Passion and hard work drive engineering technologist Paul Usher’s successful, 30-year career with Ducks Unlimited Canada. He now leads efforts to rebuild B.C.’s highest-priority wetlands.

Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and its partners are marking a major conservation achievement by acquiring Lochaber Bay in the Outaouais, one of the 10 most important wetland complexes in southern Quebec.

Gertrude (McCreight) McKee’s planned giving contribution to DUC was leveraged against funds provided by the Government of Canada through the recent Southern Ontario Development program, to rebuild and maintain some of the most important migratory bird habitat in Ontario and Eastern Canada, including Luther Marsh.

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Wetland protection is a critical investment that governments must make to benefit their constituents. Scott Stephens, DUC’s director of regional operations, prairie region, encourages volunteers and supporters to make wetlands an election issue this year by voicing their collective concern about the lack of adequate wetland protection policies.

Peak flow: the maximum flow of water that occurs within a specific period of time. In the Prairies, peak flow is usually associated with spring run-off, but it can also be generated by extreme precipitation events Run-off: movement of water away from a surface of land Effective drainage area: the portion of a drainage basin [...]

Recent “Ducks U” grad Meagan Hainstock shares some of her first-hand insights into what she learned at a unique outdoor learning experience held in Alberta in May 2011, and describes her powerful Ducks U moment.

As environmentalists, industry leaders and British Columbians patiently await a new “modernized” Water Sustainability Act, the spotlight is pointed at the Province’s at-risk wetlands and watersheds.