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New course to help Realtors® open doors for wetland conservation

Call them sloughs, bogs, marshes or ponds. If you’re a realtor in Alberta, you’ll be calling these wetlands a prime opportunity to increase revenue flow after taking a new course funded by the Alberta Real Estate Foundation (AREF). The new one-day course, Marketing Opportunities through Conservation Incentive Programs, is offered…

Volunteers

Janet Fairless honoured as DUC’s Volunteer of the Year for Alberta

DUC's Volunteer Champions Award Program celebrates outstanding volunteers for National Volunteer Week.

Wetlands

Welcoming back wildlife

Frank Lake Conservation Area is an amazing story of rejuvenation

Alberta Hay and Graze Tender Program

As a unique opportunity for Alberta producers, DUC makes land available for haying and/or grazing with annual tenders.

Science, Wetlands

Building with nature

Green infrastructure solutions that put the power of wetlands to work

May the forage be with you and your herd: DUC/CPS forage program offers financial break for grassland conversions

On land not so far away, farmers across the Canadian prairies will see their herds going to the green side thanks to a forage program available now from Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Crop Production Services (CPS). Available to agricultural producers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the DUC/CPS forage program…

Partnerships, Wetlands

Students designing for students

Calgary college duo is creating a new interpretive experience for younger visitors at Bow Habitat Station

Partnerships, Wetlands

Wetland interpretive boardwalk opens in Peace Country

Alberta homestead welcomes people into the world of wetlands and art

Volunteers

Escape to the wild with the MarshKeeper Program

In retirement, an Albertan conservationist finds meaningful work in wetlands

Education

Five-day event reaches more than 700 youth

Students from two Alberta school divisions learn the joy of critter dipping and the importance of wetlands

Grassroots, Pollinators, Science, Wetlands, Wildlife

Insects on call

Researchers are studying how pollinators and other beneficial insects use wetland habitats

Volunteers

DUC chapters raise funds to support relief efforts

We got your back Fort Mac

Water, Wetlands

Alberta Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program

Government of Alberta invests in economic and environmental sustainability by supporting conservation and restoration with DUC.

Conservation Champion: Edmonton man named DUC Volunteer of the Year

Thirty six years and counting. That’s how long Chuck Moser has been volunteering with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) to help conserve wetlands and other natural areas. His long service and unwavering passion have earned him the prestigious title of DUC’s National Volunteer of the Year. Moser was crowned by…

Landowners

Sister act: the Roper project

Protecting Alberta wetlands through restoration and DUC's Revolving Land Program

Volunteers

Alberta’s Chuck Moser nominated for Volunteer of the Year

“In all my lifetime memories, enjoying the sights and sounds of the marshland on our farm on a warm summer evening is something I will never forget. That is a connection to nature that I hope all Canadians would be able to experience,” says Chuck Moser, DUC’s national Volunteer…

Education

Wetland Discovery Days connect students with nature

Urban classes discover wetlands at Calgary's Bow Habitat Station

Revolving Land Conservation Program

Through this program, we purchase land, restore its wetlands and grasslands and then make the land available to buyers on the real estate market with a conservation easement on the title.

Wetland Restoration

If wetlands have been drained or altered on your land, we can help you bring them back to life.

Conservation Easements

We work with agricultural landowners by implementing conservation easements to help you protect the natural values of your land in Canada.

Winter Wheat Extension

Building awareness and credibility of winter wheat as a highly productive crop option for western Canadian farmers.

Wetland Restoration Lease Program

The restored area remains under the management of the landowner and can be hayed or grazed but not drained, altered or tilled during the term of the agreement. The lease program is a very good fit for cattle producers who have drained wetlands on grazing lands.

Landowners

Restoring habitat in grazing country

Turning back the clock on drained Alberta wetlands