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Where’s The Wetlands?

October 27, 2011

staff / Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is concerned the provincial government did not specifically reference wetlands, or the protection of wetlands, as a part of the solution to Manitoba s flooding and water quality problems in the recent throne speech. We are disappointed, as will be our 19,000-plus volunteers and supporters, says Bob Grant, manager

Opinion

Water Management Key Election Issue

By Doug Chorney September 22, 2011

When Manitoba was hit hard by flooding this year, it was a major wake-up call about the need to focus on properly managing our watershed systems. Water quality and water management are complex issues, and what we need is an extensive water strategy involving all stakeholders that addresses the interconnected challenges we are facing. Heading

Opinion

If You Drain Them, Floods Will Come

By Pascal Badiou September 1, 2011

Given how saturated the soil was last fall, coupled with record snowfall throughout the Canadian Prairies, it’s no surprise to witness the unprecedented flooding that has occurred along the Assiniboine River and its tributaries this year. However, this situation is much worse because of wetland drainage across the Prairies. Wetland drainage increases the probability of

Opinion

Wetland Drainage Is The Hidden Culprit Behind This Year’s Flood

By Ian Milliken July 14, 2011

It is Sunday, June 26, exactly 71 days since the Pipestone Creek reached flood stage. The Pipestone Creek originates south of Whitewood, Sask. and empties into Oak Lake, Man. This is not news to locals, but for those of you from other parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, you may not know its geographic location. The

Opinion

Making Friends With The Enemy

By Laura Rance-Unger May 19, 2011

You can’t help but marvel at Manitoba’s capacity for fighting water. It’s become part of who we are as a province – Herculean efforts of people, money, sand and machines against the forces of nature. As we went to press this week, it was not clear who would win this latest round. This province is

News

Wetland Drainage Increases Spring Flooding, Research Shows

By Ron Friesen May 12, 2011

It’s a long way from Broughton’s Creek in southwestern Manitoba to Lake Winnipeg smack in the middle of the province. But to Pascal Badiou there is a relationship between this tiny rivulet in Prairie pothole country and the condition of one of Canada’s largest freshwater lakes. There’s also a connection between the history of the

Country Crossroads

Municipal Wetlands Tax Credit Program Eyed For Award

By Lorraine Stevenson April 14, 2011

As in so many locations across rural Manitoba, the small sloughs that once dotted farmland had virtually disappeared in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin by the late 2000s. “Every quarter section used to have a slough, and some maybe two. Now I think there’s one slough left east of Hwy. 13 in the RM of

Crops

Researchers Peg GHG Value Of Wetlands

March 31, 2011

Farmers who switch to zero tillage may brag about sequestering climate-altering carbon in their soil. But if they also drain a few swamps on their land, they’re just spewing hot air – or rather, greenhouse gases. That’s called “leakage” in the carbon credit market: the taking on of one agricultural practice to offset greenhouse gas

News

Farmers Urged To Rethink View Of Wetlands

By Alexis Kienlen March 24, 2011

Preserving wetlands is good for farmers, not just ducks, says a regional agrologist for Ducks Unlimited Canada. “When we think about typical farm assets, we don’t think about wetlands,” Paul Thoroughgood told the recent conference of the Canadian Association of Agricultural Retailers. “We think about land, we think about labour and we think about capital.

Livestock, Other livestock

Ranchers Say Livestock And Wildlife Can Coexist

By Daniel Winters November 11, 2010

The buffalo will roam – and the ducks will swim – in perpetuity near Elkhorn, thanks to a conservation agreement that the Johnson family has signed with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) to protect 1,040 acres of habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. An official dedication ceremony hosted by Tundra Oil and Gas Partnership and DUC

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Wetland

Where’s The Wetlands?

Water Management Key Election Issue

If You Drain Them, Floods Will Come

Wetland Drainage Is The Hidden Culprit Behind This Year’s Flood

Making Friends With The Enemy

Wetland Drainage Increases Spring Flooding, Research Shows

Municipal Wetlands Tax Credit Program Eyed For Award

Researchers Peg GHG Value Of Wetlands

Farmers Urged To Rethink View Of Wetlands

Ranchers Say Livestock And Wildlife Can Coexist

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