How our work impacts conservation across Canada.
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Where we’re working on the ground from coast to coast.
We need your help to protect our water, wildlife, and wetlands. Here’s how you can make an impact.
Water
Focus on Water
Science is helping us better understand the role of small wetlands in water quality
DUC in BC Canadian Navigable Waters Act Application
Ducks Unlimited Canada hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for approval of breaches to Woodward Dam.
The fight to conserve our wetlands
Wetlands are a biological resource akin to rainforests and coral reefs. They are an epicentre of life that cannot be replicated. Where wetlands suffer, so too does the immense biodiversity they support.
The Coca-Cola Foundation: helping balance water needs
Revealing transformation: funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation helped restore this prairie wetland near Strathclair, Manitoba, to its full potential.
Rising sea levels raise concerns on Canada’s coasts
Sea-level rise is a real and imminent threat to our nation’s coasts. We wade into our country’s coastal challenge.
Quill Lakes water crisis receives international attention
U of S professor says Canada is failing to uphold its commitment to this Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.
Fighting green with green for Great Lakes water quality
Lake Erie’s long-threatened water quality gets fresh hope with collaborative wetland restoration project.
Settling into a green option to filter water
A small settling pond uses nature to help clean water for the District of 100 Mile House.
Watch: How wetlands take care of Canada’s water
Even though fresh water is a renewable resource, it is finite. When it’s gone, it’s gone. Without wetlands, our supply of fresh water will be a whole lot different.
Making a dam difference at the Étang Stater wetland
Residents of Irlande team with DUC to repair a dam and save a local lake and wetland.
Wetland project will help B.C.’s salmon populations
Improvements in quality water and passageways will benefit fish this summer at the Quatse River estuary
Everything flows downstream
Research projects will show what’s entering Prairie watersheds, and the role of nature in protecting water quality