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.
Wildlife
Spring Migration Tracker Roundup
Birds of every feather have almost completed their migration journeys. Each week, we chose one project migration observation to feature.
Project Dragonfly FAQs
Answers to commonly asked questions about dragonflies and their ecosystems, from the Project Dragonfly webinar.
Documenting Canada’s rare dragonflies
How citizen science and wetland conservation are helping important indicator species.
Small farm life is good for the soul
New small wetland at the Boothbys' Ontario farm brings wildlife and happiness.
Focus on biodiversity in Ontario
We’re working all the angles to support biodiversity in Ontario communities.
Dragonflies and monarchs: multi-generation migrations
In the world of dragonfly and butterfly migration, it can take more than one generation to complete a round-trip from north to south and back again.
Dragonflies have (almost) seen it all
Dragonflies have been around since before the dinosaurs, evolving to survive and bearing witness to many different versions of life on Earth.
Test your nature knowledge with DUC’s wildlife quizzes
See how much you know about wetland wildlife by trying some of our popular quizzes!
Biodiversity losses will continue without more action to protect wetlands
Highly sensitive to changes in the environment, their welfare has become an important indicator of the overall health of wetland ecosystems where they live and breed.
One million acres conserved in Ontario
We invite you to celebrate this million-acre milestone by putting on your boots and jacket and taking a stroll in nature.
A high-value waterfowl haven in Hastings County
Investing in conservation is also for the human spirit.
Enhanced wetland supports wildlife and water quality in Holland Marsh
Enhanced ecological services at restored wetland on the Holland Marsh landscape.
Restoration renews Hillman Marsh on the shores of Lake Erie
Urgent restoration undertaken to protect the habitat at a treasured destination near Leamington, Ontario.
New habitat connects a waterway in high-growth Ajax area
Wetland habitat in Lower Duffins Creek supports watershed
Improvements complete on Thompson Creek in Grand River watershed
New restoration in Haldimand County by the Grand River
Manitoba landowner signs record conservation deal with DUC
Cattleman Sean Murphy is restoring 63 acres of wildlife habitat on his farm near Souris, Manitoba, in the biggest conservation agreement of its kind with Ducks Unlimited Canada.
DUC names 160 acres for long-serving Manitoba conservationist
DUC has dedicated 160 acres of marsh and prairie grasses to conservationist Glenn Babee, who helped restore the land south of Riding Mountain National Park in the 1990s.
Manitoba farmer appreciates wetlands during prairie drought
With exceptionally little rainfall on Manitoba fields in the 2021 crop season, a farmer says the true value of retaining wetlands on farmland has become even more apparent.
Hooked on making a difference
Tosh Sutherland has been part of the DUC salmon monitoring crew working in the South Arm Marshes Wildlife Management Area.
Spectacular Things Spring Brings
We've made a list of some of the spectacular things spring brings in Ontario. They're guaranteed to light up your days.
Species at risk focus of wetland restoration in B.C.’s South Okanagan
DUC excavated nine new small wetlands to provide habitat for spadefoot toads, tiger salamanders and other wildlife.
A duckling left behind
When a duckling hatches in the wrong nest, its journey to a life-sustaining wetland gets complicated.
Birdsong everywhere
Celebrating biodiversity in the Saint John River floodplain with the Acadian Birder