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Seaway traffic down five per cent in 2008

By Alex Binkley January 15, 2009

“It doesn’t look like the Mississippi moved more grain.” – DICK CORFE, ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY MANAGEMENT CORP. St. Lawrence Seaway officials have a mystery on their hands. Shipments of U. S. corn and grain through the waterway dropped by more than half in 2008, largely accounting for the system’s overall five per cent decline in

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Manitoba marshes go to rehab

By Bonnie Baltessen December 18, 2008

“A marsh needs to have droughts and flooding to maintain a balance.” – GORD GOLDSBOROUGH They’re trying to make Delta Marsh and Netley-Libau Marsh go to rehab and Gord Goldsborough is saying, yes, yes, yes. The director of Delta Marsh was thrilled to hear the latest throne speech which listed marsh rehabilitation as a priority.

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Lake improvements required

By Bonnie Baltessen December 11, 2008

“They want us to keep the pressure on.” – Bill Barlow The province will soon see a report card on the health of Lake Winnipeg from the same group that gave it its marching orders for cleaning it up. The Manitoba Conservation Districts Association convention featured an update from three of the leading advocates of

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Oceans are water, land is not

By Daniel Bezte November 27, 2008

It’s been awhile since we’ve had an official weather school lesson. We’ve been going off in a few different directions this past last month or so, but if my memory serves me correctly, the weather topic we left off with was Earth’s general energy balance. With that in mind, this week’s lesson will look at

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Wetland loss linked to lake pollution

By Du Release November 13, 2008

New research by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has identifi ed that the continued loss of wetlands in Manitoba is increasing phosphorus loads into Lake Winnipeg equivalent to dumping 10 semi-loads of commercial agricultural fertilizer or 544,000 bags of lawn fertilizer directly into the lake every year. “Never before has DUC’s push to stop the loss

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Deep ditches don’t drain

By Bonnie Baltessen October 30, 2008

After enduring a slaphappy September due to mosquitoes, at least one southern Manitoba farmer has had his fill of poorly designed farm drains. John Duvenaud blames drains and ditches that are dug too deep to properly function for creating a fertile breeding grounds for the pests. The risk of West Nile virus makes that hazardous

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C. D. reaps benefits of plan

By Bonnie Baltessen October 23, 2008

The Turtle Mountain Conservation District is moving forward rapidly and accessing funding pots that weren’t available before. Last year, the district became the first to have a provincially approved Integrated Watershed Management Plan. The approval allowed the board to prioritize its programming and better focusing on the watershed’s needs. To date, it remains the only

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Seaway traffic down five per cent in 2008

Manitoba marshes go to rehab

Lake improvements required

Oceans are water, land is not

Wetland loss linked to lake pollution

Deep ditches don’t drain

C. D. reaps benefits of plan

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