Then let's get behind our governments, conservation groups, and other agencies in their efforts to save those important resources. At the federal level, on a limited scale, the Canadian Wildlife Service is already doing this through its habitat program and has created specially protected National Wildlife Areas across the country. Wetlands can also be protected by provincial regulation and municipal zoning, and through compensation, tax concessions, and other incentives to farmers and other property owners. Private citizens can do something too, as individuals or as members of service clubs, conservation groups, and other organizations. Contact your regional Canadian Wildlife Service office for more information on wetlands and on organizations in your area working to preserve these valuable habitats.
Landowners can donate their wetlands to government or private agencies to preserve the habitat.
Other citizens can pool their resources to lease or to purchase and protect wetlands, while sponsoring or supporting much-needed programs of public education. To ease the pressure to drain and develop wetlands, we must promote the wiser use of land for agriculture and other purposes. Resourceful farmers have learned to use wetlands without destroying them. In some places, fish-farming in sloughs or marshes is a profitable venture. It is also possible to restore wetlands or create new ones.