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Students at Austin Elementary, with the help of the local conservation district planted 347 trees along the school’s walking path.

Austin Elementary School earns conservation award

A long-term partnership with the Whitemud Watershed Conservation  District has earned the school the 2015 conservation award

By Jennifer Paige July 6, 2016

Creating natural play spaces and introducing students to real-life sustainability practices has been a top priority at Austin Elementary School. “Everything we do here is to try and motivate the students to learn. We want to give them all different skills so that they have all of the competencies in place to be successful later

Soil scientist Frank Larney showcases his work at a field day, which is an open house for farmers and agriculture industry representatives to learn about the latest field research.

Crops, Pulses

Pulses plus conservation practices equal healthy soils

Combining pulse crops and soil-friendly farming practices looks like a real winner

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 24, 2016

Pulse crops are playing an important role in building soil quality, especially when they’re combined with a host of soil-friendly farming techniques. That’s the finding of a 12-year study by researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre, led by soil scientist Frank Larney. In the study, published in Agronomy Journal, Larney and company

Manitoba conservation districts are looking at establishing soil health programs to demonstrate how to increase water infiltration.

Crops, Local news

Conservation districts aim to improve water infiltration

Cover crops could be the key to building higher organic matter and catching water

By Jennifer Paige May 5, 2016

The best place to store water is where it falls. That’s the conclusion of four Manitoba conservation districts that are banding together to launch a new project that will demonstrate how to build organic matter in soil and make it a sink for rainfall and meltwater. “Our surface water management strategy has been built on

A young commercial date palm planting in California’s Coachella Valley. (RF Lee photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

California rules led to near 25 per cent cut in water use

By GFM Network News April 4, 2016

Sacramento | Reuters –– Residents and businesses in drought-stricken California cut back water use by nearly 25 per cent from June 2015 through the end of February 2016 — enough to supply nearly six million people for a year, officials said Monday. The state’s first ever mandatory cutbacks in water use were imposed by Democratic

Wetland undergoing restoration to retain additional water in the basin.

Livestock, Local news

Wetland restoration relies on farmer participation

MHHC is seeking more landowners interested in wetland restoration on their property,  something that can benefit them and those downstream

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 23, 2016

A Deloraine-area wetland restoration project is showing how farmers can work with habitat organizations to alleviate downstream flooding, while retaining water for their own use. The Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation project, on properties owned by Gord Weidenhamer and Glenn Scott, is restoring a 32-acre wetland that was drained years ago by previous owners. Weidenhamer said

Big Grass Marsh near Gladstone is essential habitat for waterfowl and wildlife while filtering pollutants from water entering the Lake Winnipeg watershed. In the late 1930s it became the first conservation program of Ducks Unlimited Canada.

Local news

Illegal trench now repaired at Big Grass Marsh

The job ahead — finding a way to reduce flooding in the area — will be more complicated

By Lorraine Stevenson March 11, 2016

An illegal trench dug at Big Grass Marsh before freeze-up last fall is fixed, with the province, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Whitemud Watershed Conservation District (WWCD) picking up the tab. Work crews hauled clay and rock to the site of the Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) dam north of Gladstone in early February and filled

Frank Crew speaking at the unveiling of the cairn.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Cairn dedicated for gift of land

Property contributed to MHHC has been in the Crew family for half a century

By Darrell Nesbitt February 3, 2016

Family, friends and neighbours of Frank Crew, along with representatives of the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (MHHC), came together last fall to recognize and thank the Birtle citizen and retired farmer for his contribution and donation of land that had been part of his family’s farm for half a century. A permanent cairn was unveiled

Ron and Janice Apostle received the 2014 Intermountain Conservation District award after implementing a number of conservation efforts on their cow-calf operation.

Livestock, Local news

Bale grazing for a healthier pasture and wallet

Conservation Champions: A Gilbert Plains producer says switching to a bale-grazing system has saved money,  labour and created positive changes in pastures

By Jennifer Paige January 12, 2016

Ron and Janice Apostle run their second-generation cow-calf operation on the outskirts of Gilbert Plains with the intent of leaving the land better than they found it. “Everything starts with the environment,” said Janice. “We used to have our corrals right by the creek and we wanted to apply to move them. During that process

Evergreen School Division educators Penny Ross (l) and Cheryl Bailey recognize the importance of making a strong commitment to environmental education and outdoor learning.

Local news

Taking education outside

Conservation Champions: Educators in Evergreen School Division partner with Eastern Interlake Conservation District to develop outdoor classroom, wetland and other resources for raising student awareness about the natural world

By Lorraine Stevenson December 30, 2015

It was observing how disconnected from nature her students had become that prompted Gimli High School teacher Cheryl Bailey to take action a few years back. “I saw them spending so much time with video games,” says Bailey who teaches biology and environmental science in the Evergreen School Division. “When we talked about the environment

Opinion

Editorial: Conservation connections

Thoughts on the Manitoba Conservation Districts Association annual convention

By Laura Rance-Unger December 21, 2015

The kids were heading for their buses as I arrived at the 40th Manitoba Conservation Districts Association (MCDA) annual convention in Brandon last week, just in time to help hand out plaques to the district award winners. There were hundreds of them, students brought in for the day by the association with support from community

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower

ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

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