Ducks Unlimited Canada- Saskatchewan

06/23/2026

🐝 Healthy pollinator populations depend on habitat woven throughout the landscape, from wetlands to native plant communities to forage acres managed by farmers and ranchers. 🌿🌻🌾

Across the Prairies, DUC works with ag producers to establish and maintain perennial forage acres. In addition to providing feed for livestock, these tame grasslands help reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, and provide valuable wildlife habitat.

Many forage mixtures include flowering species like clover, alfalfa, and phacelia, plants that offer an important source of nectar and pollen for bees and other pollinators throughout the growing season.

Every acre of perennial cover on the landscape can contribute to healthier ecosystems, supporting wildlife above and below the soil surface.

Conservation and agriculture work best when they work together. 🌿🐂🐝🙌🌻🌾🦆

Photo: Lyse Boisvert

06/23/2026

This big bumbler was spotted enjoying forage plants at Nutrien's Research Farm at Watrous today. Just in time for

06/22/2026

How cool is THIS?! 👇👇👇

The White Butte Museum is excited to introduce the newest addition to its Walking Tour experience in White City: the Wetland Expansion.

06/22/2026

Pollinator Week is a great reminder that helping bees and butterflies takes more than planting flowers.

Wildflowers provide important food sources for pollinators, and many of the plants found on DUC conservation lands bloom throughout the growing season, offering nectar and pollen when insects need it most.

But food is only part of the story.

Many native bees nest in bare, undisturbed soil, while others use hollow stems, woody vegetation, or plant material to build their homes. Healthy habitat includes the full package: flowering plants, nesting sites, shelter, and space free from disturbance.

That's one reason conserving native grasslands, wetlands, and natural areas is so important. These landscapes provide everything pollinators need to thrive.

This Pollinator Week, take a closer look at the busy insects around you—they're doing some of the most important work in nature. Photos: Aiden Bateman (with cameo appearance by Billy)

06/22/2026

🐑 You don't need livestock to benefit from grazing!
Join us July 7 with Lyndsey Smith (RealAgriculture) to walk through how targeted grazing works, what it means for soil health, and how grain producers can get involved — no livestock required.

🔗 Register: https://www.sasksoil.ca/event-details/grazing-for-grain-growers-with-lyndsey-smith-realagriculture

06/19/2026

📅Join us for the SFC AGM and Tour on June 24th in Saskatoon!
Interested in being a member of the SFC Board? We're looking for new directors to join us! Contact [email protected] for more info.
➡️Tour at 1PM
➡️AGM to follow Room 6D48 in the Agriculture Building at the University of Saskatchewan
➡️Everyone is welcome!

06/19/2026

Great info on monarchs and how you can report sightings!

06/19/2026

Thank you for sharing your barn with this beautiful bird. 💜🧡🖤

Creative. Engineers. Pest. Nuisance. These are all words that can be used to describe Barn Swallows. While they often build their nests in undesirable and inconvenient locations, their ingenuity and persistence has to be admired.

Barn Swallows used to be one of the most common birds in the world, however, Canada, its nests a frequently considered an annoyance and knocked down. This has caused declines in its population.

This small blue and yellow bird can fly up to 74km per hour to catch insects! They can eat over 800 mosquitos in one day! Not a bad bird to share a barn with….

06/19/2026

Just southwest of Bradwell, Sask., Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Wiley Potholes Project has been providing important wetland habitat since 1968. Originally constructed by DUC as part of early efforts to help "drought-proof" the Prairies, this network of nine interconnected wetlands continues to support waterfowl and other wildlife nearly six decades later.

The combination of wetlands and emergent vegetation here provide nesting cover and brood-rearing habitat for diving ducks, while adjacent native and tame grasslands provide nesting habitat for dabblers and a refuge for countless other bird and wildlife species.

Since the late 1980s, those surrounding uplands have been owned and managed by the Saskatoon Retriever Club. Used as its primary training grounds for hunting retrievers, the property reflects a longstanding connection between hunters and conservation. By maintaining natural perennial cover—even creating mounds and islands used by Canada geese—the club has helped ensure the area remains valuable habitat for wildlife.

A recent visit to the Wiley Potholes highlighted the success of this enduring partnership. Healthy wetlands, thriving native vegetation, abundant wildlife, and a shared commitment to stewardship continue to demonstrate what's possible when conservation and responsible land management work hand in hand.

06/18/2026

"We are winning."

That's the message Charles Murfin sent to DUC agrologist, Kylie, along with this recent photo from his farm in southeast Saskatchewan.

This saline patch was once white with salt. After years of managing the area as forage, swathing foxtail barley before it could set seed, and giving perennial plants time to establish, the transformation is becoming clear.

With each season, more forage is filling in the once-bare patch. This year, alfalfa is emerging and foxtail barley is nowhere to be seen.

This is a great reminder that restoring marginal areas isn't always quick—but with patience and good management, progress happens. Small gains, year after year, can add up to big wins on acres that otherwise deliver negative returns.

Thanks for sharing your success, Charles. We can't wait to see next year's update!

Curious to hear more from Charles' on marginal areas management? He is a former guest on this episode of DUC's podcast, Protect and Profit: Farming for the Future. Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2288579/episodes/17711856-2025-08-august-marginal-areas