October 6th, 2019Tadoule Lake Stewardship SummitThe sound of drums and laughter echoed across a rippling lake as a group of Dene, Cree and Inuit youth learned how to play traditional Dene hand games. Read More
August 20th, 2019Quest to Create Massive Conservation Area in Manitoba Gets Federal SupportThe Seal River Watershed initiative was awarded a large federal grant to help establish a massive Indigenous Protected Area in Manitoba.Read More
December 5th, 2018Indigenous Knowledge and Conserving CaribouErnie Bussidor of Sayisi Dene First Nation and CPAWS MB Executive Director Ron Thiessen went to the North American Caribou Workshop in Ottawa.Read More
June 5th, 2017A fleeting opportunity to conserve the greatest intact watershed in ManitobaThe 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.Read More
April 26th, 2017Seal River watershed campaign gets a boost from École Riverview students in WinnipegCPAWS 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 3Read More
August 31st, 2016Know the North guest blog #5 – A Land of StoriesIf 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, theseRead More
March 3rd, 2016Know 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 andRead More
February 11th, 2016The Boreal is beluga habitatSuccessful whale habitat stewardship will reverberate through the forestRead More