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
Designing to be the best
Conservator, the magazine for DUC supporters, wins top design prize at annual magazine awards
Wildlife Biologist Balances Boreal Forest Conservation and Development
Chris Smith seeks a healthy environment and economy that help Canadian woodlands—and their people—thrive.
RBC supports conservation work in Manitoba
Funding provides natural solution to Lake Winnipeg water quality issues
Enemy at the gates
Delta Marsh will play host to fewer invasive carp this spring and summer following necessary repairs
Life after Bill 5
Focusing on bringing wetland conservation policy back to the table in Manitoba.
Delta: A Prairie Marsh and its People
Authors Glen Suggett, Gordon Goldsborough and members of the Delta Marsh History Group share rich history and fascinating tales about the Manitoba marsh.
Warm warnings
Arctic waterfowl researchers explore climate change links and the effects on northern breeding populations of ducks and geese.
Manitoba’s Jim Williams nominated for Volunteer of the Year
“You need to have the passion within yourself before you can share it with someone else and get them involved,” says Jim Williams, Manitoba’s nominee for DUC’s national Volunteer of the Year. Williams’ passion has rubbed off on his own family. His oldest son, Mike, is a biologist who…
Big Grass Marsh repairs completed
New agreement leads to action at Duck Factory No. 1.
Revolving Land Conservation Program
Through this program, DUC purchases land, restores its wetlands and grasslands and then makes it 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
Legal tools to help you protect the habitat on your land
Winter Wheat Extension
Building awareness and credibility of winter wheat as a highly productive crop option for western Canadian farmers.
Grazing Clubs
DUC grazing clubs bring farmers together to learn from other farmers and industry experts on ways to increase profitability and sustainability.
Manitoba announces Protected Areas Strategy
Boreal forest receives expanded protection
Illegal drainage threatens iconic Big Grass Marsh in Manitoba
Troubling activities at the birthplace of wetland conservation underscores need for strong regulations.
Tufts restoration project
Revolving Land Conservation Program: Balancing production and conservation on agricultural land.
Researching peatlands for restoration
Letting water back in and fertilizing the soil may help get peat plots back on track.
Proposed drainage regulations
New regulations focus on conserving wetlands and safeguarding the benefits they provide.
Ducks Unlimited Canada partners with Street Capital Financial Corporation
Oak Hammock Marsh, Man.—Get a home for your family, give a home to wildlife. A new preferred mortgage program connects habitat conservation with home buying. Ducks Unlimited Canada is partnering with Street Capital Financial Corporation to offer preferred mortgage program benefits to DUC supporters. Through this affinity partnership, DUC…
DUC & CPS announce forage incentive program for producers
Camrose, Alta. – Just when cattle producers, ranchers and landowners are finalizing their pasture and cropping decisions, the launch of this year’s forage incentive program offered by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Crop Production Services (CPS) Canada promises to give producers an edge when balancing production costs with best…