Landowners Archives — Ducks Unlimited Canada

Landowners, Waterfowl, Wildlife

Want to make your outdoor space safe for wild ducks?

Landowners may find themselves in the middle of a duck and predator conflict - here's how to lower the risks.

Landowners, Wetland restoration

Honouring a conservation legacy

Discover the Forbes family's dedication to wetland conservation near Mount Forest, Ontario, and how their partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada helped restore a vital wildlife habitat, ensuring a lasting legacy for future generations.

Landowners, Wetland restoration

Passion project creates birder’s paradise in Gananoque

Landowners Barb and Paul O’Neill transform their property into thriving wildlife habitat by restoring wetlands and supporting local bird life.

Landowners, Partnerships, Wetlands

Nature Force partners enhance wetlands in Oxford County

Over 300 new trees planted in the region to support biodiversity.

Landowners, Wetlands, Wildlife

Outaouais region

A portion of Grand Calumet Island is safeguarded for the future.

Landowners, Partnerships, Prairie Pothole Region

ADOPT project explores feasibility of seeding forages with drones

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones have been proving their usefulness in agriculture for decades. Recent advancements make more opportunities available to landowners.

Landowners, Wetland restoration

The Cullen Wetland: Restoring what was lost

The Cullen wetland, near Flesherton, is now a magnet to waterfowl and wildlife of all kinds with the help of DUC in Ontario.

Landowners, Waterfowl, Wetlands, Wildlife

Yacking Ducks make a splash with land donation in Ontario

Sporting group leaves a legacy with land donation on the Beaver River.

Landowners, Wetlands

Selwyn-area family gives back to nature with wetland

Ontario landowners say "if you build it, they will come."

Biodiversity, Landowners, Wetland restoration

Nature needs a helping hand

Book chronicles Ontario landowner’s journey to wetland conservation and youth education.

Landowners, Partnerships, Wetlands

Healthy wetlands: A true force of nature

Nick Krete is restoring on-farm wetlands thanks to insurance industry support and private landowners' active participation.

Boreal, Landowners, Wetland restoration

Lac Ste. Thérèse project

Wetland project updates will improve the quality of water that feeds into Lac Ste-Therese, in northern Ontario.

85 Years of Conservation, Landowners, Partnerships, Wetlands

Ontario’s Young-Findlay project a model of partnership

Making dreams come true through collaboration and creativity.

85 Years of Conservation, Landowners, Wetlands

Ontario wetland turns neighbours into environmental stewards

While chance may have made them neighbours, a shared love of nature and a wetland has made two Ontario landowners friends and passionate environmentalists.

85 Years of Conservation, Landowners, Partnerships

Building bridges between wetland conservation and agriculture in Alberta

John Pattison-Williams has made a career of connecting Alberta farmers to wetland conservation: right in his own backyard.

Landowners, Pacific Coast, Wetlands

Watershed security is key to creating resilience to drought and fire – and wetlands on the landscape are essential

In wildland firefighting situations, even small water features can make a big difference.

85 Years of Conservation, Atlantic, Landowners, Wetlands

From teaching to farming – one couple’s journey toward sustainable agriculture

The owners of Rustaret Farm in P.E.I. practise what they teach for the benefit of livestock, biodiversity and the environment.

85 Years of Conservation, Landowners, Partnerships

Manitoba dairy farm works with nature

Cows and wildlife thrive thanks to farm family's love of nature and wild spaces that work with agriculture.

Grasslands, Landowners, Prairie Pothole Region, Wildlife

Land homesteaded in 1881 conserved by Ducks Unlimited Canada

With help from DUC, Carol Chapman has conserved land near Baldur, Manitoba that her Icelandic family homesteaded in 1881.

Biodiversity, Landowners, Prairie Pothole Region

Years in the making for record-breaking conservation project

A Prairie Pothole wetland is restored to life thanks to vision of long-time staff, landowners

Landowners

Tick Talk: Tips for keeping ticks from catching a ride as you explore Canada’s wetlands

Ducks Unlimited Canada's Ontario conservation specialists share their advice based on their experience in the field.

Biodiversity, Landowners, Partnerships, Pollinators, Prairie Pothole Region

The value of perennial cover in marginal areas of agricultural land

Seeding forage on saline areas in farmland can be more than a Band-Aid, it may also be a cure.

85 Years of Conservation, Landowners

One ranch family’s mission to protect and conserve grasslands

First-generation holistic ranchers Terri and Brad Mappin had a vision 25 years ago when they purchased their ranch.

Conservator, Grassroots, Landowners, Volunteers, Waterfowl

Raising the roof

Nest box builders pick up their hammers for many reasons but they all have one thing in common: a personal connection to wildlife and a desire to give back.