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Native and environmental groups are angry the province has backed away from creating a new provincial park around Fisher Bay. The groups claim they were led to believe a provincial park would be created, but are concerned the government wants to extend a consultation process on the matter by five

The Manitoba Wildlife Federation says it suspects poaching is partly responsible for big drops in moose numbers in two regions of the province that are now off limits to licensed hunters. John Williams, the organization’s president, said his members are hearing that there is “fairly substantial meat trafficking going on,”

Environmentalists want the Manitoba government to order an immediate year-long pause on logging and mining in a sweeping area northwest of Grass River Provincial Park to help woodland caribou recover from a massive forest fire earlier summer. The fire burned about 55,000 hectares north of Cranberry Portage and destroyed a

The Harper government said today it will spend $780,000 to protect species at risk and their habitats in Manitoba. Vic Toews, Canada’s minister of public safety and Manitoba’s most senior MP, said money will go towards 10 projects being supported by the Habitat Stewardship Program this year. They include conserving

Lake Winnipeg researchers are warning the giant mass of blue-green algae washing up on beaches on the east side of Lake Winnipeg is producing poison. Research biologist Hedy Kling, an algae specialist, said water samples taken offshore from Grand Beach by scientists on the MV Namao research ship last week

Re: Colourful lake a jewel of new park (July 16). A jewel needs a proper ring. What starts out in the morning turquoise and becomes powder blue by mid-afternoon? Manitoba’s Little Limestone Lake, the biggest and best marl lake in the world. It is fitting that our provincial government has

Manigotagan River Provincial Park Wallace Lake Provincial Park Nopiming Provincial Park Nopiming means “entrance to the wilderness” in Anishinabe. This term couldn’t be any more true, when applied to Nopiming Provincial Park. Straddling the Manitoba – Ontario border and bookended between the unspoiled wilderness of Atikaki Wilderness Park and the

The provincial government is inviting Manitobans to participate in the creation of a new provincial park. The park would be in north-central Manitoba at Little Limestone Lake, a 15-kilometre body of water north of Grand Rapids. The lake is in a limestone region with underground drainage and many cavities and

The plummeting moose population in Nopiming Provincial Park demonstrates the animals need more space if they are going to survive, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society said Friday.

When I drove through the gate at Birds Hill Park last weekend, I was stopped by an officer. He wanted to make sure I was aware it was a liquor-free weekend and that there was no alcohol in my car. After I passed this test, I proceeded to my campsite

As Leanne Koss suggests, Birds Hill Park has become a dump. But it’s not only Birds Hill but many of the popular provincially run campgrounds in Manitoba. At one time we were avid campers and quite familiar with the problems of casual camping, hence we decided to try “seasonal” camping

I travelled to Birds Hill Park for a camping trip this past weekend and once again my campsite had litter scattered all over it when I arrived. The obvious thing to say is park users need to do a better job of cleaning up their waste. What really irks me,