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370-km trail announced

Matt Preprost

June 11, 2009

Attention Manitobans: lace up your boots, there's a new challenge afoot.

The Manitoba Recreational Trails Association announced Wednesday evening its plan to launch Border to Beaches, a 370-kilometre trail stretching from the Ontario border to Grand Beach Provincial Park.

MRTA president Ruth Marr said the association is fortunate to have received help from both the provincial and federal governments. The cost of constructing the trail will be split three ways, with both levels of the government and the association pitching in $1.45 million apiece.

“Father of North American Boreal Ecology” has Passed On

After a long life rich with achievements, Professor William O. Pruitt Jr., Senior Scholar in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba, passed away on December 7, 2009.

He is greatly missed.

The list of Dr. Pruitt’s accomplishments is vast. His research and passion for teaching has been profoundly important in our understanding of boreal ecology. His tireless service to protect the boreal forests and its critters is truly inspiring. Dr. Pruitt was so helpful to CPAWS and so many others with his teachings and insights about woodland caribou.