Environment committee  We have some background on that, a nice paper. When you try to partition out flooding and wetland conservation, there is definitely a relationship there. When you get right down to it, if you restored wetland X and it was this large, a watershed the size of the watersheds in Sask

Environment committee  No, we don't. There is no market for carbon at the present time. We certainly support and utilize that value proposition in a major way, talking to people about it. It's altruistic. It's a good thing to do, and the outcome is very valuable, as you point out. We use it as a value

Environment committee  We have not been pursuing them.

Environment committee  The government announced the national conservation plan, which is a terrific first step. It's a major investment of $250 million. Just to frame the programs that we're most involved in, the recreational fisheries conservation partnership program and the wetland conservation fun

Environment committee  Yes, they are oversubscribed, which is a great indicator of the willingness of Canadians and conservation organizations to get involved in conservation programs.

Environment committee  I think wetlands have emerged in importance, and awareness of their value is growing. With Ducks Unlimited and other hunting and fishing supported groups, there's a lot of alignment and awareness driven around wetlands as fish and wildlife habitat. The traditional sporting pursui

Environment committee  The window opened up with the announcement of the program a year ago. Immediately, in go funding requests for $10 million in partnership resource and it's oversubscribed; no problem. In the first round we received $2 million in that general area of funding. One of the projects

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. Wet weather is always welcome when you're in the wetland conservation business. Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. I'm Jamie Fortune. I'm the chief operating officer for Ducks Unlimited Canada and the executive responsi