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October 26th, 2010

Manitoba chief honoured for provincial park campaign

The pursuit of a provincial park has earned one Manitoba chief a Prairie Crocus prize. Chief David Crate of the Fisher River Cree Nation will receive Nature Manitoba’s Prairie Crocus Award in recognition of his leadership in the campaign to establish a new provincial park around Fisher Bay on Lake

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October 25th, 2010

Environmental groups give Manitoba an award

Today, 10 leading environmental groups gave the Manitoba government and Indigenous partners on the east side of Lake Winnipeg an award for their work to promote the creation of an UNESCO world heritage site in this spectacular tract of intact boreal forest.

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October 20th, 2010

Major U.N. Report: Failure to Price Nature’s Value Undermines the Economy

OTTAWA, Oct. 19 /CNW/ – The largest-ever global study on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is being released today in Nagoya, Japan, at the Convention on Biodiversity’s 10th Conference of the Parties. The study, Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature, was led by a top international banker (Pavan Sukhdev)

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October 20th, 2010

Canada’s biodiversity under attack, federal-provincial report finds

The most comprehensive report ever on the state of Canada’s biodiversity calls for action to ‘‘maintain functioning ecosystems” from B.C.‘s forests to the Prairies grasslands to the St. Lawrence River. The report, Canadian biodiversity: ecosystem status and trends 2010, was quietly posted on the web Friday by the federal, provincial

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October 15th, 2010

Forging a Landmark Agreement To Save Canada’s Boreal Forest

Last spring, conservation groups and timber companies signed an historic agreement to protect a large swath of Canada’s boreal forest. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, the Pew Environment Group’s Steven E. Kallick, a key player in the agreement, explains why the accord is integral to a larger plan

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October 12th, 2010

Province stalling on designating wilderness park: Fisher River chief

The chief of Fisher River Cree Nation says the province is stalling on a plan to establish a provincial park at Fisher Bay. In a release issued today FRCN and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) say the province is attempting to back down on its commitment to designate a

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October 7th, 2010

Letters to the Editor: Boreal wilderness

Re: Province accused of dragging its feet on wilderness park (Oct. 2). The Manitoba government’s request to delay the designation of a provincial park in Fisher Bay is unacceptable on several grounds. Environmentally speaking, Fisher Bay is a healthy boreal wilderness; many rare and threatened species make it their home.

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October 5th, 2010

Manitoba ‘stalling’ on new park, groups say

Native and environmental groups are angry the province has backed away from creating a new provincial park around Fisher Bay. The groups claim they were led to believe a provincial park would be created, but are concerned the government wants to extend a consultation process on the matter by five

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October 1st, 2010

Province backpedaling on promise to establish park

Last day for public comments The Manitoba government is attempting to back down on its commitment to designate a Fisher Bay provincial park by the end of this month by asking Manitobans for their views on extending the park proposal process for up to 5 years. FRCN and CPAWS say

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September 29th, 2010

Poaching blamed for decline of moose

The Manitoba Wildlife Federation says it suspects poaching is partly responsible for big drops in moose numbers in two regions of the province that are now off limits to licensed hunters. John Williams, the organization’s president, said his members are hearing that there is “fairly substantial meat trafficking going on,”

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September 28th, 2010

Urgent! Your Comments Needed Immediately on Creating Fisher Bay Park. 3 Days Remaining

The Piping Plover, one of Canada’s most endangered species, requires Fisher Bay’s seldom-used beaches for its survival The Manitoba government is asking for public comments on the proposed Fisher Bay provincial park. Specifically, the province is only asking you how you feel about extending the decision-making process for another 5

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August 23rd, 2010

Mining, logging halt urged to help caribou recover

Environmentalists want the Manitoba government to order an immediate year-long pause on logging and mining in a sweeping area northwest of Grass River Provincial Park to help woodland caribou recover from a massive forest fire earlier summer. The fire burned about 55,000 hectares north of Cranberry Portage and destroyed a