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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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June 5th, 2017

A fleeting opportunity to conserve the greatest intact watershed in Manitoba

The waters that drain into these areas are sourced from roughly 1.4 million square kilometres of the North American landscape (about twice the size of Alberta), a region that includes concentrated development as well as large areas of intact Boreal forest.
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April 26th, 2017

Seal River watershed campaign gets a boost from École Riverview students in Winnipeg

CPAWS Manitoba is always thrilled to receive invitations from educators and students to join them in the classroom and discuss boreal conservation in Manitoba. The experience is often both humbling and energizing. This proved to be the case when we were fortunate enough to meet with the enthusiastic grade 3
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November 26th, 2016

Protecting habitat foundational to protecting moose

Though it is concerning that the recent throne speech excludes commitments to advance the needle on protecting our valuable ecosystems, I am pleased it includes a provincial commitment to develop comprehensive co-management strategies to secure the long-term sustainability of our wildlife populations. Ultimately, the success of efforts to safeguard and
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October 21st, 2016

Province asks you how parks that support moose and Lake Winnipeg should be managed

First nominated for protection by Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation, Kinwow and Sturgeon Bay Provincial Parks were officially established along the shores of Lake Winnipeg in 2015. CPAWS supported this effort by facilitating hundreds of letters to the province calling for park designation. Manitoba Sustainable Development has drafted management plans for these
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September 2nd, 2016

Declining moose numbers prompt online surveys ahead of 50th North American moose conference

Reported declines in the moose population have prompted the Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS) to seek answers from experts and the public in the hope of preventing the species from becoming threatened like its relative the woodland caribou.
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August 31st, 2016

Know the North guest blog #5 – A Land of Stories

If you have ever paddled on a seldom-traveled river, you likely know the joy of seeing a rock that has been marked with canoe paint. Rocks donning red, green, and yellow streaks can be found in shallow creeks, at campsite landings, and in eddies along the river. To me, these
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March 3rd, 2016

Know the North guest blog #3 – Start the Conservation Conversation!

Whenever I head up into the far north it feels like I have gone back in time. For the most part the remote Canadian wilderness is the same now as it was a thousand years ago – eskers and drumlin fields dominate the landscape, and forests of black spruce and
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February 11th, 2016

The Boreal is beluga habitat

Successful whale habitat stewardship will reverberate through the forest
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October 15th, 2015

Manitoba Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy released

Best strategy in the nation needs swift implementation to save threatened species
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March 26th, 2015

Kinwow, Sturgeon and Fisher Bays: A Healthy Future for Lake Winnipeg!

The Kinwow and Sturgeon Bay park reserves have been in interim protection since 2001. Nominated for protection by Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation, the Manitoba government is asking us if we want these areas to be permanently protected from industrial developments by designating them as wilderness-class provincial parks.
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December 20th, 2013

Fisher Bay: Protecting Crucial Habitat for Manitoba’s Bats

Spanning over 800 km2, the Fisher Bay Reserve is located 2 hours north of Winnipeg and sits within a vast stretch of boreal forest. In order to preserve the healthy landscape, the Fisher Bay Provincial Park was established in 2011, keeping the wide range of natural features – from forests,
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September 18th, 2013

Ottawa and Manitoba join forces to protect bears

Seal River watershed habitat needs protection Recently, the Manitoba and federal governments agreed to work together to increase efficiencies and combine efforts to protect polar bears in Manitoba’s north. This is good news, as this will increase the possibilities in saving our world-acclaimed populations. To help safeguard polar bears and
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