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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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October 13th, 2006

Tories promise new national parks

The federal government has pledged to complete Canada’s national park system, starting with work on a brand-new park bridging forest and tundra. The plan, announced Friday by Environment Minister Rona Ambrose, also includes a long-awaited timeline for expansion of Nahanni National Park in the Northwest Territories and promises to move

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August 29th, 2006

Manigotagan River Photo Gallery now online

After 7 days of reasonably good weather and 100 kilometers of paddling, Manitoba Executive Director Ron Thiessen has returned from an expedition along the Manigotagan River. Ron’s trip was in support of the Manitoba Eco-Network’s Manigotagan River Web-Based GIS Project. It’s all part of CPAWS efforts to put conservation and

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August 28th, 2006

Help for East Side Welcome

Re: Province providing funds for east side land use plans (Aug. 20) I was delighted to read the Manitoba government is starting to make good on its long overdue commitment to support First Nations on the east side of Lake Winnipeg in producing community lands management plans. Half a million

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August 15th, 2006

East Side River Expedition

In the wake of cross-country canoeist Jay Morrison’s visit to Manitoba, CPAWS Manitoba Executive Director Ron Thiessen is canoeing the Manigotagan River on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, in support of the Manitoba Eco-Network’s GIS Mapping Center Project. The Mapping Project’s current mission is to produce a canoe map

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August 8th, 2006

Cross-country Canoeist Supports East Side Protection

After paddling solo from the Atlantic (over 3,000 km since April), CPAWS Board member Jay Morrison stopped in Winnipeg this week to voice his support for new protected areas on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. Please join CPAWS and Jay by sending a letter to the Manitoba government. Let’s

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August 3rd, 2006

Canoeist finishes 3,100-km journey

That’s a lot of paddling. An Ottawa man arrived in Lac du Bonnet along the Winnipeg Riveron Sunday, completing a 3,100-kilometre canoe trip that took nearlyfour months. Canoeist extraordinaire Jay Morrison paddles up behind the Manitoba Legislature yesterday. MARCEL CRETAIN Sun. Jay Morrison, 57, began his journey in the ocean

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August 2nd, 2006

Protect boreal forest: paddler

JAY Morrison paddled 3,000 kilometres through heat and storms to deliver a paddle to the Manitoba legislature yesterday. The 57-year-old member of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAW) put his canoe-kayak hybrid in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence on April 9, and arrived in Winnipeg—somewhat tanned—yesterday to remind the

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August 1st, 2006

Cross – Canada solo canoeist arrives in Winnipeg to support wilderness conservation

Winnipeg—After paddling 3,000 km since starting in April in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, solo canoeist Jay Morrison was greeted in Winnipeg today by Manitoba Conservation Minister Stan Struthers and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Manitoba chapter director Ron Thiessen at the banks of the Assiniboine River south

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July 25th, 2006

Success! Woodland Caribou protected under Manitoba Endangered Species Act!

In June 2006, after a targeted campaign by CPAWS and the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Manitoba’s threatened woodland caribou was listed under the Manitoba Endangered Species Act. We are delighted by this announcement and will be working to ensure that the habitat protection mandated in the Manitoba Endangered Species Act

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July 25th, 2006

Your comments are needed on Manitoba’s Caribou Recovery Strategy

After much urging by CPAWS, and a stream of letters from CPAWS supporters, the Manitoba government has now provided an avenue for citizens and experts to provide comments and make improvements to the provincial Caribou Recovery Strategy.Thank you for your support! Our woodland caribou’s future depends on a Recovery Strategy

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June 20th, 2006

A Toast to New Protection for Caribou

In April 2005, Ron Thiessen, now CPAWS Manitoba Executive Director, gave Conservation Minister Stan Struthers a bottle of Caribou Wine together with a request that it only be opened to celebrate when the province provides legal protection for woodland caribou.In June 2006, after a targeted campaign by CPAWS and the

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June 12th, 2006

Manitoba Caribou Recovery Strategy

After years of delays, the Manitoba government has released its Conservation and Recovery Strategy for Boreal Woodland Caribou. The Strategy is a weaker, watered-down version of its predecessor that fails to embrace what is truly needed to create a healthy future for threatened woodland caribou – protecting large, intact areas