What's Happening — Ducks Unlimited Canada

Education, Grassroots, Volunteers, Wetlands

Chilliwack Middle School students clean up Hope Slough

DUC is proud to recognize the Grade 6 class from Chilliwack Middle School as their newest Wetland Heroes. The class cleaned up Hope Slough, a local wetland overrun with litter.

Conservator, Science

Herd immunity in the wild

Roll up your sleeve and think about a colony of eiders, now happily breeding in the remote Canadian Arctic after achieving herd immunity.

Wetlands, Wildlife

Spectacular Things Spring Brings

We've made a list of some of the spectacular things spring brings in Ontario. They're guaranteed to light up your days.

Pacific Interior, Wildlife

Species at risk focus of wetland restoration in B.C.’s South Okanagan

DUC excavated nine new small wetlands to provide habitat for spadefoot toads, tiger salamanders and other wildlife.

Atlantic, Waterfowl, Wildlife

A duckling left behind

When a duckling hatches in the wrong nest, its journey to a life-sustaining wetland gets complicated.

Volunteers

DUC’s Top 10 Fundraising Ideas

With in-person events cancelled since March 15, 2020 and likely for the foreseeable future, DUC’s volunteers have been asking us: “What can we do?”

Grassroots

Citizen scientists get their start down on the farm

Mack and Sybil Zibin’s nature-loving legacy continues to inspire family today.

Grassroots, Wetlands

Dr. Frank Baldwin’s commitments to waterfowl and wildlife recognized

Wildlife management area renamed in honour of Manitoba conservationist.

Atlantic

Community pasture helps farmers, cattle and wildlife

Tantramar Grasslands Co-operative partners with organizations like DUC to ensure a healthy future for the land, and everyone who uses it.

Atlantic, Education

Virtual field trips bring nature to the classroom

No longer limited by geography, DUC's education team is introducing students across the Atlantic provinces—and across Canada—to wetlands.

Atlantic, Waterfowl

Watch inside a duck’s nest box

Watch and learn about the wood ducks and hooded mergansers using nest boxes installed by a DUC volunteer in New Brunswick—and see newly hatched ducklings!