{"id":23255,"date":"2022-06-23T10:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=23255"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:54:41","slug":"more-funds-for-ducks-unlimited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/societe\/more-funds-for-ducks-unlimited\/","title":{"rendered":"More funds for Ducks Unlimited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;Restoring wetlands, such as this one, is good for Canadians because it means they help in our fight against climate change while giving the natural environment near our communities the best chance to thrive.&#8221; said Minister Steven Guilbeault.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;Wetlands are carbon sinks, which is good for climate change. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Wetlands clean water, and potable water is their residue,&#8221; said Roger d&#8217;Eschambault, President of Ducks Unlimited Canada. &#8220;Without the federal government, we could never have achieved the success on Canadian soil that we have had in 80 years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The funds will be used to restore and conserve degraded wetland and upland habitats, acquire habitats that are at high risk of being lost due to land use change, and acquire habitats to allow for the in-migration of several bird species.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The project was funded through the Nature-based Climate Solutions Fund, a 10-year, $631 millions fund for projects to restore and enhance wetlands, peatlands and grasslands to capture and store carbon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Minister made the announcement with Francis Drouin, Member of Parliament for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, at a 780-hectare Ducks Unlimited property in Baie des Atocas, just outside the village of Lefaivre. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The site is home to one of the largest populations of the threatened Meadowlark in Eastern Canada.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault visited Atocas Bay to announce that the Government of Canada is investing $5.6 million over three years in a partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":23256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-societe"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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