Friday, April 18, 2025
Blue Economy: The challenges with protecting source water
What started as a discussion on protecting our source water became a deep dive into how climate change is impacting quality freshwater sourcing in Canada.…
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University of Lethbridge study to focus on the environmental impacts of effluent release
Around the world, people use wetlands to help treat wastewater. University of Lethbridge researchers will look to better understand how these complex systems work by…
Provincial funding for New Brunswick wetland conservation project
Fredericton, GNB – The provincial government is investing $350,000 in a project that aims to conserve and restore wetlands along the lower Saint John River…
Nature-based healing: Wetland conservation for healthy lakes
Decisions made today at every level of government and civil society will determine the future of summer holidays and day trips to local lakes in…
Ducks Unlimited Canada announces new appointments to board of directors
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has appointed four leaders to its board of directors. Each will support DUC’s work to conserve wetlands and deliver large, landscape-level…
New initiative aims to conserve critical wetland habitat along the Wolastoq
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is conserving more than 4,700 acres of important wetland habitat along the Wolastoq (Saint John River). It is doing this by…
Mitch Weegman Named Endowed Chair in Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation
Mitch Weegman has been hired as the Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) Endowed Chair in Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation at the University of Saskatchewan (USask). Weegman,…
Natural Infrastructure Improves Water Quality in Agricultural Landscapes: Research
New research helps build the case for harnessing the power of natural infrastructure for large-scale wetland restoration. This approach can help improve water quality in…
DUC Releases New Report on Leveraging Wetlands to Support a Climate-Ready Ontario
Traditional flood management infrastructure can be supported by cost-effective natural flood management services that are provided by wetlands, according to research commissioned by Ducks Unlimited…
DUC and USask Partner to Advance Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation
Ducks Unlimited Canada and the University of Saskatchewan have announced a partnership to create the Ducks Unlimited Canada Endowed Chair in Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation.…
Canada Invests $10M to Protect Wetlands and Migratory Birds
Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Catherine McKenna, announced that the Government of Canada will provide $10 million over two years to support the…
Ducks Unlimited Canada Elects Kevin Harris as 44th President
Kevin Harris has been elected at Ducks Unlimited Canada’s 44th president. He assumed the role of president, DUC’s top volunteer position, at the organization’s national…
Wetland Restoration Improves Wildlife Habitat in Elgin County
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Elgin Stewardship Council (ESC) have announced progress on wetland restoration in Elgin County, Ontario improving wildlife habitat and improving water quality…
Restoration Work Underway at Clark Island Wetland
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has announced the start of work on a large restoration project to develop the habitat at the Clark Island wetland, which…
Ducks Unlimited Canada Tapped to Maintain Habitats at Four National Wildlife Areas
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) announced today that important habitats at four National Wildlife Areas (NWAs) across the country will be safeguarded through an investment of…
Ducks Unlimited Canada Works with Municipality to Improve Water Quality
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has worked with Melbourne, Ontario to implement improved water quality management through wetlands to hold and filter water from the surrounding…
Alberta Government Helps Support Watersheds on Private Lands
The Alberta Land Trust Grant Program has approved more than $7 million to support 24 different projects for the 2017–18 grant cycle, supporting grants that…
GOC Invests $5 Million in Wetland Restoration Following Construction of the Champlain Bridge
The Government of Canada will be investing just over $5 million for the restoration of an interior marshland on Île Lapierre in the borough of…
Mother Nature Gets a Helping Hand at Oshawa’s Second Marsh
The Second Marsh Wildlife Area, one of the last remaining natural wonders of wetlands in the GTA, is in need of a makeover. The 338…
Manitoba Announces New Peatlands Policy
The Province of Manitoba released a new Peatlands Stewardship Strategy on April 30, including Canada’s first stand-alone legislation on the subject. The legislation will ensure…
Getting Creative with the Law
We’re big fans of creative sentences—it’s no surprise, since Dianne helped to develop them 30 years ago. They flow from three basic observations about fines,…
Around the World
“People ask what Manitoba and Israel could possibly have in common. Well, the answer is water. And we’re learning through collaboration how we can do…
$1M for Healthy Waterways: M.B.
Manitoba is strengthening its strategy for healthy waterways with an investment of $1 million to protect and restore wetlands including its largest marshes, Water Stewardship…
N.B. Investing $1.5M in Wetlands
The New Brunswick government will contribute $1.5 million to a new fund dedicated to maintaining the province’s wetlands, Premier Shawn Graham announced yesterday. The Wetlands…