The four per cent increase in funds may mean waiting municipalities can join the watershed district program
Plans to realign districts along watershed lines have been in discussion for years
A pilot project would begin to restore the Netley-Libau marsh, which once filtered harmful nutrients out of the water flowing into Lake Winnipeg
The provincially announced endowment fund will produce about $2.5 million every year to pay landowners for conservation projects on their land
Amalgamations will reduce the number of conservation districts from 18 to 14, hereafter to be called watershed districts
Incentives would be offered landowners who protect wetlands and adopt other beneficial land management practices
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