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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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March 15th, 2010

Save the little bats

The article Tiny bats give hope to proposal for park (March 4) highlights another species dependent on Manitoba’s boreal forests for its survival. As Craig Willis describes, Fisher Bay’s large population of little brown bats could not survive without the boreal forest that provides insects for food as well as
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March 3rd, 2010

Spare the caribou

About a month ago I covered a newser at Fort Whyte Centre featuring the University of Manitoba’s David Barber and his work in Canada’s north documenting global warming. Here’s the story. Since then I’ve ended up on a couple of email lists decrying the work of Barber and other scientists
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March 3rd, 2010

Wildlife biologist calls Fisher Bay crucial habitat for Little Brown Bats

WINNIPEG, March 3, 2010 Dr. Craig Willis, a wildlife biologist from the University of Winnipeg, shared his enthusiasm for the flying mammals to 25-30 youth at a special “Bat Talk” today sponsored by the Fisher River Cree Nation and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). “Bats are intriguing animals,” Dr.
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February 25th, 2010

Grizzly Bears Move Into Polar Bear Habitat in Manitoba, Canada

Biologists affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and City College of the City University of New York have found that grizzly bears are roaming into what was traditionally thought of as polar bear habitat—and into the Canadian province of Manitoba, where they are officially listed as extirpated.
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December 15th, 2009

Fisher Bay reserve “makes sense economically, ecologically and culturally”

The Fisher River Cree Nation could see a net gain of $38 million annually if the province approves new boundaries for the proposed Fisher Bay Provincial Park, according to a study released by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) last Thursday. The study, conducted by the Centre for Indigenous
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December 10th, 2009

Selinger speaks on Climate, Polar Bears, and a World Heritage Site

State of the Province Address, December 10, 2009 At the State of the Province Address, Premier Selinger stated he will be working with federal and provincial leaders for Canada to be a positive force at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. “If you to want to go quickly,
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December 3rd, 2009

New park could generate $38M: report

WINNIPEG – The creation of a provincial park proposed around Fisher Bay would add $38 million to the Manitoba economy, according to a new study. Conducted by the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, the study shows current industries in the area of Fisher River Cree Nation — logging, non-aboriginal hunting
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December 2nd, 2009

Province highlights polar bears, climate change in speech

MANITOBA’S polar bears have a friend in Premier Greg Selinger. So does the vast expanse of bog that covers much of northern Manitoba and acts like a huge carbon sink. Monday’s throne speech confirmed two environmental initiatives that could pay huge dividends. Manitoba will make a major contribution to establish
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November 30th, 2009

Starving Polar Bears Resort to Cannibalism: Global Warming to Blame?

Shrinking sea ice may be to blame for recent polar bear cannibalism incidents in Canada. Eight cases of adult polar bears eating bear cubs and other bears near Churchill, Manitoba, have been reported. Four of the cases were reported to Environment Canada and four to Manitoba Conservation. While adult male
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September 11th, 2009

Fisher River Cree Nation: Guardians of Mother Earth

Growing up in Manitoba’s Interlake, you can’t help but have an appreciation of the wilderness around you. If you are away from it for any period of time, the lake itself calls to you. Its influence is age old and bone deep.  Fisher River Cree Nation (FRCN) understands this connection
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September 11th, 2009

Polar bear, arctic fox, caribou hurt by climate change

CHICAGO (AFP) – Polar bear cubs, the arctic fox and caribou herds are among the victims of dramatic changes in the Arctic due to climate change, a study published Thursday found. “Species on land and at sea are suffering adverse consequences of human behavior at latitudes thousands of miles away,”
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March 26th, 2009

Fisher River chief lobbies for provincial park

Members of the Fisher River Cree Nation and an environmental protection group have renewed pleas for the province to keep its promise to declare Fisher Bay Park Reserve a provincial Park. Chief David Crate and representatives from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society met at the legislature last Tuesday to
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