Why Canada’s prairies are the world’s most endangered ecosystem
Ask any Canadian kid to name the world’s most endangered ecosystem, and chances are you’ll hear one of the following answers: 1) rainforests; 2) coral reefs; 3) leave me alone. Ignoring the last answer, there’s a good reason why kids, and most other people, think that rainforests and coral reefs are the most endangered ecosystems; […]
CONSERVATION FINDS A HOME ON THE RANGE: DUC SUPPORTS BEEF INDUSTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WITH ABP
Hot on the trail of its work with the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) are teaming up to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable beef production and to advance wetland and grassland conservation. For decades, Canadian cattle producers have made conservation part of their operations, and presently, […]
REDVERS RANCHERS EARN STEWARDSHIP AWARD THANKS TO HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT
Cattle ranchers Blain and Naomi Hjertaas have seen vast improvements on their 800-acre-farm in southeastern Saskatchewan over the last 20 years by changing their land management approaches. Their practicality and forward-thinking have earned them the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) 2018 Environmental Stewardship Award. Making a switch from grain to grass, restoring wetlands and taking centuries-old […]
ALBERTA GRASSLANDS: WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM AGAIN
Ranchers and DUC work together to conserve native prairie grassland and bring bison back at the Shell Buffalo Hills Conservation Ranch. Conserving Alberta’s remaining grassland ecosystems In 2013, DUC—in partnership with Shell—purchased the 6,238 acre (2,524 hectare) ranch to conserve the native grassland habitat and wetland basins. Despite its protected habitat status, the land—along with adjoining crown […]