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CPAWS Manitoba has been instrumental in establishing 22 parks and protected areas in the province. That’s nearly 4 million hectares of healthy lands and waters conserved for future generations of people and wildlife. With your help, we hope to preserve half of Manitoba’s wilderness. Take action on our current campaigns and learn more about past campaign wins.
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July 31st, 2024

FRCN Acquires Peat Harvest Licence from Sungro Horticulture

FRCN, with support from CPAWS, recently acquired federal government funding to negotiate and purchase Peat Harvest Licence #5 from Sungro Horticulture
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June 27th, 2024

Honouring the Water Gathering in Churchill Draws Ministers, Mayor, Knowledge Keepers and Families

Churchill residents and visitors celebrated bears, birds and belugas and explored opportunities to secure a healthy future for Hudson Bay.
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June 6th, 2024

Honouring the Water Gathering in Churchill, Manitoba

Celebrate Hudson Bay with events in Churchill to honour water and explore opportunities to secure a healthy future for people and wildlife.
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May 28th, 2024

The Dreamer Who United Four Nations to Protect a Watershed: Remembering Ernie Bussidor

Manitoba lost a champion of nature when Ernie Bussidor died in his sleep on January 27, 2024 at the age of 67. And I lost a friend.
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May 21st, 2024

What Does It Mean to Protect Manitoba’s Wild Spaces? It Means a Lot

Protecting the Hudson Bay Lowlands benefits people who live in nothern Manitoba along with wildlife like polar bears, caribou and birds.
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April 4th, 2024

Bird Recorders Will Support Conservation in FRCN

Two wildlife audio recorders were set up in FRCN as part of a project to study how birds migrate through, breed, and live in the Interlake.
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March 8th, 2024

Manitoba Needs to Invest in Nature in Upcoming Budget

Premier Kinew’s government needs to make a substantial investment to achieve its ambitious target of protecting 30% of Manitoba by 2030.
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February 26th, 2024

A Budget to Help Manitoba — and the Planet: OP-ED

The upcoming Manitoba budget needs to show a strong investment in protecting nature, CPAWS and Audubon wrote in a Winnipeg Free Press op-ed.
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February 15th, 2024

Seal River Watershed: Get to Know the Animals and Birds We Are Working to Protect

There are 261 known species in the Seal River Watershed, of which 19 are at risk. Here are some of the beautiful animals whose habitat could be preserved thanks to the stewardship of the Seal River Watershed Alliance.
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January 22nd, 2024

Watershed a Gem: Letter to Editor

The joined hands of Indigenous leadership and the governments of Manitoba and Canada to protect nature is conservation done right.
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January 18th, 2024

Indigenous-led Conservation Initiative Protects 50,000 sq km in Northern Manitoba

Four First Nations secured interim protection for the Seal River Watershed, a pristine wilderness nearly as large as Nova Scotia.
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October 19th, 2023

Tell New MLAs to Protect Manitoba’s Lands and Waters

We welcomed incoming MLAs with a caribou stuffie and a reminder that Manitobans are counting on them to protect our lands and waters.
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