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Source: Manitoba Government Preserving Unique Area of Outstanding Natural, Cultural Value Would Benefit Humankind for Generations: Selinger A proposal to secure world heritage site designation for a large area of boreal forest in eastern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario is complete and ready for submission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific

Better Parks, Recreation Opportunities For Manitoba Families: Chomiak Manitoba families will enjoy recreational opportunities, programming and facilities in provincial parks with modest user fee increases, Conservation Minister Dave Chomiak announced today. “In other places, we’ve seen parks actually close with the downturn in the economy,” said Chomiak. “In our province,

Manitobans are invited to provide feedback and input on draft action plans to protect boreal woodland caribou populations in the eastern parts of the province, Conservation Minister Dave Chomiak announced today. “Boreal woodland caribou are a threatened species, and the Owl-Flintstone and Atikaki-Berens caribou populations are particularly vulnerable,” said Chomiak. 

New Trail to Make Wetlands More Accessible to Public While Protecting Environment:  Selinger A new, $1-million interpretive trail and boardwalk next to the Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve will make the wetlands more accessible and highlight many of their unique and rare features, Premier Greg Selinger announced today. “This new resource

HALIFAX, N.S.—The woodland caribou of Canada’s vast boreal forest are in trouble. Listed as nationally “threatened” under the federal Species At Risk Act, many local caribou populations are in steep decline from the Yukon to Labrador, and in some places, appear to be in free-fall. Their range has also shrunk

All but one of the provincial political parties have responded to a survey from the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS), released today. The Conservative Party did not participate. The survey asked questions about conserving the Boreal wilderness region, completing the Protected Areas Initiative, protecting woodland

For Immediate Release September 20, 2011 – If the government of Manitoba reversed its decision to disallow constructing BiPole III down the east side of Lake Winnipeg, the claimed savings in construction and line costs would likely be eaten up very quickly. Community benefits agreements, costing the government of Manitoba

VANCOUVER – Last week, Environment Canada released the long-awaited Recovery Strategy for boreal woodland caribou, an iconic species threatened with extinction from the Yukon to Labrador. Under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA), Recovery Strategies must identify, using the best available science and Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge, the habitat that the

Baie-Comeau, August 29 – On Wednesday August 10 the 1st edition of the Mushuau-nipi Youth Initiatives came to a closing. For this first year, 12 young Aboriginals and Quebecers took part in a project on literature, making one’s voice heard and identity, as well as in the Youth Seminar on

Youth raise awareness about need to protect watersheds A CPAWS and Trans CanEAUda event The Forks, Winnipeg – A team of 8 young nature enthusiasts will be arriving by canoe to The Forks Historic Port as part of a 7,000km trek that began in Ottawa this May. The group, paddling

Wolf Management Planned to Help Moose Populations Recover, Stabilize:  Blaikie The Manitoba government is closing all moose hunting near the Duck and Porcupine Mountains following the advice of wildlife experts, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced today. The full conservation closure on moose hunting comes a year after licensed hunting was

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