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March 3rd, 2010

Bats to attract tourists?

A Manitoba conservation group is touting a planned Interlake provincial park as an ideal site for a bat attraction. The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s Manitoba branch pushed the ecotourism opportunity Wednesday when gathering about 30 Fisher River-area children together in Winnipeg to educate them on the little brown bat

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March 3rd, 2010

Spare the caribou

About a month ago I covered a newser at Fort Whyte Centre featuring the University of Manitoba’s David Barber and his work in Canada’s north documenting global warming. Here’s the story. Since then I’ve ended up on a couple of email lists decrying the work of Barber and other scientists

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March 3rd, 2010

Wildlife biologist calls Fisher Bay crucial habitat for Little Brown Bats

WINNIPEG, March 3, 2010 Dr. Craig Willis, a wildlife biologist from the University of Winnipeg, shared his enthusiasm for the flying mammals to 25-30 youth at a special “Bat Talk” today sponsored by the Fisher River Cree Nation and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). “Bats are intriguing animals,” Dr.

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February 25th, 2010

Grizzly Bears Move Into Polar Bear Habitat in Manitoba, Canada

Biologists affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and City College of the City University of New York have found that grizzly bears are roaming into what was traditionally thought of as polar bear habitat—and into the Canadian province of Manitoba, where they are officially listed as extirpated.

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February 25th, 2010

Just remove phosphorus from city effluent: top scientist

ONE of the planet’s leading freshwater scientists says his life’s work has been ignored or misrepresented before Manitoba’s Clean Environment Commission.David Schindler, a University of Alberta limnologist who founded the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario, told an audience of city and provincial officials on Tuesday that there is no

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February 17th, 2010

Province Takes Backward Approach to Pitching New Camp in Whiteshell Provincial Park

Map of the proposed Tim’s Camp. Click to Enlarge The province has announced a new location for a proposed Tim Horton’s children’s camp near Sylvia Lake in Whiteshell provincial park. The message from CPAWS is the same as last year when Meditation Lake was originally proposed for a Tim Horton’s

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February 11th, 2010

Whatever became of Gary Doer the green premier?

I saw Gary Doer recently in Copenhagen, waiting his turn to speak with a high-ranking official of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at a social event we were co-hosting during the UN climate summit. As the new Canadian ambassador to the U.S., this is exactly the kind of thing Doer

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February 9th, 2010

CPAWS volunteer, Nicole Wadelius , Wins Volunteer Award

Winner of Investor’s Group Employee Volunteer Award, Nicole Wadelius has generously given her time to many charitable pursuits including volunteering for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Manitoba Chapter, Healing Hands Healing Hearts Art Show, and Community Outreach Committee. Nicole has spent the last 2 years as Marketing Director

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February 9th, 2010

Trappers suing for $64M

A group of native trappers and elders is suing Manitoba Hydro and the province for $64 million, compensation the trappers say they are owed for flooding that eradicated their livelihood and culture. The trappers from the Chemawawin First Nation say flooding from the Grand Rapids dam has led to a

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February 9th, 2010

Science Matters: Traditional aboriginal knowledge is critical to conservation

The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. It would be great if the year could be simply a celebration of the Earth’s biological richness, but Biodiversity Year is occurring while non-human life on our planet is in a more perilous state than ever before. Experts believe

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February 5th, 2010

Keep hydro corridor away from east side

I commend our provincial government and Manitoba Hydro for their commitment to keep the proposed major hydro corridor away from the intact boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. The assertion that a hydro line and an all-weather road would follow the same route on the east side

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February 4th, 2010

Climate change causes wolverine decline across Canada

The wolverine, a predator renowned for its strength and tenacious character, may be slowly melting away along with the snowpack upon which it lives. Research shows wolverine numbers are falling across North America. Their decline has been linked to less snow settling as a result of climate change. The study