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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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February 28th, 2011

Leave the wetlands wet

Forecasters are calling for Manitoba’s second massive flood in the last 15 years. Anxiety is high as people brace for the worst. Water pouring over land is indeed one of Mother Nature’s most destructive forces. And while conditions and precipitation have put us in this position, when do we start

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February 14th, 2011

Location not the issue

In response to commentary by Canadian Taxpayers Federation (Bipole III boondoggle no longer affordable, Feb. 8), we would like to provide the following perspective. Based on a spreadsheet prepared a number of months ago, recent media reports have indicated that the cost of Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole III project will increase

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February 8th, 2011

Thinking big about the boreal

What is the boreal, why is it important and how do we rescue it? Most Manitobans have been to the boreal, but many are unaware that it’s called that. It’s the place with the pines, spruce and birch trees, graced by wetlands, rivers and lakes. The Whiteshell Provincial Park is

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February 4th, 2011

Canada Sets Example for International Year of Forests

From pulp mill workers in Manitoba to indigenous hunters in the Amazon, hundreds of millions of people around the world rely directly on the forested expanses of our planet. All the rest of us depend on the ecological services forests provide. This year, 2011, has been officially declared the International

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January 31st, 2011

Share Your Views on establishing the Asatiwisipe Aki Traditional Use Planning Area

The Poplar River First Nation has asked the Manitoba government to designate an area of provincial Crown land, located approximately 400 kilometres north of Winnipeg, as a traditional land use planning area. This proposed designation would be made through a new regulation under The East Side Traditional Lands Planning and

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January 20th, 2011

MANITOBANS INVITED TO MAKE MOST OF WINTER IN PROVINCIAL PARKS

Great Snow Conditions in Many Parts of Province Offer a Wealth of Exciting Opportunities: Blaikie Manitobans and visitors are invited to take advantage offabulous winter conditions in our provincial parks, ConservationMinister Bill Blaikie said today. “Perfect snow conditions exist for excellent cross-countryskiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling in many of the provincialparks

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January 20th, 2011

Hydro line could run under lake

Study looks at what may come after Bipole III The not-yet built Bipole III will be maxed out once the next generation of dams is constructed, raising the spectre of a fourth mega-power line and reviving the idea of an underwater route. A 200-page report on the viability of a

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January 16th, 2011

Website for heritage bid chalks up cash, visitors

A website launched a month ago to raise funds toward a United Nations world heritage site designation on the east side of the province has collected almost $25,000 and seen nearly 5,000 visits. Sue Barkman, director of development and community relations for the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), said

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January 16th, 2011

2011 Manitoba Boreal Wilderness Calendar

The 2011 Manitoba Boreal Wilderness Calendar is now here! BONUS: Order the calendar today, and you will also receive a $25 Gift Certificate to Fusion Grill! As you flip through the months, you will see this calendar is intended to do more than simply showcase beautiful landscapes and wild creatures.

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January 10th, 2011

Woodland Caribou: A Canadian Idol

If you are Canadian, chances are you have a caribou in your pocket. Since 1937, we have celebrated the woodland caribou by featuring its image on the “tails” side of millions of Canadian quarters. Woodland caribou are fascinating dwellers of Canada’s boreal region that boast many remarkable yet largely unknown

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January 4th, 2011

Hydro facing stormy waters

Opposition to lake regulation licence looms The Grand Beach boardwalk was destroyed in October by huge waves created by a ‘weather bomb’ of rain and high wind in Lake Winnipeg’s south basin. Manitoba Hydro’s role in regulating the water level on Lake Winnipeg will be put under the microscope at

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December 17th, 2010

Shortchanging east side

The letter Engineers united on east side (Dec. 8) states: “The two routes traverse the same length of boreal forest (about 400 kilometres).” This is true for the west side; absolutely false for the east side. If an east-side Bipole III was built according to the route that proponents suggest,