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.
Prince Edward Island
David O’Connor is DUC’s Volunteer of the Year in P.E.I.
An avid hunter and outdoorsman, nothing makes David O’Connor happier than helping others discover a passion for nature.
Islanders: don’t take wetlands for granted
While World Wetlands Day is about global awareness of wetlands, Islanders need to become aware of local changes. If you own land that is near a body of water, you need to ask questions.
Ducks Unlimited Canada Returns Salt Water to Fullerton’s Marsh
While there’s no way to stop what’s already started, there are some places on the Island where natural solutions can lessen the impact of higher tides and stronger waves at places like Fullerton’s Marsh.
A saltwater solution for sea-level rise at Fullerton’s Marsh
In Canada’s smallest province, DUC restores a salt marsh to slow erosion caused by rising seas
Why did the black duck cross the road?
At the end of her nestcam broadcast, Lucy the black duck made sure to get her new brood to the restored wetland on the other side.
Lucy’s live nest cam
Watch Lucy, Charlottetown’s favourite black duck, live as she cares for her nest and prepares for her brood.
Ken Thomson honoured as DUC’s Volunteer of the Year for P.E.I.
DUC's Volunteer Champions Award Program celebrates outstanding volunteers for National Volunteer Week.
Wetlands: a valuable farmhand
Wetlands deliver ecological and financial dividends to dairy farmers in P.E.I.
A homecoming for fish
After 200 years, conservation projects help native fish species make their way back into PEI waters
Coastal conservation
When Jonathan Platts was about 15 years old, his friends started taking him waterfowling at Wolfe Inlet, a large salt marsh near Glenwood, P.E.I. There, he found whole new world.