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MANITOBA CONSERVATION ADVISES PUBLIC TO LEAVE WILDLIFE IN THE WILD

Manitoba Conservation reminds the public to avoid picking up or disturbing young wild animals thought to be abandoned, as they are most likely not orphaned. Each year, many young wild animals are unnecessarily picked up by well-intentioned people and turned in to natural resource officers or wildlife rehabilitators for treatment

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Critics find little to cheer in Manitoba’s carbon tax

The first carbon tax in Manitoba’s history is too limited to do much good for the environment, critics say. The $10-a-tonne tax, announced in the budget on Wednesday by Finance Minister Greg Selinger, won’t kick in until July 2011, and is limited to emissions from coal-fired industry, which environmentalists say is already in decline. “There’s not

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Agreement halts new logging

Environmentalists and Canada’s pulp and paper companies—including three operating in Manitoba—have decided it’s better to co-operate than fight. On Tuesday, an historic agreement was announced that will halt new logging on 29 million hectares of forest for three years while plans are developed to protect endangered caribou and other species.

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Along for the ride

A group of Brandonites with mountain bikes is working hard this summer to put the “ride” back in Riding Mountain by creating a trail that actually illustrates why the park deserves its name.

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Conservation minister speaks about Manitoba’s east side opportunity

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Time to get serious about songbirds

In the frosty pre-dawn darkness, Bridget Stutchbury is slipping stealthily through the Pennsylvania woodlands, occasionally flashing a light to illuminate a landmark. She is trailing a philanderer, hoping to catch the hussy in the act. For two hours she tracks her target by sound and radio — and she fails.

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Can the Federal Government save Canada’s Boreal woodland caribou?

This commentary by Eric Hebert-Daly, CPAWS’ National Executive Director, appeared in The Hill Times on April 26, 2010. It’s 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity. The seven-year old federal Species At Risk Act is under review by the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment. It’s timely to ask

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April 25th, 2010

MANITOBA’S BEAUDRY PROVINCIAL PARK FEATURED IN ROBERT BATEMAN ‘GET TO KNOW’ PROGRAM

Young people will have the opportunity to get to know their wild neighbours in Beaudry Provincial Park through the provincially supported Robert Bateman Get to Know program, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie said today on Earth Day. “The program will help introduce young people to the wonders of Manitoba’s natural areas

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April 20th, 2010

NDP and Manitobans being lazy

Once again the embarrassing numbers are out showing how awful Manitoba’s record is in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Embarrassing may not describe things aptly enough; abysmal and horrendous is much better. As if a risky taxpayer-funded deal for a new football stadium and running five more years of deficit budgets

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April 20th, 2010

They roam on the range

CHITEK LAKE — Oh, give me a home… In 1991, the Manitoba government did just that. Except it wasn’t a home where the buffalo roam, like in the old song. It was a home where the buffalo could roam. That year, Manitoba Conservation released 13 wood bison into the unorganized

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April 20th, 2010

MANITOBANS TO TURN EYES TO THE SKIES IN FIRST PROVINCEWIDE BIRD COUNT

The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas will be a comprehensive gathering of information that will help preserve our unique avian populations, said Manitoba Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Rod Bruinooge. “The Breeding Bird Atlas will be one of the largest citizen scientist volunteer efforts ever

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March 30th, 2010

Caribou herds worldwide experiencing serious decline: Study

A Canadian study of global caribou populations has produced what scientists are calling a “dramatic revelation” that numbers of the iconic species — pictured on the Canadian quarter — have plunged 60 per cent in the past 30 years. The study, co-authored by University of Alberta biologists Liv Vors and