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February 26th, 2013

MANITOBA BANS PEAT MINING IN PARKS, NOMINATED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Manitoba is banning peat mining in provincial parks and in the nominated UNESCO World Heritage Site on the east side of Lake Winnipeg as one of several new peatland protection initiatives through TomorrowNow – Manitoba’s Green Plan, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today. Source: Manitoba government news

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January 16th, 2013

CPAWS comments about the future of Little Limestone Lake

The Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society would like to thank you for your invitation to comment about the future of Little Limestone Lake Provincial Park. We are generally pleased with the Little Limestone Lake Provincial Park draft management plan. Thanks to Mosakahiken Cree Nation, CPAWS was given the opportunity to

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January 16th, 2013

CPAWS comments on the future of Manitoba’s Caribbean-blue lake

CPAWS recently sent our comments to the Manitoba government about how to keep Little Limestone Lake – the biggest and best colour-changing lake on earth – healthy and well forever. The most important recommendation we are making is for the government to get moving on its commitment to explore expanding

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January 16th, 2013

New Large Protected Areas on Manitoba’s East Side

First Nation’s plans approved January 14, 2013 “We are delighted the plans have been approved through legislation,” said Ron Thiessen, executive director of the Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society’s Manitoba chapter. “The thousands of square kilometers of wild lands and waters that are now protected in their natural state is

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December 21st, 2012

Chief David Crate Receives Diamond Jubilee Award

CPAWS congratulates Chief David Crate of Fisher River Cree Nation for receiving the prestigious Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award. The award was given to him for his many contributions and outstanding service to his community. CPAWS worked with Chief Crate and Fisher River Cree Nation to establish the Fisher Bay provincial

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December 13th, 2012

Your Voice Needed to Save Manitoba’s Caribbean Blue Lake!

The provincial government is asking you to share your thoughts about the future of Manitoba’s Little Limestone Lake – the biggest and best colour-changing waterbody on earth! Comment period ends January 7th.CPAWS and our partners Mosakahiken Cree Nation worked to ensure Little Limestone Lake provincial park was established in 2011.

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November 1st, 2012

CPAWS Provides Comments and Recommendations on Manitoba’s Green Plan

CPAWS Manitoba has provided our input into the draft Tomorrownow – Manitoba’s Green Plan. Our key recommendations are: 1) The Manitoba government embraces the opportunity to create a large landscape scale conservation framework that is based on “protect, connect, restore and monitor.” Protect an adequate network of core protected areas;

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October 19th, 2012

Green Plan Forum a Success!

Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh spoke to a full house of environmentally concerned citizens at a forum to discuss Manitoba’s draft Green Plan Tomorrownow. “It was great to see so many people at the event. As the deadline for public input to the Green Plan draws near, it’s

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October 18th, 2012

Manitoba well positioned to save caribou

Fortunately, in Manitoba we don’t have to consider placing a big fence around our threatened woodland caribou populations to prevent them from going locally extinct, as is currently being considered in Alberta. We just need to ensure that their habitat is properly protected. We are blessed to still have vast

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October 8th, 2012

CPAWS responds to federal caribou recovery strategy

Ottawa — The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes the release today of the final federal Boreal Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy. Overall, CPAWS notes an improvement from the draft recovery strategy released in August 2011, particularly in the way it proposes to manage the most imperilled caribou ranges. However,

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October 2nd, 2012

2013 Manitoba Boreal Calendar – NOW HALF PRICE! – includes a FREE $28 gift certificate

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Manitoba Chapter is pleased to offer our 2013 Boreal Wilderness Calendar! Enjoy a year of beautiful landscapes and wild creatures as you are educated on some of the most important conservation issues facing the province. All proceeds go to the CPAWS Manitoba chapter

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September 24th, 2012

TomorrowNow Public Forum

Manitoba Eco-Network, Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society, and the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg invite you to a public forum on the Government of Manitoba’s new environmental plan, TomorrowNow.