Manitoba Archives — Ducks Unlimited Canada

DUC’s Wetland Discovery Centre at Oak Hammock Marsh to reopen to the public on May 24 after major renovation

After more than 18 months of extensive renovations, the Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre at Oak Hammock Marsh is set to reopen to the public on Saturday, May 24, 2025. This transformation marks a new chapter for one of Manitoba’s premier destinations for environmental education and wetland conservation. The $25…

Volunteers

Jim Anton, Manitoba Volunteer of the Year

Jim Anton named Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Manitoba Volunteer of the Year

New Ducks Unlimited Canada Tool Maps Prairie Biodiversity

Innovative study highlights 39 per cent more species on sites with conservation easements compared to unprotected lands Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is proud to announce the first successful application of a groundbreaking biodiversity tool, which demonstrates the critical role that conservation easements and similar programs play in…

Education, Philanthropic, Science, Wetlands

Transforming the Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre: A Hub for Education and Conservation

We are excited to announce the public phase of the fundraising campaign for the Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre at Oak Hammock Marsh. With almost 75% of the required funds already raised, we are inviting the community to join us in this final stretch to secure the remaining $2 million needed to complete this project.

Help Ducks Unlimited Canada transform the Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre

Fund the future of eco-tourism and wetland education Stonewall, Manitoba — Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) proudly announces the public phase of our fundraising campaign for the Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre at Oak Hammock Marsh. This transformative project is a celebration of nature…

The award-winning Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre is embarking on an energy-efficient renewal journey with support from the federal government

The Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre will benefit from green upgrades after a $6 million investment from the federal government.

Ducks Unlimited Canada and PepsiCo announce collaboration to provide additional incentives to producers enrolled in Farm Credit Canada’s Sustainability Incentive Program

Beginning May 2024, PepsiCo will provide financial support to eligible producers based in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba who commit to planting perennial forage on unproductive cropland to improve biodiversity and drive positive change.

Gerry Brown Honored as DUC’s Manitoba Volunteer of the Year

Volunteers

Safeguarding nature for more than 25 years

Gerry Brown named DUC’s Manitoba Volunteer of the Year

Boreal Forest, Education, Wetlands

Winnipeg high school students earn Ducks Unlimited Canada prize for Wildfire Management Solution

Fort Richmond Collegiate students take home first place in Ducks Unlimited Canada's national research competition.

Manitobans have one more reason to wear green on March 17

The Manitoba government commemorates Ducks Unlimited Canada with an official day of recognition.

85 Years of Conservation, Atlantic, Grasslands, Partnerships, Wetland restoration

Community pastures

What may seem like a few cows dawdling across a grassy landscape is, in fact, part of an increasingly high-profile conservation agenda.

Boreal, Conservator, Indigenous Partnerships

Grounded in the boreal forest

Peatlands have a critical role in boreal ecosystems amid the growing threat of wildfires in northern Canada. Can research and knowledge-sharing help restore a sustainable future for this vital region?

85 Years of Conservation, Conservator, Philanthropic

Heeding the call of the wild … and wetlands

It wasn’t just waterfowl flocking to Canada’s wetlands this fall—people did, too. Some went the extra mile to raise awareness and funds for our country’s threatened ecosystems.

Ducks Unlimited Canada announces partnership with FCC’s Sustainability Incentive Program

New incentive program will complement DUC’s Marginal Areas Program on the Prairies.

85 Years of Conservation, Partnerships, Science, Water

Canada Water Agency: A new focal point for freshwater protection

Partners in conservation: Parliamentary Secretary Terry Duguid explains how the new Canada Water Agency seeks to shape the future of freshwater conservation in Canada.

Hunting in Manitoba

85 Years of Conservation, Education, Volunteers

Taking wetland education to heart in Manitoba

A decades-long partnership has given countless children environmental knowledge, leadership skills and a connection to nature built on respect and curiosity.

85 Years of Conservation, Partnerships

Seeding potential in Manitoba’s agriculture and wetlands

DUC employee Ken Gross credits a strong team, partnerships for his successful conservation career.

85 Years of Conservation, Landowners, Partnerships

Manitoba dairy farm works with nature

Cows and wildlife thrive thanks to farm family's love of nature and wild spaces that work with agriculture.

Grasslands, Landowners, Prairie Pothole Region, Wildlife

Land homesteaded in 1881 conserved by Ducks Unlimited Canada

With help from DUC, Carol Chapman has conserved land near Baldur, Manitoba that her Icelandic family homesteaded in 1881.

85 Years of Conservation, Conservator

Honouring a public relations pioneer

Ed Russenholt was one of the first of three full-time DUC employees hired in 1938.

Biodiversity, Conservator

The conservation long game

Like seeds in warming soil, Canadians are awakening to the broad decline in biodiversity across the country.

Winnipeg students win national conservation challenge

Students from Winnipeg's Fort Richmond Collegiate have captured a national award from DUC for their proposed solution to rising sea levels on Canada’s east coast.