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.
Manitoba
Team players: Sports hall of famers join DUC’s lineup of landowner partners
Gord, John and Russell Paddock join their mother, Alvina, to protect habitat at their Oak River, Manitoba farm.
Rapid City family makes wetlands part of their farming future
Tom and Valerie Northam accessed DUC's landowner programs to restore and protect 29 wetlands on their Rapid City area property.
Manitoba’s Lenore wetland project: conservation then and now
DUC Engineer Dave Dobson was part of the original Lenore wetland project 30 years ago. Now he’s helping to improve it for the future.
Father-and-son duo Rob Lamont and Pat Lamont are champion trapshooters…and volunteers
Rob Lamont and Pat Lamont, from Brandon, Man., are the kind of dedicated volunteer that DUC is celebrating this year as part of its 80th anniversary.
Wetlands protected as landmark conservation bill receives royal assent
Grazing land that helps ducks and cattle
Prairie cattle rancher expands operations with Ducks Unlimited Canada land.
Taking one for the team
Manitoba’s Volunteer of the Year Nicole de Pauw is a trainer by nature and a conservationist at heart.
Pond Repair
How Ducks Unlimited Canada restores wetlands.
Cleaning up after common carp
Researchers shut out an invasive fish species to help restore Delta Marsh.
A quiet corner
Virden vet works with DUC to preserve wildlife habitat
Former Keeman shares his story
Volunteer Don Lee made his first conservation decision in 1982 and never stopped.
Small portions
French chef Jean-Marc Picyk knows how to savour food. It took him more time to learn how to savour life.
Premier Pallister puts Manitoba wetlands at the heart of Climate and Green Plan
New protection will deliver environmental benefits for all Manitobans
Manitoba’s Climate and Green Plan puts wetlands in the spotlight
New protection will deliver environmental and economic benefits for all Manitobans
The Wetlanders
University of Manitoba students form the province's first DUC campus chapter.
Runners and walkers lace up for wetland conservation
Duck & Run fundraiser connects people with wetlands
Fishing for data at Delta Marsh
Rescue Our Wetlands contest winner gets caught up in the research with DUC’s science team
Liz Kozakowski honoured as DUC’s Volunteer of the Year for Manitoba
DUC's Volunteer Champions Award Program celebrates outstanding volunteers for National Volunteer Week.
Inviting nature to play
Creating outdoor spaces where imaginations can run wild
Wrestler shows his other side
Farmer by day, pro wrestler for fun and conservationist for life.
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…
Out of the classroom, into the Manitoba marsh
Lizard Lake wetland enhancement offers greater wetland education and conservation opportunities
Educating young conservationists
The Ducks Unlimited Greenwing program helped shape a flock of conservationists in Canada. That flock has taken wing and education staff are now connecting with youth in new ways.