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Manitoba Nature Notebook

Welcome to our Manitoba Nature Notebook Blog, where conservation meets curiosity.

Explore stories, insights, and updates focused on protecting Manitoba's lands and waters. Through campaign updates, hike highlights, and inspiring nature fun, we aim to deepen your connection to Manitoba and empower you to take action.

Whether you’re a student, educator, or nature enthusiast, join us in learning, protecting, and celebrating the places we call home—one blog post at a time.

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February 22nd, 2012

Caribou recovery plan swamped by public feedback

The iconic image of the woodland caribou has graced one side of Canadian quarters since 1937 and environmentalists are worried that may be the only way to see this endangered species in the future. Public consultations on a caribou recovery strategy come to an end Wednesday but Environment Minister Peter

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February 11th, 2012

Baffled biologists scramble to unlock secrets of disease killing millions of hibernating bats

If you're trying to evoke sympathy for the plight of threatened animals, it's relatively easy to drum up support for charismatic creatures like pandas, polar bears or baby seals. Hence the frustration of biologists trying to raise awareness about the biggest disappearance of mammals in North America today — the

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February 10th, 2012

MWF Calls For Full Moose Hunting Closure

A large decline in the moose population on the east side of Lake Winnipeg has the Manitoba Wildlife Federation calling for a full closure of a key moose-hunting area. The Federation wants Game Hunting Area 26 completely shut down to hunting in order to allow the population in that region

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February 6th, 2012

Award Won by CPAWS Manitoba Executive Director

Ron Thiessen is the 2012 Manitoba Eco-Network “Protecting Our Earth” award-winner! The award honours significant contributions to the awareness and protection of Manitoba’s environment. Ron’s efforts to protect the largest and best marl lake in the world – Little Limestone Lake – and healthy wildlife habitat on the southwest basin

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February 2nd, 2012

Thiessen speaks at ‘For Peat’s Sake’ Event

CPAWS’ Ron Thiessen was a guest speaker today at the Manitoba Legislative Building at a gathering organized to address a proposed peat mine in Hecla/Grindstone provincial park and to express the importance of peatlands. His key messages were: Industrial activity is not appropriate in parks, including peat mining. All industrial

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January 26th, 2012

Protecting Peatlands, Parks, and Lake Winnipeg

Congratulations to Gord Mackintosh on his new post as Manitoba’s Conservation Minister. His many years in Manitoba politics, his accomplishments, and his specific experience make him capable of this challenging role. CPAWS is pleased to hear that Minister Mackintosh is going to make the issue of the proposed peat mine

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January 24th, 2012

PARKS CANADA TO CONSULT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN

WASAGAMING, MANITOBA, January 24, 2012 – Parks Canada is initiating public consultation on a proposed amendment to the 2007 Riding Mountain National Park Management Plan. If approved, the amendment will allow Parks Canada to consider proposals for the re-opening of a ski hill operation and possible multi-season recreational activities at

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January 19th, 2012

Feds to test Riding Mountain elk for TB

The federal government is planning to test elk for tuberculosis in a Manitoba national park amid fears the disease could infect cattle herds.

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January 18th, 2012

NOMINATION BID FOR PIMACHIOWIN AKI WORLD HERITAGE SITE COMPLETE, READY FOR SUBMISSION TO UNESCO

Source: Manitoba Government Preserving Unique Area of Outstanding Natural, Cultural Value Would Benefit Humankind for Generations: Selinger A proposal to secure world heritage site designation for a large area of boreal forest in eastern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario is complete and ready for submission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific

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January 18th, 2012

CPAWS Commends Progress Toward East Side World Heritage Site

The Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is celebrating Canada’s submission to the United Nations for a World Heritage Site on the east side of Lake Winnipeg – the Heart of the Boreal. The 43,000 km² World Heritage Site proposal is an initiative of five First Nations straddling the Manitoba-Ontario

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January 17th, 2012

Mackintosh vows prompt decision on peat mine

MANITOBA’S new Conservation minister vows not to drag his feet over a decision on whether to allow a peat mine to proceed in Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park. “I’m well aware of the concerns and I’m going to have a very hard look at this application as a priority issue over the

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January 13th, 2012

Protecting Manitoba’s Boreal woodland caribou requires tougher action

Environment Canada is hosting a session today in Winnipeg to discuss its proposed strategy under the federal Species-At-Risk Act to prevent threatened woodland caribou from continuing down the path to extinction. It’s timely to ask why are caribou in trouble in Manitoba and across the nation? How is ensuring that