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Oak Lake Sandhills a biodiversity hot spot

By Bill Stilwell November 21, 2012

Although few people have heard about it, the Oak Lake Sandhills and Wetlands Natural Area is one of the most fragile and valuable natural landscapes in the entire province. Now a local family has permanently protected a portion of this diverse habitat. “I like to protect nature,” said Tim Mowez, a Virden resident and landowner.

Crops, News, Weather

Water cycles on the great plains have changed

By Shannon VanRaes November 9, 2012

A water crisis isn’t coming. It’s already here. And unless action is taken, Robert Sandford says the hydrological changes the Lake Winnipeg Basin is experiencing will bankrupt the province. “More extreme weather events are clearly already a reality,” said the author and adviser to the United Nations Water for Life Decade. Rising global temperatures have

Opinion

The value of natural capital

By Laura Rance-Unger August 10, 2012

It’s hard to imagine that just one year ago, many areas of the province still had too much moisture. True, some farmers, such as those along the Assiniboine River downstream of the Shellmouth Dam are still suffering from too much water. But the story for the rest of the province this year is all about

News

Blame the ditches for downstream woes, says border farmer

By Daniel Winters July 12, 2012

Ducks Unlimited expert says many farmers aren’t obtaining drainage permits  because “it’s much easier to dig the ditch and then beg forgiveness later”

If farmers along the Assiniboine River are wondering where all that water came from this spring, Peter Onofreychuk believes he has a pretty good idea. On a giant aerial photo unrolled on his kitchen table, the farmer from MacNutt, Sask., shows where drainage ditches have been dug on land upstream from him by a 12,000-acre

News

Habitat Heritage Corporation signs 600th conservation agreement

June 5, 2012

The Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (MHHC) marked Earth Day Apr. 22 with the signing of its 600th conservation agreement, which will permanently conserve 93 privately owned acres of uplands and 51 acres of wetlands in the Turtlehead Creek watershed in the Turtle Mountains. The agreement brings the total under conservation agreements to 110,000 acres of

News

Annual sustainability awards recognize local efforts

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 20, 2012

The RM of Dufferin and the Netley-Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy Project were among several recipients of the 2011 Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards honoured April 5. “These awards are an important mechanism for change as they bring deserved recognition to champions of sustainability and inspire us all to take action,” said Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord

Country Crossroads, News

Netley-Libau project wins innovation award

By Shannon VanRaes April 20, 2012

The Netley-Libau Nutrient-Bioenergy Project has been recognized by the Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development as it seeks commercial opportunities for its findings. After receiving the award for Innovation and Research for Sustainability at the Manitoba legislature, lead researcher Richard Grosshan said the focus of the project has changed since he began work at the

News, Opinion, Weather

It’s time Manitoba becomes a leader on the drainage issue

By Bob Grant February 15, 2012

Flooding was a problem not only in Manitoba this past year, but it was also a major issue in Saskatchewan. Both provinces faced enormous costs associated with lost crops, washed-out roads and culverts, and in some cases, people lost their homes. In fact, flooding in Manitoba will cost taxpayers $1 billion in damages and flood-fighting

Hogs, Livestock, News

Researcher says blaming farmers for phosphorus in Lake Winnipeg is overly simplistic

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

Recent flooding has driven Lake Winnipeg’s already high nutrient levels even higher, says Michael Stainton of Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “I think we’ve demonstrated that the major change we’re seeing in the lake is driven by changes in the flow of the Red River,” Stainton told hog producers at the 2012 Swine Seminar

News

Pelly’s Lake project moving ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Chilly? Just throw a few more cattails on the fire. The La Salle Red-boine Conservation District (LSRBCD) Pelly’s Lake back-flood project has grown in scope from water retention to cattail harvest, phosphorus reduction and biomass production. “The cattails used to be confined to the edges of the lake, but in the last few years we’ve

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Wetland

Oak Lake Sandhills a biodiversity hot spot

Water cycles on the great plains have changed

The value of natural capital

Blame the ditches for downstream woes, says border farmer

Habitat Heritage Corporation signs 600th conservation agreement

Netley-Libau project wins innovation award

It’s time Manitoba becomes a leader on the drainage issue

Researcher says blaming farmers for phosphorus in Lake Winnipeg is overly simplistic

Pelly’s Lake project moving ahead

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