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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.

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September 12th, 2012

To build or not to build?

The public debate has largely centered on the question of where do we erect a Bipole III major hydro transmission line – on the east or west side of the province? Now we are asking the most important questions, the ones we should have discussed first. To build or not

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July 30th, 2012

CPAWS MB speaks to youth on the Manigotagan River

In partnership with the Canadian Canoe Foundation, Paddle Manitoba and Northern Soul Wilderness Adventures , CPAWS Manitoba worked to provide an incredible wilderness experience for 7 enthusiastic youth participants. From July 9th-15th, these intrepid individuals learned, laughed, sweat through a one of Manitoba’s most pristine river canoe routes. 70 km

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July 21st, 2012

Small Change Big Help to Little Limestone Lake

CPAWS gives huge thanks to the Small Change Fund for helping to protect Little Limestone Lake. CPAWS and Mosakahiken Cree Nation are working to add additional lands to the new provincial park that surrounds the Lake so that we can ensure it stays healthy forever. The unique Little Limestone Lake

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July 13th, 2012

Manitoba’s parks facing threats

CPAWS’ 2012 State of Canada’s Parks Report Winnipeg – In the run-up to Canada Parks Day on the 3rd Saturday in July, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is releasing a sobering report about the growing threats our parks are facing. The report highlights the dangers to our parks

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Good news for Manitoba’s caribou

As a caribou supporter, we know you will be happy to hear this news! CPAWS is congratulating the Manitoba government for recently committing to a new conservation strategy for threatened woodland caribou in its new Green Plan – Tomorrow Now. The new strategy will be based on the key principle