Duck land

[GOODRUM]

How can they be allowed to sell land and still control it?
I hope nobody buys any of the land they are selling without understanding the easement required.

[Oliver88]

Ducks unlimited auction?

[GOODRUM]

Not an auction but it's listed with a realtor

[farmaholic]

Question....why do they want to sell the land in the first place.

A speculative play where it's worth more than they paid and they can turn around and buy more in a cheaper area all the while maintaining the easement on the sold stuff and gaining control of more purchased land?

[15444]

Question....why do they want to sell the land in the first place.

A speculative play where it's worth more than they paid and they can turn around and buy more in a cheaper area all the while maintaining the easement on the sold stuff and gaining control of more purchased land?

So you're saying DU has business savvy leaders and not just a bunch of quackers?

[farmaholic]

So you're saying DU has business savvy leaders and not just a bunch of quackers?

I don't know. Just saying and thinking out loud.

[seldomseen]

They aren’t the best neighbors to have.
They will dam up all the water runs and back water up and flood land for miles.

[RD414]

And they love Saskatchewan because we let them put caveats on that last forever. Alta limits them to ten years.

[GOODRUM]

Question....why do they want to sell the land in the first place.

A speculative play where it's worth more than they paid and they can turn around and buy more in a cheaper area all the while maintaining the easement on the sold stuff and gaining control of more purchased land?

That's exactly what it looks like is happening, so they sterilize more acres.
They are no good in my mind, this country is going backwards.

[grassfarmer]

Question....why do they want to sell the land in the first place.

A speculative play where it's worth more than they paid and they can turn around and buy more in a cheaper area all the while maintaining the easement on the sold stuff and gaining control of more purchased land?

Yep, doing the same as a lot of farmers do other than their goals for the land are different.

That's exactly what it looks like is happening, so they sterilize more acres.
They are no good in my mind, this country is going backwards.

While I agree their management of the land leaves a lot to be desired I still support them in this area as they are the last organization standing against habitat destruction. Left to the surrounding grain farmers this mixed bush/oak savannah, slough and wetland area is fast becoming a treeless, waterless desert.

[bucket]

Ducks limited and the Nature conservancy of Canada are the worst managers of land I have seen....

And some of the biggest recipients of government dollars...

Look at any NCC sign on a fence post and there will be a federal or provincial ministry funding noted...

[grassfarmer]

Ducks limited and the Nature conservancy of Canada are the worst managers of land I have seen....

Poor managers of soil maybe but good managers of the water cycle.

[farmaholic]

What are they doing, or not doing, that would be considered poor land management?

I know of a situation where they constructed water channels(one with a control device on it) to connect three close "prairie lakes", which I would describe as "marshes". During the recent wet cycle a normally nearly dry area called "Dry Lake" filled and filled much more that it ever had in the past, flooding nearby pasture land and killed all the poplar trees surrounding the area. There was even a farmyard flooded and the quonset was in two feet of water. Rumour has it Agricultural drainage off grainland contributed to the issue. It is unnerving to see that much water in that spot with all the dead trees. But I guess the moral is the channel and control device were constructed and never really "managed".

[bucket]

Yup excelent water managers....two years running ....there is suppose to be a minimum amount of water there between the lakes. To account for evaporation....

This is a creek bed between two lakes....the upper lake is controlled with stop logs....

A couple years ago the upper lake level was dropped by 2 feet by an unscrupulous farmer...DU is the operator and didn't know what was going on even after numerous reports to them...

[grassfarmer]

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Yup excelent water managers....two years running ....there is suppose to be a minimum amount of water there between the lakes. To account for evaporation....

This is a creek bed between two lakes....the upper lake is controlled with stop logs....

A couple years ago the upper lake level was dropped by 2 feet by an unscrupulous farmer...DU is the operator and didn't know what was going on even after numerous reports to them...

At least you still have the two water bodies. Around here they would have been drained to pull a cultivator through so they get added to the crop insurance tally then growing kochia.