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Manitoba Nature Notebook

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March 21st, 2011

PROVINCE INVESTS $800,000 IN MOOSE POPULATION RESTORATION PLAN

Investment Funds Long-Term Action Plan For Moose Population Recovery: Selinger SWAN RIVER(The province is investing $800,000 to help address alarming declines in moose populations in several areas of the province, Premier Greg Selinger announced here today. “We are concerned about the decline of the moose population in these areas and

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March 21st, 2011

Birds Hill Provincial Park Management Planning Program – Report on Public Comments

The following newsletter is the second in the management planning program for Birds Hill Provincial Park. The first introduced Manitoba Conservation’s park management planning process and presented information about Birds Hill. The newsletter included a summary of the park’s history, natural features and recreational opportunities. This information was made available

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March 18th, 2011

West-side hydro line right approach: lobby group

U.S. conservationists back NDP strategy A U.S.-based conservation group has weighed into the Manitoba Hydro Bipole III debate, arguing that moving the transmission line down the east side of Lake Winnipeg would harm the boreal forest. The Pew Environment Group’s report, which came out earlier this week, found Canada’s boreal

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March 16th, 2011

The Impending Climate Catastrophe and the Historical Possibilities of the 21st Century

The University of Manitoba Global Political Economy Program Presents “The Impending Climate Catastrophe and the Historical Possibilities of the 21st Century” A Free Public Lecture by Dr. Minqi Li, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah, Research Fellow at the Political Economy Research Institute, and author of “The

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March 9th, 2011

PROVINCE ANNOUNCES MEDITATION AND SYLVIA LAKES ADDED TO PROTECTED AREAS

Lakes to be Free From Future Development: Blaikie Meditation and Sylvia lakes in Whiteshell Provincial Park will be managed as natural, protected areas, free from development, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced today. “These two areas were the focus of public reviews related to the proposed Tim Horton Foundation Youth Leadership

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March 3rd, 2011

NEW BIRCH ISLAND PROVINCIAL PARK WILL PROTECT NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE: BLAIKIE

Park Occupies Unique Environment in Lake Winnipegosis Basin The province has created a new provincial park surrounding Birch Island on Lake Winnipegosis to protect the important natural landscape and cultural values of the region, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced today. “The Birch Island area is a prime example of the

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February 28th, 2011

Leave the wetlands wet

Forecasters are calling for Manitoba’s second massive flood in the last 15 years. Anxiety is high as people brace for the worst. Water pouring over land is indeed one of Mother Nature’s most destructive forces. And while conditions and precipitation have put us in this position, when do we start

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February 14th, 2011

Location not the issue

In response to commentary by Canadian Taxpayers Federation (Bipole III boondoggle no longer affordable, Feb. 8), we would like to provide the following perspective. Based on a spreadsheet prepared a number of months ago, recent media reports have indicated that the cost of Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole III project will increase

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February 8th, 2011

Thinking big about the boreal

What is the boreal, why is it important and how do we rescue it? Most Manitobans have been to the boreal, but many are unaware that it’s called that. It’s the place with the pines, spruce and birch trees, graced by wetlands, rivers and lakes. The Whiteshell Provincial Park is

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February 4th, 2011

Canada Sets Example for International Year of Forests

From pulp mill workers in Manitoba to indigenous hunters in the Amazon, hundreds of millions of people around the world rely directly on the forested expanses of our planet. All the rest of us depend on the ecological services forests provide. This year, 2011, has been officially declared the International

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January 31st, 2011

Share Your Views on establishing the Asatiwisipe Aki Traditional Use Planning Area

The Poplar River First Nation has asked the Manitoba government to designate an area of provincial Crown land, located approximately 400 kilometres north of Winnipeg, as a traditional land use planning area. This proposed designation would be made through a new regulation under The East Side Traditional Lands Planning and

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January 20th, 2011

MANITOBANS INVITED TO MAKE MOST OF WINTER IN PROVINCIAL PARKS

Great Snow Conditions in Many Parts of Province Offer a Wealth of Exciting Opportunities: Blaikie Manitobans and visitors are invited to take advantage offabulous winter conditions in our provincial parks, ConservationMinister Bill Blaikie said today. “Perfect snow conditions exist for excellent cross-countryskiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling in many of the provincialparks