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Conservator Magazine

Enjoy inspiring stories and beautiful photography in Ducks Unlimited Canada's award-winning magazine.

Receive an annual subscription to our award-winning Conservator magazine when you support Ducks Unlimited Canada’s wetland and wildlife conservation work.

The pages of Conservator magazine are filled with beautiful photography and incredible stories from Canada’s wetlands. Learn about the conservation work that helps clean our water, supports our wildlife and tackles tough issues like invasive species—and the incredible people who make it happen.

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The latest issue shares local and national stories that speak to our collective passion for wetlands and how they underpin our ways of life, in so many ways. Stories like these:

Conservator, Prairie Pothole Region, Science, Waterfowl, Wetlands

Flight status

What the 2026 Waterfowl Survey reveals about the status of waterfowl and wetlands.

Wetland restoration

A Manitoba Milestone

At East Meadows Ranch, DUC has completed the province’s largest land acquisition. To appreciate its size and geographical diversity, those who have enjoyed this land might say you need to see it for yourself. Soaring over sunlit marshes and hundreds of basins, the land moves from grassland to coastal marsh.

Conservation, Conservator

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Ride to the Lake

Ten years in, Ride to the Lake has grown from two friends with an idea into a movement that has raised millions for conservation.

Conservator, Science, Waterfowl

How do ducks know when it’s time to migrate?

Every fall, ducks take to the skies on a journey that can span thousands of kilometres. How do they know when it’s time to migrate?

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