A duck bangs its head on Chartwell Drive

A SooToday.com reader sent us this picture of a slightly discombobulated duck that crashed into a glass front door on Chartwell Drive just before 4 p.m. today.

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The following news release was received by SooToday.com from Ducks Unlimited Canada:

*********************** Great Lakes Sustainability Fund recognized for its support of Ducks Unlimited Canada's wetland conservation program in the St. Mary's River area of concern

In conjunction with their 26th Annual Fundraising Dinner & Auction at the Croatian Hall on Saturday, April 29, 2006, Ducks Unlimited Canada recognized the contributions of their major project supporter, the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund, by awarding them with the Legacy Sponsor Plaque.

The Great Lakes Sustainability Fund is a component of the Government of Canada's Great Lakes Program and is administered by Environment Canada on behalf of eight federal government departments.

GLSF provides financial support to projects that implement remedial actions to complete the cleanup and restoration of Ontario's designated Areas of Concern (AOCs) in the Great Lakes Basin.

Over $250,000 in project funding has been provided from GLSF since 2002 to Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) for the Coastal Wetland Conservation Program in the St. Marys River AOC.

The project had four main objectives:

- assist local municipalities with wetland policy and official plan reviews

- provide a landowner advisory service and advise on available incentive programs

- improve current mapping and inventory of wetlands to provide to local planners

- promote wetland education and develop wetland interpretive sites

Since that date, the program has successfully identified or secured over 150,000 hectares of wetland area in the St. Mary's River AOC.

"We are very pleased with the success of our program over the last three-and-a-half years. The program could not have achieved so much without the support of several local partners and the funding support of the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund," says project coordinator, Tracey Cooke.

Local member of parliament Tony Martin was on hand to help in the presentation to GLSF.

Ducks Unlimited Canada is a private, nonprofit, charitable organization which has been working in Canada for over 60 years to conserve wetlands and associated habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife and people.

Over 1,674 DUC habitat improvement projects have been undertaken in Ontario by working with more than 1,800 landowners.

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