How our work impacts conservation across Canada.
Impact Areas
Approaches
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.
Nova Scotia
Canada’s ocean playground
Coastal regions support colonies of sea ducks and shore birds like eiders and black ducks and piping plovers.
Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is coveted recreational land. It’s also critical habitat for waterfowl like the common eider and black duck. By working with partners, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) helps ensure this important habitat is conserved.
Wondering if our conservation work adds up?
Our conservation footprint in Nova Scotia
433 Habitat projects
49,155 Acres conserved
665 Landowner partners
The Latest Stories from Nova Scotia
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Media releases
- Sébastien Rioux appointed to Director of Regional Operations – Eastern Region and British Columbia
- Ducks Unlimited Canada partners with Irving Oil, University of Toronto Scarborough and other top Canadian academics to advance climate research and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- New sea duck atlas sheds light on poorly understood species and how we can protect them
Resources
Wetland Centre – Shubenacadie Wildlife Park Project
Every day from May through October, the Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park brims with excited kids catching aquatic invertebrates, fish, frogs and tadpoles, seeing a black bear or moose up…
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