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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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July 20th, 2007

Colour-changing Lake becomes a Park Reserve

After years of promoting conservation within the Interlake region, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes Park Reserve status for Little Limestone Lake and surrounding lands.During the Park Reserve process, the designated area is protected from industrial activities while the province consults local First Nations and considers input from

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June 18th, 2007

East side forests essential

Eva Pip hit the nail on the head with her statement about industrial logging and its negative effects on Lake Winnipeg. The boreal forests in eastern Manitoba capture phosphorus that would otherwise enter the lake, causing increased algae blooms and reduced oxygen levels. In other words, the east side forests

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June 16th, 2007

Whiteshell clearcut a benefit, says province

A wilderness watchdog group says it has learned the province is allowing clear-cutting to break up rare stands of old growth forest in Whiteshell Provincial Park. “There are very few (patches of) old-growth trees,” said Eric Reder, Manitoba campaign director for the national Wilderness Committee. After his organization hounded the

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1,500 scientists urge saving Canada’s boreal forest

This week 1,500 scientists from around the world are pleading with Canada to save our boreal forest, underscoring the irresponsibility of Hugh McFadyen’s threat to force a new bipole transmission line through the pristine East Side of Lake Winnipeg. “Canada’s boreal forest is the largest intact forest and wetland ecosystem

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Save trees, help world, Canada told

FIFTEEN hundred of the world’s most respected scientists on climate change yesterday called on Canada to take political action to protect its vast boreal forests from development. The boreal forest, stretching across Manitoba’s northern and central regions, is the province’s biggest forest zone. The life of the planet may depend

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Doer vows to protect pristine park reserve

POPLAR RIVER FIRST NATION—From the sky above this northern community, the towering evergreens coat the ground with a rich green sheen and the fast-flowing waters of the Poplar River sparkle royal blue. It is, said Premier Gary Doer Friday, “the greatest undiscovered area anywhere in North America.” And he travelled

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April 30th, 2007

Prize well-deserved

Congratulations to Sophia Rabliauskas and Poplar River First Nation for a well deserved Goldman Environment Prize. This First Nation community has a vision that we all can learn from.Their efforts serve as a strong reminder that our provincial government needs to do more to protect Manitoba’s boreal forests. The Manitoba

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April 9th, 2007

East side road construction set to start

Construction of the first leg of a northern highway down the east side of Lake Winnipeg will start this year, the province said today. There’s $15 million in the NDP budget, unveiled Wednesday, to rebuild Rice River Road, the rough gravel highway between Hollow Water First Nation and the Bloodvein

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April 5th, 2007

PROVINCE MOVING FORWARD ON FIRST LEG OF ALL-WEATHER ROAD

Manitoba has committed $15 million to begin construction of thefirst leg of an all-weather road on the east side of LakeWinnipeg, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Ron Lemieuxannounced today. “The Rice River road on the east side of Lake Winnipeg will seeextensive construction and upgrades to provide improved accessand reduced transportation

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April 4th, 2007

Help for east side communities

I was pleased to read about the Manitoba government financial contribution to support sixteen First Nations on the east side of Lake Winnipeg in producing their community lands management plans. Two and a half million dollars is a beginning, but significantly more funding will be required for First Nations to

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March 20th, 2007

Federal budget: Tories scratch surface of green ideas: grocer

A levy on gas-guzzlers is a good idea, but avid environmentalist Will Kurtz has got dozens more. During a short chat from his Wolseley shop that sells organic groceries and environmentally friendly clothing, Kurtz brainstormed a batch of even bolder, greener ideas he wishes the federal Tories had embraced in

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March 20th, 2007

Federal budget: $7M set aside for Lake Winnipeg

OTTAWA—The Harper government has set aside $7 million to help address Lake Winnipeg’s water woes, one of the many green initiatives in a budget even critics admit is the most environmentally-aware in recent Canadian history. The federal cash for the lake is to be spent over two years as part