Wetlands

Marguerite-d’Youville Wildlife Refuge

An ongoing biodiversity improvement project located on Saint-Bernard Island, it has become a haven for creatures great and small.

Invasive phragmites and the wetlands of tomorrow

How can we reduce the impacts of non-native phragmites on wetlands?

The fight to conserve our wetlands

Wetlands are a biological resource akin to rainforests and coral reefs. They are an epicentre of life that cannot be replicated. Where wetlands suffer, so too does the immense biodiversity they support.

Hand-me-down nature

A bit of Mr. Sharp is handed down to another generation

Thank you, Canada. You’ve made 2019 a year for conservation.

Fueling conservation through sustainable development

Pembina Pipeline Corporation makes a large conservation investment in Canada’s Prairies, helping to preserve important wetland and grassland habitat.

Courting nature at Frank Lake, Alberta

Videographer Brian Keating gets front-row seat to elaborate avian choreography

The Woodstock Model of Urban Wetland Restoration

Years of planning and partnership among Stewardship Oxford, DUC, the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, Oxford County and the City of Woodstock are paying out in the only green that really matters.

Bill Cooper’s Marsh

A coastal marsh in eastern Ontario has connected a community since Bill Cooper rallied his neighbours to save it

Celebrating 30 years of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act

Celebrating the success of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through the eyes of a longtime DUC employee.

Can the aggregate industry make space for biodiversity?

Space for wildlife may be found in unexpected places in southern Ontario

The path from pit to paradise

Rapid growth drives changes to the landscape that leave less and less space to support biodiversity

Canada duck stamp sales help fund conservation

As the Canadian Wildlife Habitat Conservation Stamp celebrates 35 years, we recognize the projects funded and the people—hunters and others—who support it.

Celebrating conservation greats

DUC’s North American Waterfowl Conservation Honour Roll inducts new members

Campaigning for conservation

2019 federal election is an opportunity to let your voice speak for the future of wetlands in Canada

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

DUC’s European Water Chestnut Eradication Program in Ontario

Control and monitoring disrupt the seed cycle in Eastern Lake Ontario and the Rideau River.

A Keen Conservationist in King Township

Restored habitat flourishes at family farm near Ontario’s busiest highways.

Rebuilding the South Reader Outlet

How a $1.5 million project on the Saskatchewan River Delta is helping wildlife, fish and communities near The Pas.

World Wetlands Day

Canada's wetlands and their ability to provide climate change solutions demand recognition—and action.

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.

Major investment supports B.C.’s Fraser River Estuary

DUC receives $2 million to restore important coastal habitats.

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