Conservation Archives - Page 9 of 12

Harry Stoddart, a sixth-generation Ontario producer presented at the Manitoba Conservation District Association’s 40th annual conference held in Brandon on December 8.

Farming with a focus on restoration

An experienced Ontario producer says implementing a holistic management plan would be a benefit

By Jennifer Paige December 21, 2015

As many in the industry strive for sustainability, an experienced Ontario farmer wants to go one step further to build a farming system that does better than perpetuate itself. “The term ‘sustainability’ has really come to mean less damaging than the alternative, rather than truly improving or repairing,” said Harry Stoddart, during a presentation at

Local news

One step closer to surface water regulations

The province is aiming to reduce red tape and nutrient loading with newly tabled legislation

By Shannon VanRaes December 7, 2015

The Manitoba government has tabled long-discussed legislation aimed at safeguarding the province’s waterways. “We are fundamentally changing the way we protect wetlands and are taking a fresh approach to ensure clear water for future generations right across the province,” said Tom Nevakshonoff, minister of conservation and water stewardship. “Every action has a consequence and we

Rick Korman was awarded the 2014 Conservation District Award for his years of dedication to improving the Killarney watershed.

Local news

Teaching with conservation in mind

Killarney biology teacher Rick Korman has a passion to find a solution for the community’s algae-ridden lake

By Jennifer Paige November 4, 2015

Biology teacher Rick Korman likes to give his students a practical demonstration of how the science applies to local lakes and rivers. “Any time you can make curriculum have purpose and meaning for kids, the better chance they are going to have to acquiring whatever objective you are trying to teach,” said Korman, who has

Wendy and Walter Cullen were named the 2014 Assiniboine Hills Conservation District Award winners.

Livestock, Local news

Wawanesa-area producer recognized for conservation accomplishments

Conservation district award winners have worked to preserve waterways  through an off-site watering station and dam construction

By Jennifer Paige October 27, 2015

Conservation is a consideration in all the decisions on Walter and Wendy Cullen’s farm beside the Souris River and along the Assiniboine delta aquifer. “Living next to the river has its challenges to say the least, but you have to work with what you’ve got and work with the land instead of fighting against it,”

La Salle Redboine Conservation District manager Justin Reid spoke to municipal and conservation officials during the latest phase of the large-scale water-retention project south of Holland last week.

Local news

Pelly’s Lake watershed management project complete

Officials visit site to see the gates opened on the now complete Pelly’s Lake Watershed Management Project

By Lorraine Stevenson June 26, 2015

Conservation and municipal officials opened the gates here June 16 to release water that had been held back through the spring as part of a water control project expected to bring multiple benefits to the area. The June opening of the gates on the Pelly’s Lake dam built last year is the latest phase of

Country Crossroads

Retirement project reinforces need for conserving natural land

Retired dairy farmer Gord Hammell is redoing a breeding bird survey he did in the 1970s,  documenting changes to local land, water and wildlife

By Lorraine Stevenson June 17, 2015

Gord Hammell came to Manitoba over 40 years ago to count ducks, and after a long interval milking cows, he’s counting again. The University of Guelph science student arrived in 1970 to do summer research for his master’s thesis on lesser scaup, a waterfowl also called “little bluebill” whose numbers have long been in decline.

Did you know?

Both types of shooters promote conservation

Whether they're shooting with a gun or camera, both types of shooters protect wildlife

By Cornell University Release March 30, 2015

What inspires people to support conservation? As concerns grow about the sustainability of our modern society, this question becomes more important. A new study by researchers at Cornell University provides one simple answer: birdwatching and hunting. This survey of conservation activity among rural landowners in Upstate New York considered a range of possible predictors such

Zambian farmer Wilfred Hamakumba and his wife Irene, have embraced herbicides as part of their conservation agriculture management. Over the past several years, the farm’s yields have more than doubled, their crops are more diversified and their farm has expanded in size. Irene is particularly pleased with their spraying program, saying it takes a lot less labour than weeding.

Crops, International news

Can conservation agriculture save Africa’s soils?

Adoption rates are  slow, but it may be the continent’s best —  and last — hope

By Laura Rance-Unger March 13, 2015

It was the end of a very long day. We had travelled to remote areas on bad roads, walked barefoot across a flooding creek and hiked nearly an hour both ways to reach one of the three farmers we were scheduled to visit. We were on the trail of conservation agriculture (CA) success stories, and

man standing on crop research project field

Crops

Will it be chess or checkers?

A researcher explores different ways of sustainably playing the farming game

By Julienne Isaacs February 4, 2015

It was standing room only in the University of Manitoba’s Carolyn Sifton Lecture Theatre Jan. 21 for a seminar entitled “Conservation agriculture, organic farming and agro-ecology: the three musketeers of a sustainable food system.” “I try to do this every year because I want to give the graduate students permission to ask tough questions and

A sample of Aegilops tauschii, a wild relative of wheat, collected in Afghanistan. It has natural resistance to the Hessian fly, a major pest of cereals worldwide. Photo: USDA/ARS

Cereals, Did you know?

Conflicts threaten plant genetic resources

Highest concentration of important wild crop relatives  is in Syria and Lebanon

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 18, 2014

Future crop-breeding improvements could be hampered by conflict in the world’s war zones, say researchers from the University of Birmingham in the U.K. Many of today’s most important crops evolved from wild ancestors in the “Fertile Crescent” of the Middle East, arcing around the Arabian desert from Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and ending

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Conservation

Farming with a focus on restoration

One step closer to surface water regulations

Teaching with conservation in mind

Wawanesa-area producer recognized for conservation accomplishments

Pelly’s Lake watershed management project complete

Retirement project reinforces need for conserving natural land

Both types of shooters promote conservation

Can conservation agriculture save Africa’s soils?

Will it be chess or checkers?

Conflicts threaten plant genetic resources

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