. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 6: Habitat Programs 101. Key players from a variety of conservation organizations gathered, in 1985, to witness the signing of an agreement under which core funding for Wildlife Habitat Canada (WHC) would be acquired through annual sale of a conservation stamp. Signing the document are Stewart Morrison of Ducks Unlimited (Canada), then Chair of WHC, and the Honourable Tom Macmillan, then Minister of Environment. Onlookers (/. to r.) included: Susan Prebinski (WHC), Dave Neave (WHC), Colleen Hyslop (CWS), Steve Curtis (CWS), Jim Patterson (
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 6: Habitat Programs 101. Key players from a variety of conservation organizations gathered, in 1985, to witness the signing of an agreement under which core funding for Wildlife Habitat Canada (WHC) would be acquired through annual sale of a conservation stamp. Signing the document are Stewart Morrison of Ducks Unlimited (Canada), then Chair of WHC, and the Honourable Tom Macmillan, then Minister of Environment. Onlookers (/. to r.) included: Susan Prebinski (WHC), Dave Neave (WHC), Colleen Hyslop (CWS), Steve Curtis (CWS), Jim Patterson (CWS), Elizabeth May (Minister's Office), Ken Cox (WHC), Lynda Maltby (CWS), Jim Vollmershausen (Parks Canada), Tony Clarke (Director General, CWS), and George Finney (CWS) (Photo credit: CWS). keen view to the importance of two factors — waterfowl habitat and public awareness. The provinces would contribute one-third of the Canadian share, another share would be provided by nongovernment sponsors, and the last third would come from the Government of Canada. To secure the federal share, Patterson arranged a meeting with New Brunswick industrialist Arthur Irving, a committed conservationist and outdoors- man who was, at the time, president of Ducks Unlimited (Canada), a few other prominent sup- porters from the private sector, and the federal ministers of Environment, Agriculture, and Western Economic Development. Officials in some of the sponsoring departments resisted the arbitrary transfer of funds to projects beyond their control. Nevertheless, the ministers were con- vinced, largely by the demonstrable potential for sustainable economic benefits, and the project went ahead.^^ Once a few pilot projects had been put together, the support of governments in both the United States and Canada began to grow. In Washington, the Congress passed the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Money began to flow from gov- ernment and nongovernment sources. Almost more important, howev
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