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.
Ontario
Ducks Unlimited Canada Celebrates Habitat Secured on Howe Island
Protected shoreline and wetland habitats in a high-priority migration zone
How much can wetlands help reduce summer algae outbreaks?
New research seeks to better understand the role of wetlands in restoring water quality
Burnishing a Natural Gem on the Shore of Lake Erie
A beachfront park on the shore of Lake Erie will support wildlife with more wetlands this spring
Ducks Unlimited Canada and partners preserve important coastal wetland habitat near Cornwall
Wildlife and people will benefit from restoration at Charlottenburgh Marsh
New Grassland Habitat at Luther Marsh
A tallgrass prairie project in the headwaters region of the Grand River watershed.
Where bobolinks flit among the cattails
Forty years is just the beginning for a restored wetland in Middlesex County.
Ducks Unlimited Canada Salutes Four Decades of Conservation in Middlesex County
Protected habitat attracts birds, wildlife to the Delaware Wetland Mount Brydges, Ont. (February 19, 2019) — Forty years after the original restoration, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has reinvested in a wetland outside of London. By upgrading the water-control structures and lowering the dam to serve as an emergency spillway, DUC…
Habitat offsetting project a win-win for environment and economy
For decades, Ontario land developers and conservationists have struggled to balance economic and social interests with protection of environment and wildlife. A habitat restoration project now underway in eastern Ontario may point the way to a more productive future.
DUC’s European Water Chestnut Eradication Program in Ontario
Control and monitoring disrupt the seed cycle in Eastern Lake Ontario and the Rideau River.
Ducks Unlimited Canada breaks ground on expanded wildlife habitat at James N. Allan Provincial Park
A natural gem on Lake Erie will better support wildlife with restored wetland
A Keen Conservationist in King Township
Restored habitat flourishes at family farm near Ontario’s busiest highways.
Local contractors: DUC’s proxies in Ontario’s rural communities
Local contractors like Bill Stapleton help make DUC's habitat work possible in Ontario.
Birds and bird watchers will benefit from habitat improvements in Elgin County
Improvements at a popular wildlife viewing site, north of Lake Erie, are expected to attract more migratory birds, especially shorebirds, next spring.
More wildlife expected at Aylmer WMA following wetland rebuild
Retired WWII airfield undergoes a second habitat transformation to attract more migratory birds and bird-watchers.
Wetland restoration at Clark Island will create new fish habitat connected to Lake Ontario
Work has begun on a large restoration project to develop the habitat at the Clark Island wetland owned by Ducks Unlimited Canada.
How we faced down an invasive plant that threatened the Rideau River
Volunteers pulled together to stop European water chestnut from taking hold in the Rideau Canal
A rural family in Chatham-Kent steps up to restore a wetland
Funding partners joined forces to restore aquatic habitat in Ontario’s farm country.
Take time to plan for the next generation
Planned gifts help us feather our nest for the future
Land donations support our conservation mission
Securing land keeps habitat tucked safely under our wing.
Decisive action removes invasive aquatic plant, parrotfeather, in eastern Ontario
A landowner’s call for help receives a rapid response to halt an invasive aquatic plant.
Protecting Ottawa’s wildest landscape
Forty kilometres from Parliament Hill is an area that provides habitat for waterfowl, at-risk turtles and other wildlife. One woman is rallying people to protect it.
Ducks Unlimited Canada Builds Rural Wetlands that Improve Water Quality
New Keet Municipal Drain employs wetlands to help clean surface water.