Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is a Canadian non-profit organization that works to conserve, restore and manage Canadian wetlands in order to preserve habitat for North American waterfowl, wildlife and people. They work with industry leaders, government agencies, landowners and other non-profit organizations to collaboratively protect critical habitats. DUC are a separate organization from Ducks Unlimited Inc. (DU) and Ducks Unlimited de Mexico (DUMAC). However, they collaborate on conservation projects. DUC was incorporated a year after DU Inc. in 1938 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their national headquarters are at Oak Hammock Marsh in Stonewall, Manitoba. Their first conservation project was in Big Grass Marsh outside Gladstone, Manitoba. It was privately funded by waterfowl hunters and conservationists, and was in partnership with the More Game Birds in America Foundation. Big Grass Marsh was drained for agricultural purposes from 1909 to 1916 in order to provide farmers with fertile fields to sow. However, the drainage of this wetland did not provide the irrigable land that the farmers had hoped for. The land became dusty and was too silty to farm. As such, restoration initiatives done by DUC and chief engineer Bill Campbell succeeded in revitalizing this habitat. Currently, Big Grass Marsh is a 5,000-ha habitat that is an integral molting and staging area for North American waterfowl such as Mallards, Snow Geese, and Canada Geese. More information...
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