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Conservation officers speak during a field day on livestock predation in 2022.
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Manitoba Conservation to get centralized dispatch

The 24-7 service will be offered out of Brandon

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Manitoba’s conservation officers will operate through a 24-7 dispatch service in the near future, the province said June 14. In a joint release, Natural Resources and Northern Development Minister Greg Nesbitt and Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said the move would “enhance officer safety in the field and strengthen environmental enforcement across the province.” The province
(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)
Crops, Weather

Crunch time for Manitoba producers to fertilize

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CNS Canada — The clock is ticking for Manitoba producers who wish to lay down nitrogen or phosphorous on their fields. Wet conditions in many parts of the province are making it tough for farmers to get their machines onto fields, according to Dan Mazier, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers. “We just drove from Winnipeg
stubble burning in a field
Local news

High winds force province to cancel burning permits

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Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship advises effective immediately, all burning permits issued in the eastern and central regions of Manitoba have been cancelled due to dry conditions and the forecast of continued high winds. This affects an area extending from the United States border on the south, through the Interlake to Gypsumville and Berens River
News

Some trails may become off limits in popular ATV-riding area

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A group representing ATV enthusiasts is rallying all recreational users of public lands to fight a proposal by Manitoba Conservation to restrict motorized vehicles in a popular wildlife management area of eastern Manitoba. ATV Manitoba says all recreational users should be concerned about a proposal in the Mars Hill Wildlife Management Area (WMA) north of
Livestock

To Catch A Wolf, Think Like One

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To catch a wolf, you first have to learn how to think like one. A round of “Think Like a Wolf” seminars in three northern towns was held earlier this month to help ranchers learn how to protect their herds from predators, said Barry Verbiwski, head of Manitoba Conservation’s fur-bearer and problem wildlife management unit.
Livestock

Feedlot Charged Fourth Time

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Just off the Trans-Canada, about eight miles east of Carberry, there’s a small, black gully. Recently it was dry. According to Donna and Peter Pingert, who together run a cattle feedlot surrounded by windbreak fences underneath a tall blue silo further up the gently sloping hill, the gully runs for about three days every spring
Livestock, Other livestock

Hunters Assist In TB Eradication

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Hunters are playing a significant role in the effort to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the Riding Mountain area of southwestern Manitoba. By turning in samples of elk and white-tailed deer, they are helping wildlife managers determine where the disease is present, and more importantly, they are helping define where the disease is not. Since
Livestock, News, Other livestock

TB Eradication Plan Back To Square 1

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TB task force is “not functional.” – RAY ARMBRUSTER, MCPA Ayear ago, Manitoba cattle producers felt they were finally getting somewhere in their decades-long fight against tuberculosis in Riding Mountain National Park. Parks Canada had signalled a willingness to eradicate some wildlife in Riding Mountain as part of a strategic plan to help control TB
Crops

Manitoba Farmers Turn In Obsolete Pesticides

Aprogram to collect unwanted or obsolete pesticide last fall in Manitoba collected more than 51,158 kilograms of product – enough to fill approximately four semi-trailers, CropLife Canada says. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Agriculture Sustainability Initiative Fund and Manitoba Conservation’s Sustainable Development Innovations Fund partnered with CropLife Canada to finance the Manitoba collection, with

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