Conservator

A celebration of the conservation lifestyle, the award-winning Conservator magazine is Ducks Unlimited Canada's flagship publication that aims to showcase the incredible wetland conservation work that helps clean our water, supports our wildlife and improves our lives. Hopeful and helpful, Conservator aims to empower our readers and reflect their personal conservation decisions.

Our conservation meeting place: everyone welcome

Going for 100

Giving wings to Canada’s conservation movement • DUC’S ESTABLISHMENT IN 1938 RECOGNIZED AS AN EVENT OF NATIONAL HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE

Governor General Mary Simon named Patron of DUC

The future is here • LOOKING BACK WITH PRIDE, LOOKING AHEAD WITH PURPOSE.

Where it all began • BIG GRASS MARSH – “DUCK FACTORY #1” – SET THE STAGE FOR NORTH AMERICAN WETLAND AND WATERFOWL CONSERVATION

The conservation long game • REVERSING BIODIVERSITY DECLINE WILL TAKE BIG-PICTURE THINKING AND FOCUSED ACTION

Forces for nature • AWARD-WINNING CONSERVATIONISTS CREATING A BRIGHTER FUTURE

Winged wonders • Last May, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) hosted a panel of wildlife and ecosystem experts in a one-hour webinar to kick off Project Dragonfly, DUC’s community science initiative on iNaturalist. Here’s 10 of our favourite facts about dragonflies from the talk, along with some beautiful photos submitted by 2022 project observers. We guarantee you’ll view these iconic wetland wonders in a whole new light.

A tale of two coasts • HOW WE’RE WORKING TO TURN THE TIDE ON COASTAL SQUEEZE THROUGH CONSERVATION ON CANADA’S MOST THREATENED COASTLINES

Raising the roof • SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON CANADIANS BUILDING AND MAINTAINING HOMES FOR OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS

Honouring a public relations pioneer • LEGACY GIFT DRAWS ON EARLY FAMILY CONNECTION TO CONSERVATION

Full circle • STUDENT OF NATURE NOW INSPIRING A NEW GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS. JUST LIKE HER.

Migration hits the big screen • NEW IMAX® FILM CELEBRATES EPIC BIRD JOURNEYS