Tantramar Community Pasture back to life.

Saltwater Solution

How to protect a vulnerable coastline from rising seas.

Students take action against climate change

A new competition through DUC’s Wetland Centres of Excellence program challenges students to create sustainability projects for their schools and communities.

Conserving a working landscape in Tantramar

Ducks Unlimited Canada works with local New Brunswick farmers to conserve wetlands, grassland and crop land.

Taking a Stand for Wetlands

Bill Barrow helps opens the door to new wetland restoration opportunities in Nova Scotia.