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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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March 16th, 2009

CLEAN ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION ASKED TO REVIEW LOUISIANA PACIFIC’S LICENCE CHANGE REQUEST

The province is requesting the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) to review Louisiana Pacific’s request for permanent alterations to its Swan Valley oriented strand board plant’s Environment Act licence. “I have directed the Clean Environment Commission to review Louisiana Pacific’s request,” Conservation Minister Stan Struthers said. “The CEC will thoroughly examine

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March 16th, 2009

Duck Mountain only provincial park where logging continues

I have a soft spot for Duck Mountain Provincial Park. Lucky enough to have been born into a family with a rustic little cabin located within its boundaries—legend has it Grandpa acquired it as payment for an outstanding poker debt back when it was little more than a fishing shack—I

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March 12th, 2009

Fisher River Cree Nation and environmental group renew plea for provincial park

WINNIPEG, March 10. The Fisher River Cree Nation and a leading environmental organization are taking their campaign for a wilderness park to the Manitoba legislature. The groups will appeal directly to elected legislators and the NDP government to finish the job they started and create a new provincial park. They

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March 11th, 2009

No walk in the park for Cree Nation’s project

The Fisher River Cree Nation and an environmental group accused the Doer government Tuesday of foot-dragging in the development of a provincial scenic wilderness park on the southwest basin of Lake Winnipeg. FRCN is proposing the creation of a park four times the size of Winnipeg to permanently safeguard the

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March 10th, 2009

Groups push for park

An Interlake First Nation and a wilderness protection group called on the province Tuesday to step up and create a new provincial park on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. Representatives from the Fisher River Cree Nation and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) have been working together for several

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March 10th, 2009

Fisher River Cree Nation renews plea for provincial park

A northern community’s efforts to convince the Doer government to create a provincial park in its area is moving to Winnipeg today. The Fisher River Cree Nation is holding a news conference at 11:30 a.m. in room 334 of the Legislative Building. Fisher River chief David Crate said the province

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March 9th, 2009

Soft toilet paper use killing ancient forests: Greenpeace

OTTAWA—North American consumers are addicted to ultra-soft toilet paper and it’s a luxury the planet can no longer afford, says a new international campaign launched by conservation groups. The environmentalists say regular use of soft tissue paper is flushing trees from Canada’s ancient forests down the toilet and causing as

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March 2nd, 2009

Woodland herds ‘holding their own’

MANITOBA’S woodland caribou face the same pressures as their northern cousins, but at this stage their health and herd-strength remains stable, provincial wildlife biologist Vince Creighton said. “They’re at least holding their own,” Creighton said. “If I had the resources to do a survey, I would suspect we’d likely find

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March 2nd, 2009

Manitoba woodland caribou declining, need habitat protection

CPAWS is surprised by the article “Woodland herds holding their own” as it is widely understood that woodland caribou populations are declining across North America and Manitoba is no exception. The Manitoba government’s Conservation Strategy makes it clear this species is threatened in our province and has already disappeared from

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February 27th, 2009

Louisiana Pacific OSB Plant in Manitoba Seeks Government Approval to Permanently Decommission Pollut

Back in the 1990s when Louisiana Pacific (LP) wanted to construct a new Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant near Swan River MB., citizens raised legitimate concerns about Louisiana Pacific’s past track record in the United States and the type and amount of toxic chemicals to be emitted from the new

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February 11th, 2009

Boreal Forest tract worth $120 M per year

A team of Winnipeg-based researchers has calculated that keeping intact a 40,000-square-kilometre tract of boreal forest in Manitoba and Ontario is worth upwards of $120 million per year. The year-long study, conducted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, will form part of the application package that the non-profit Pimachiowin

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February 11th, 2009

Bands get east-side planning authority

The Doer government introduced legislation Monday that paves the way for a world heritage site on the east side of Lake Winnipeg and effectively bans the construction of a power line through the boreal forest. “This land is part of us,” said Sophia Rabliouskis, a Poplar River First Nation band