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The Duck Islands is a chain of five islands within the Canadian waters of Lake Huron, located southwest of Manitoulin Island and within the Manitoulin District.The largest island within the chain is known as Great Duck Island while the others are named for their location in the chain: Inner Duck, Middle Duck, Outer Duck, and Western Duck.
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is a Canadian non-profit environmental organization that works to conserve, create, restore and manage Canadian wetlands and associated uplands in order to provide healthy ecosystems that support North American waterfowl, other wildlife and people. [1]
The marsh is recognized as an Important Bird Area (IBA) for its globally significant numbers of waterfowl and shorebirds. [5] It is a designated Ramsar site due to its international importance as a breeding and staging area for waterfowl and other migratory birds. [3] It is 3,578.47 hectares (8,842.6 acres) in size. [2]
The Capilano River Regional Park, which surrounds the river and incorporates the fish hatchery, provides several kilometres of easy to moderate hiking trails alongside the river. Every year in March the Capilano River is host to an annual charity duck race. Thousands of yellow rubber ducks are purchased ahead of time by the public.
Canada's 15 terrestrial ecozones are further subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces, 194 ecoregions, and 1,027 ecodistricts. [13]Canada is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions that are divided into fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones, [14] such as the forests of British Columbia and Central Canada, the prairies of Western Canada, the tundra of Northern ...
Main Duck Island is a Canadian island in the eastern part of Lake Ontario situated next to the smaller Yorkshire Island. It was purchased by Parks Canada in 1977 and has been administered as part of the Thousand Islands National Park since 1998, even though it is not part of the Thousand Islands region.
Frank Lake is a restored wetland located 6 km (3.7 mi) east of High River, Alberta, 50 km (31 mi) south of Calgary, near Blackie.The lake is controlled by Ducks Unlimited Canada for wildlife management purposes, and is an Important Bird Area and Key Biodiversity Area.
Their first challenge was inducing spawning from wild adult geoducks brought into the hatchery; the second challenge was the survival of the resulting larvae. [6] As per 2012, research into improving culture techniques is continuing, however the basic environmental conditions for growth of geoducks have already been established.