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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.

Visit every Friday for a new story.

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December 9th, 2009

Country takes verbal lashing for inaction on climate change

A damaging study on Alberta’s oilsands. A brazen protest by Greenpeace. A sobering poll and massive petition. Criticism from around the world. The heat was on the Harper government Monday over its climate-change position as a major United Nations conference began in Copenhagen. “The clock has ticked down to zero,”

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December 9th, 2009

Conservation Districts Gather

450 delegates are expected to attend the 34th Manitoba Conservation District Association convention in Brandon this week. Executive Director Wendy Bulloch says this year’s theme is…. Our Environment: The Cost of Doing Nothing. She hopes it will help people become aware it’s important to remain vigilant about what’s happening in

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December 7th, 2009

Put the $160 million in perspective

And Manitoba depends on the next generation of dams for export energy sales. Hydro projects come with consequences. Nothing is clean and nothing is green, especially in this era of global warming. Negotiations are an integral part of the process to launch the three multibillion-dollar megaprojects: Conawapa, Keeyask and Wuskwatim.

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December 7th, 2009

Province proclaims changes to Environment Act

WINNIPEG – Manitoba is clamping down on polluters by giving inspectors more powers and requiring the reporting of any pollutant that is causing or might cause an environmental problem. Amendments to the Environment Act were proclaimed today and come into effect immediately. Also under the act, greenhouse-gas emissions from a

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December 7th, 2009

Premier going to Copenhagen

Premier Greg Selinger and his conservation minister, Bill Blaikie, will hobnob with the likes of President Barack Obama and Prince Charles when they travel to Copenhagen this month for the international climate change summit.About 65 world leaders, including Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, are to attend this month’s conference,

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December 3rd, 2009

New park could generate $38M: report

WINNIPEG – The creation of a provincial park proposed around Fisher Bay would add $38 million to the Manitoba economy, according to a new study. Conducted by the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, the study shows current industries in the area of Fisher River Cree Nation — logging, non-aboriginal hunting

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December 2nd, 2009

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATIONS FUND GRANTS ANNOUNCED

Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie today announced provincial funding support of $567,702 for 36 projects around Manitoba through the Sustainable Development Innovations Fund (SDIF).

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December 2nd, 2009

MANITOBA HONOURED BY PRESENTATION OF 2009 BOREAL AWARD: ROBINSON

Manitoba is extremely honoured to receive a 2009 Boreal Award inrecognition of the province’s efforts, in co-operation with FirstNations, to protect and sustain Canada’s boreal forest, DeputyPremier Eric Robinson, minister of Aboriginal and northern affairs, said today. “Since 1999, Manitoba has permanently protected 871,000 hectaresof land in parks, wildlife management areas

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December 2nd, 2009

Province highlights polar bears, climate change in speech

MANITOBA’S polar bears have a friend in Premier Greg Selinger. So does the vast expanse of bog that covers much of northern Manitoba and acts like a huge carbon sink. Monday’s throne speech confirmed two environmental initiatives that could pay huge dividends. Manitoba will make a major contribution to establish

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November 30th, 2009

Progress made on east side road

THE new all-season road to Berens River on the east side of Lake Winnipeg inched a little closer to being built Thursday. An environmental impact assessment was filed by the province’s East Side Road Authority to Manitoba Conservation for review. The road is to be built from Manigatogan north to

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November 30th, 2009

Contaminated mining environments: It’s better to be green

Waste Rock and Tailings When a mining company wants to dig up specific minerals, it has to remove rock from the earth to do so. Any rock removed that does not contain economic amounts of the wanted mineral is called waste rock. Mining companies put this waste rock in piles

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November 30th, 2009

Starving Polar Bears Resort to Cannibalism: Global Warming to Blame?

Shrinking sea ice may be to blame for recent polar bear cannibalism incidents in Canada. Eight cases of adult polar bears eating bear cubs and other bears near Churchill, Manitoba, have been reported. Four of the cases were reported to Environment Canada and four to Manitoba Conservation. While adult male