2019 Annual Report Our Conservation Supporters
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2019 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE OUR CONSERVATION SUPPORTERS Partnerships with a Purpose Every piece of wetland or associated upland habitat A special thanks to our conserved by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is the result of partnerships. These partnerships are the government partners: foundation of DUC’s conservation leadership and the The governments listed below The State of Idaho reason why we so clearly envision a future for wetland have provided instrumental The State of Indiana conservation in North America. support in Canada over the The State of Kansas Today, this continent-wide network of conservation past year. staff, volunteers and supporters ensures that Ducks The Government of Canada The State of Kentucky Unlimited Canada, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., and The Government of Alberta The State of Louisiana Ducks Unlimited Mexico play leadership roles in The State of Maine international programs like the North American The Government of British Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP). Established Columbia The State of Maryland in 1986, NAWMP is a partnership of federal, provincial, The Government of Manitoba The State of Massachusetts state and municipal governments, nongovernmental The Government of The State of Michigan organizations, private companies and many individuals, New Brunswick all working towards achieving better wetland habitat The State of Minnesota for the benefit of waterfowl, other wetland associated The Government of The State of Mississippi wildlife and people. DUC is proud to be closely Newfoundland and Labrador The State of Missouri associated with NAWMP, one of the most successful The Government of the conservation initiatives in the world. Northwest Territories The State of Nebraska The State of Nevada The North American Wetlands Conservation Act The Government of (NAWCA), enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1989, Nova Scotia The State of New Hampshire provides funding support for NAWMP. Through The Government of Nunavut The State of New Jersey international cost share funding formulas, NAWCA The Government of Ontario The State of New Mexico stimulates public-private partnerships to protect, restore and manage a diversity of wetland habitat. From the The Government of The State of North Carolina Prince Edward Island Gulf of Mexico to the Mackenzie River Delta in The State of North Dakota Inuvik, migratory birds and other wildlife are using The Government of Québec The State of Ohio habitats that we’re working to conserve. The Government of The State of Oklahoma Nowhere else in the world is there a partnership like Saskatchewan The State of Oregon the one that exists between DUC and the conservation The Government of Yukon force of its North American counterparts, Ducks The State of Pennsylvania The Government of the Unlimited, Inc. and Ducks Unlimited Mexico, whose United States The State of Rhode Island supporters recognize that conserving Canada’s habitats The State of South Carolina leads to strong continental waterfowl populations. The State of Alabama The State of Arizona The State of South Dakota On a national level, we recognize the people behind The State of Tennessee DUC – our volunteers, supporters and the companies The State of Arkansas and governments that understand the broad-reaching The State of California The State of Texas benefits of what we do. The State of Colorado The State of Vermont The State of Connecticut The State of Virginia The State of Delaware The State of West Virginia The State of Florida The State of Wisconsin The State of Georgia The State of Wyoming 2 Ducks Unlimited Canada Honour Roll MAJOR DONORS (Corporations and Foundations) Dow Chemical Canada Inc. IG Wealth Management GOLD BENEFACTOR Major donors are individuals, -Ottawa, ON -Winnipeg, MB ($150,000 to $199,999) corporations and foundations that ATB Financial ECHO Foundation Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd. have generously supported DUC -Edmonton, AB -Montreal, QC -Swan River, MB (Individuals) through donations of cash or BC Hydro Enbridge Inc. Anonymous -Burnaby, BC & Enbridge Pipelines Inc. -Calgary, AB pledges. Donors at each level are Marvin Betz British Columbia Waterfowl Society -Calgary, AB Monsanto Canada Inc. presented with a unique lapel pin -Stouffville, ON -Delta, BC Fondation Hydro-Quèbec pour -Winnipeg, MB and appropriate recognition. This Skipper & Cindy Dickson Cargill Limited l'environnement Nature Conservancy of Canada list includes donors that have given -Shreveport, LA -Winnipeg, MB -Montreal, QC -Toronto, ON or pledged to DUC up to and Paul & Beverly Dickson Cargill Meat Solutions Imperial Oil Ontario Power Generation including Dec. 31, 2018. -Shreveport, LA -High River, AB -Calgary, AB -Toronto, ON David & Kathleen Grieve ✤ Encana Corporation Leslois Shaw Foundation Pacific Salmon Foundation -Sonoma, CA -Calgary, AB -Toronto, ON -Vancouver, BC WATERFOWL PATRON Brian & Ruth Hastings Fondation de la faune du Quèbec The Winnipeg Foundation Nutrien Ltd. ($10,000,000 to $19,999,999) -Winnipeg, MB -Quebec, QC -Winnipeg, MB -Saskatoon, SK Bob & Deirdre Kozminski Giant Tiger Stores Limited Viterra - Forage Renfro Canada Inc. (Individuals) -Okotoks, AB -Ottawa, ON -Lethbridge, AB -Mississauga, ON Jim & Adrienne Williams Husky Energy Waste Connections Rio Tinto Alcan -Nepean, ON James C. Kennedy -Calgary, AB -Vaughan, ON -Alma, QC -Atlanta, GA Irving Oil Waterfowl Research Foundation, Inc. Suncor Energy Inc. (Corporations and Foundations) -Saint John, NB -Bridgehampton, NY -Calgary, AB (Corporations and Foundations) Manitoba Hydro Syncrude Canada -Winnipeg, MB -Edmonton, AB Corridor Resources Inc. Bayer Mosaic Potash LEGACY SPONSOR Syngenta Canada Inc. -Halifax, NS -Calgary, AB -Regina, SK ($250,000 to $499,999) -Guelph, ON Creston Valley Wildlife Nutrien Limited The Great-West Life Assurance Co. Management Area -Creston, BC -Calgary, AB (Individuals) -Winnipeg, MB Ontario Great Lakes Renewal The North West Company Department of Education and CONSERVATION PIONEER ♦ -Winnipeg, MB Advanced Learning ($5,000,000 to $9,999,999) Foundation Benjamin K. Campbell -Richmond Hill, ON Olin Winchester, LLC -Winnipeg, MB -Boston, MA The Donald F. Hunter Charitable (Individuals) Pembina Pipeline Corporation ❥ -East Alton, IL Hazard & Virginia Campbell Foundation -Calgary, AB -Vero Beach, FL RBC Foundation -Toronto, ON Dave & Marg Grohne Jim & Charlene Couch Great Blue Heron Framing -Wilmington, IL -Toronto, ON and Family ♦ DIAMOND BENEFACTOR Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc. ($200,000 to $249,999) Company -R.M. of Corman Park, SK -London, ON -Calgary, AB ♦ Cliff Jackman Gwich'in Renewable Resource Suncor Energy Foundation (Individuals) WETLAND CHAMPION -Nanaimo, BC Board -Calgary, AB Richard & Joyce Johnson ♦ ($2,000,000 to $4,999,999) The Mosaic Company -Inuvik, NT -Richmond, VA Mel & Meryl Belich Intact Foundation -Plymouth, MN Bob & Marnie Puchniak -Calgary, AB (Individuals) Weyerhaeuser Company Limited -Toronto, ON -Winnipeg, MB Arthur & Sandra Irving The Richard Ivey Foundation -Edmonton, AB Hartley, Aidan & Thor Richardson -Saint John, NB David A. Bissett -Toronto, ON -Winnipeg, MB Barry A. Morrison -Calgary, AB Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation Stephen & Lucy Whatley -Toronto, ON John W. Childs -King City, ON PLATINUM LEGACY -Anniston, AL Travis G. Peckham & Family ♦ -Vero Beach, FL Shaw Communications Inc. SPONSOR -Calgary, AB -Calgary, AB ($750,000 to $999,999) (Corporations and Foundations) Brian Robbins (Corporations and Foundations) Port Metro Vancouver -Aurora, ON -Vancouver, BC (Corporations and Foundations) Alberta Culture & Community Matthew & CeCe Stuller Anonymous Spirit -Broussard, LA - Nassau, BS CN - Canadian National Railway -Edmonton, AB James A. Zaepfel ♦ Habitat Conservation Trust BENEFACTOR SPONSOR Company ♦ Alberta Environment -Williamsville, NY Foundation ($100,000 to $149,999) -Montreal, QC -Edmonton, AB -Victoria, BC ConocoPhillips Canada Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks & (Corporations and Foundations) MBNA (Individuals) -Calgary, AB Wildlife Foundation -Ottawa, ON Imperial Oil Limited -Calgary, AB Enbridge Pipelines Inc The Ontario Trillium Foundation ♦ Ron & Jackie ❥ Bartels -Calgary, AB Alliance Pipeline Inc. -Edmonton, AB -Toronto, ON -Schriever, LA Qualico Developments -Calgary, AB Manitoba Sustainable Development Richardson Foundation Joel Broussard (Winnipeg) Ltd. Axalta Coating Systems -Winnipeg, MB -Winnipeg, MB -Lafayette, LA -Winnipeg, MB -Philadelphia, PA The Mosaic Company SaskPower Brian Burke The Coca-Cola Foundation ♦ Barton-Cotton Inc. -Esterhazy, SK -Regina, SK -Calgary, AB -Atlanta, GA -Baltimore, MD New Brunswick Environmental Shell Canada Limited James Connacher BMO Financial Group Trust Fund -Calgary, AB -Stowe, VT -Toronto, ON -Fredericton, NB TC Energy Peter & Marilyn Coors Canadian Forest Navigation Co. Ltd. PCL Construction Group Inc. -Calgary, AB GOLD LEGACY SPONSOR -Golden, CO -Montreal, QC -Edmonton, AB Wildlife Habitat Canada ($500,000 to $749,999) C. Neil & Marilyn Downey Canadian Wildlife Service Penn West Exploration -Ottawa, ON -Red Deer County, AB -Saskatoon, SK -Calgary, AB (Individuals) Jim & Cherie Flores Devon Canada Corporation Russell Stover Chocolates -Houston, TX -Calgary, AB -Kansas City, MO Melbourne Yull Ron J. & Merle Hicks DIAMOND LEGACY Donner Canadian Foundation SC Johnson Canada -Sarasota, FL -Saskatoon, SK SPONSOR -Toronto, ON -Brantford, ON In Memory of Gilbert, Larry, Kelly ($1,000,000 to $1,999,999) Family of John and Barbara Poole Suzuki Canada Inc. (Corporations and Foundations) & Wayne Johnson by Terry Johnson -Edmonton, AB -Barrie, ON -Calgary,