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Waterfowl Habitat

Every species of duck, goose and swan in North America depends on wetland habitat throughout their life cycle.

DU's programs reach from the arctic tundra of Alaska to the tropical wetlands of Mexico and South America. We are restoring native grasslands in the Great Plains, restoring bottomland hardwood forests in the lower Mississippi River Valley, protecting and enhancing the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and protecting and improving wetland habitats in the Central Valley of California and the Coastal Prairies of Texas, just to name a few.

What is Ducks Unlimited doing to enhance, restore and protect waterfowl habitat?

  • Grasslands for Tomorrow

  • Great Lakes Initiative

  • River Care

  • Low Country Initiative

  • Gulf Coast Initiative

  • DU de Mexico

  • Latin America and Caribbean

  • Ducks Unlimited Canada

  • More Wetland Benefits


    Wetland Facts... 

  • Improve the overall health of our environment

  • Recharge and purify ground water

  • Moderate floods

  • Reduce soil erosion

  • Are natures most productive ecosystems

  • Provide critical habitat for more than 900 species

  • Offer invaluable recreation opportunities for people
    • Did you also know that…

      • The U.S. alone has lost more than half of its original wetlands and continues to lose more than 109,000 acres of the vegetated wetlands most important to wildlife each year?

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