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August 12th, 2010

Urgent! Help Protect Manitoba’s Colour-changing Lake

The biggest and best marl lake in the world! Comments to the government needed by August 31. Please don’t delay. Do it now! Little Limestone Lake is the largest and most outstanding marl lake on Earth Marl is created when calcite, a constituent of limestone, is chemically precipitated from warm

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August 12th, 2010

Green slime can be toxic, experts say

Lake Winnipeg researchers are warning the giant mass of blue-green algae washing up on beaches on the east side of Lake Winnipeg is producing poison. Research biologist Hedy Kling, an algae specialist, said water samples taken offshore from Grand Beach by scientists on the MV Namao research ship last week

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August 3rd, 2010

Letter of the Day: A jewel like this needs a ring

Re: Colourful lake a jewel of new park (July 16). A jewel needs a proper ring. What starts out in the morning turquoise and becomes powder blue by mid-afternoon? Manitoba’s Little Limestone Lake, the biggest and best marl lake in the world. It is fitting that our provincial government has

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July 19th, 2010

CREATION OF LITTLE LIMESTONE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK WOULD PROTECT AMAZING MARL LAKE: BLAIKIE

A new provincial park at Little Limestone Lake in north-central Manitoba is being proposed and the public is invited to have input in the process from mid-July to late August, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced today.

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July 19th, 2010

Little Limestone Lake Requires Proper Protection

The present boundaries of the proposed Little Limestone Lake provincial park are inadequate to ensure the lake’s water quality. If polluted waters enter from outside of the protected boundary they will cause irreparable damage to Little Limestone’s delicate eco-system. Protecting Little Limestone’s water sources is required to ensu

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July 19th, 2010

Entrance to the Wilderness

Manigotagan River Provincial Park Wallace Lake Provincial Park Nopiming Provincial Park Nopiming means “entrance to the wilderness” in Anishinabe. This term couldn’t be any more true, when applied to Nopiming Provincial Park. Straddling the Manitoba – Ontario border and bookended between the unspoiled wilderness of Atikaki Wilderness Park and the

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July 19th, 2010

Colourful lake jewel of new park

The provincial government is inviting Manitobans to participate in the creation of a new provincial park. The park would be in north-central Manitoba at Little Limestone Lake, a 15-kilometre body of water north of Grand Rapids. The lake is in a limestone region with underground drainage and many cavities and

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July 16th, 2010

MANITOBA SENDS KIDS TO CAMP

Organized camping and ‘camperships’ for children in Manitoba have received $63,200 in funding, Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors Minister Jim Rondeau announced today in the lead up to Canada’s Parks Day on July 17. “This year, Canada’s Parks Day will recognize the International Year of Biodiversity, a celebration of life

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July 11th, 2010

Group fears for moose, bats at Nopiming and Fisher Bay

The plummeting moose population in Nopiming Provincial Park demonstrates the animals need more space if they are going to survive, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society said Friday.

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Letter of the day: A new garbage hill?

When I drove through the gate at Birds Hill Park last weekend, I was stopped by an officer. He wanted to make sure I was aware it was a liquor-free weekend and that there was no alcohol in my car. After I passed this test, I proceeded to my campsite

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Our parks are zoos

As Leanne Koss suggests, Birds Hill Park has become a dump. But it’s not only Birds Hill but many of the popular provincially run campgrounds in Manitoba. At one time we were avid campers and quite familiar with the problems of casual camping, hence we decided to try “seasonal” camping

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Clean up camp

I travelled to Birds Hill Park for a camping trip this past weekend and once again my campsite had litter scattered all over it when I arrived. The obvious thing to say is park users need to do a better job of cleaning up their waste. What really irks me,