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Manitoba Caribou Get a Break

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November 18, 2007

Conservation Minister Stan Struthers congratulated the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and Tembec forestry corporation for negotiating a 50-year halt to logging in woodland caribou habitats on the east side of Lake Winnipeg.

"This government wholeheartedly supports this move to protect the important caribou habitat which is critical to maintaining populations of this threatened species," said Struthers. "Protecting our province's boreal forests is the key to caribou survival and to ensuring we keep Manitoba pristine for future generations."

Protecting Colour-changing Lake - Little Limestone

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November 11, 2007

The Manitoba government is holding an open house tomorrow (November 13th)
to seek public input about extending protection of Little Limestone Lake
and surrounding lands. The area is presently protected from all industrial
developments until January 19, 2008 while consultations continue about the
future of what the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) deems
"Manitoba's most amazing lake."

Pact protects woodland caribou habitat

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Kevin Rollason
October 15, 2007

SOME habitat used by a herd of woodland caribou has been protected from logging for at least 50 years thanks to a recent agreement between an environmental group and logging giant Tembec.

WOODLAND CARIBOU HABITAT TO BE PROTECTED

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Manitoba News Release
October 11, 2007

Conservation Minister Stan Struthers today congratulated the Canadian Parks
and Wilderness Society and Tembec forestry corporation for negotiating a
50-year halt to logging in woodland caribou habitats on the east side of
Lake Winnipeg.

Threatened caribou habitat protected

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October 10, 2007

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and forestry corporation Tembec have negotiated a minimum 50-year halt on logging in an area used extensively by woodland caribou on the east side of Lake Winnipeg.

Look at us, world

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Mia Rabson
October 8, 2007

IT has been described as the northern lungs of our planet. It is the largest source of fresh water in the world. One of the biggest, untouched swaths of it sits right in our own backyard.

Park reserve expansion sought

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Cindy McKay
September 21, 2007

The Fisher River Cree Nation has put in a request to the provincial government to expand the current Fisher Bay Park Reserve to include the area east of the Jackhead Road and the area currently known as the Moose Creek Provincial Forest.

Manitoba's newest Park Reserve protects unique colour-changing lake

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September 13, 2007

Little Limestone
Lake, the largest colour-changing
and most unique
lake of its kind in the
world, is now protected as
Manitoba's newest provincial
park reserve, Conservation
Minister Stan
Struthers announced recently.

Re: Canadians fear climate change: poll

Ron Thiessen
September 7, 2007

It's great to see Canadians are knowledgeable about climate change. Better yet, they want governments to take strong and immediate measures to reduce our nation's impact.

Here in Manitoba, our provincial Climate Change Action Plan has received much acclaim. However, it just happens to be the best in the heap of inadequate provincial strategies. A colossal improvement to Manitoba's Plan would be including forest conservation as a key component.

Canadians fear climate change: poll

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September 5, 2007

OTTAWA -- Canadians are now expressing alarm about climate change in greater numbers than in any developed nation except France, according to a poll released Tuesday.