Darryl and his wife, Wanda, have recently engaged with Ducks Unlimited Canada’s “Small Ponds, Big Goals,” emphasizing the importance of smaller wetlands and the conservation efforts needed to protect them.
The Sutter Conservation Easement and Elk Conservation Easement projects, owned by Sutter, are Ducks Unlimited Canada Conservation Easement initiatives aimed at permanently protecting valuable wetland and parkland habitats in the Viking area of Alberta.
“It’s almost 800 acres of our property that will never be broken or inhabited, even if the land is ever sold,” Sutter said. “We wanted to protect our water and the native grass and the old land and all the wildlife that comes with it. Wanda and I feel very strongly about it. It’s a legacy thing, to be honest.”
It’s natural that Sutter feels a profound commitment to the land, the family homestead established in the first years of the 20th century. He’s been on this farm since 1966, when he was 8. Downsizing a little now, he once managed 700 head of cattle, the fields rich with canola wheat, barley and oats.
When his father, Louis, died Feb. 10, 2005, Sutter and his wife bought the property from the patriarch’s estate. Until recently, his mother, Grace, lived on the farm. Now 89, she resides in town.
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