Yamaha Rightwaters renews its partnership with Ducks Unlimited
through the Southeast Wetlands (SEWI) and Great Lakes initiatives
(GLI), two multi-year conservation projects dedicated to water
conservation and improving and rebuilding wetlands lost to erosion.
This latest commitment, which includes a contribution of $250,000
over a three-year period, will advance critical conservation
projects and steward natural resources in Wisconsin and
Florida.
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Yamaha Rightwaters renews its partnership
with Ducks Unlimited through a $250,000 contribution to the
Southeast Wetlands (SEWI) and Great Lakes initiatives (GLI).
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The continued partnership between Yamaha Rightwaters and Ducks
Unlimited will also help improve fisheries and wildlife habitats,
mitigate invasive species, enhance water quality and storage,
support outdoor recreation activities and address climate threats
in these areas.
“By supporting Ducks Unlimited through these initiatives, we can
affect real change within these marine environments through science
as well as habitat restoration. These projects will ultimately
enhance the overall quality and sustainability of the Southeast
Wetlands and the Great Lakes,” said Joshua Grier, Sustainability
Program Manager, Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit. “We look forward
to the progress we will make together in Wisconsin and
Florida.”
Work completed in the Wisconsin area of the GLI will help
improve wetlands for wading birds and spawning habitat for Northern
Pike. In Florida, the SEWI collaborative efforts will help
safeguard South Florida from hurricanes and prevent coastal
erosion. Many threatened species will also benefit, including the
Everglades snail kite, green sea turtle, west Indian manatee, black
skimmer and smalltooth sawfish.
Yamaha Rightwaters previously sponsored the Ducks Unlimited Gulf
Coast Initiative, a multi-year conservation initiative dedicated to
rebuilding wetlands lost to erosion, subsidence and sea level rise
in Louisiana and Texas. The Meraux Foundation Terracing Project in
Louisiana and the Sargent Marsh Shoreline Protection Project in
coastal Texas restored designated seagrass and wetland habitats,
and also contributed to climate mitigation through a combination of
protecting buried carbon and sequestering atmospheric carbon at
rates.
As of 2023, the Gulf Coast Initiative provided an estimated 817
acre-feet of water storage, sequestered 77 metric tons of carbon,
reduced 272,304 pounds of nitrogen, reduced 24,323 pounds of
phosphorus and provided 189 metric tons of sediment reduction. The
Gulf Coast Initiative wetland conservation program provided many
societal benefits beyond waterfowl — most notably through improving
water quality and quantity, providing flood water storage, reducing
impacts of climate change, and providing local and regional
economic lift.
“During the last four years, Yamaha Rightwaters has supported
Ducks Unlimited’s wetland habitat restoration, enhancement and
protection efforts throughout the country,” said Will Johnson,
Managing Director of Development, Ducks Unlimited. “From our
initial collaborations in Texas and Louisiana to our partnership
efforts in Wisconsin and Florida, we look forward to continuing our
relationship to benefit wildlife, the environment and the general
public.”
For more information, visit www.ducks.org, and be sure to follow
DU’s Twitter feed – @DucksUnlimited and @DUConserve – to get the
most up-to-date news from Ducks Unlimited.
About Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited Inc. is the world's largest nonprofit
organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually
disappearing wetlands, grasslands and other waterfowl habitats.
Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has restored or protected more
than 18 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a
million supporters across the continent. Guided by science, DU’s
projects benefit waterfowl, wildlife and people in all 50 states.
DU is growing its mission through a historic $3 billion
Conservation For A Continent comprehensive campaign. Learn more at
www.ducks.org.
Yamaha Rightwaters is a national sustainability program
encompassing all of Yamaha Marine's conservation and water quality
efforts. Program initiatives include habitat restoration, support
for scientific research, mitigation of invasive species, reduction
of marine debris, and environmental stewardship education. Yamaha
Rightwaters reinforces Yamaha's long-standing history of natural
resource conservation, support of sustainable recreational fishing
and water resources, and the Angler Code of Ethics, which requires
pro anglers to adhere to principles of stewardship for all marine
resources.
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responsible for the sales, marketing, and distribution of Yamaha
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