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Intern Latasha Spence holds Griffin, a great horned owl ambassador.

Take the opportunity to talk with the animals

Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre to hold two-day open house

By Donna Gamache September 20, 2022

Would you like to meet a great horned owl named Griffin? Or try conversing with Jet, a crow who laughs and says “hi”? Or maybe watch an eastern box turtle? Would you like to learn more about these creatures and about work to help injured or orphaned birds and animals? If so, consider booking a

A few of Manitoba’s southern lakes hold some of the most important white pelican breeding areas on the continent.

News, Other

Angling for a view

Pelican watching, with a little fishing on the side, breaks up the mid-summer pause in bird watching options

By Tim Sopuck August 10, 2022

Mid-summer is a bit like purgatory for keen birdwatchers. The spring migration and birds in breeding plumage are in the rear-view mirror. Our flashy songbirds are raising young and have cut back their singing. They will soon molt and become a drab version of their spring selves. “Fall” warblers, meanwhile, are the ultimate test of

Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil on Aug. 14, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)

Market value alone is selling nature short, governments told

Economic valuations needed but 'not sufficient,' co-chair says

By GFM Network News July 12, 2022

Reuters — What is the value of a river? Is it for the nutritional content of the fish it sustains? The economic benefit of the local livelihoods it supports? Or does the river have its own value which humans cannot measure? Such questions may seem removed from the issues the world faces, from deepening climate

Livestock, News, Other

Technology offers a little more insurance

More evidence means more chance for a successful MASC predation claim

By Alexis Stockford July 8, 2022

Some of the technology offered by the Manitoba Beef Producers to prevent predation may also give farmers a better chance of a payout for a loss. The three-year project is currently field testing different mitigation strategies on livestock predation, including GPS tracking technology and game cameras. Janine Wilmot, wildlife conflict biologist and member of the

Local conservation officers speak during a field day hosted by the pilot project on June 21.

Livestock, News

Predation project set to bear results

Mitigation strategy pilot filling up, but a few slots remain for producers

By Alexis Stockford July 8, 2022

Ray Bittner, lead of the predation pilot project being spearheaded by the Manitoba Beef Producers, is looking at a lot of ways to keep a healthy distance between livestock and predators. There is special penning, with seven strings of electric wire and predator-resistant gates to keep problem animals out. There are game cameras, able to

Expanded mandatory sample zone: CWD is an incurable fatal disease that affects members of the deer family.

News

Province expands mandatory CWD sampling

Hunters in areas along the western and southern provincial boundaries affected

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 7, 2022

Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development has made some changes to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). The province has expanded the harvested cervid mandatory sample submission zone and established a strictly regulated and managed mule deer hunting season in defined areas along the western and southern borders of Manitoba. All hunters

File photo of a trumpeter swan in springtime on Marsh Lake, southeast of Whitehorse. (Scalia Media/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock

Northern egg harvesters cautioned over avian flu

High-path H5N1 found in wild birds in Yukon

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 8, 2022

Residents of Canada’s northern territories who harvest migratory wild birds and their eggs this spring are urged to take precautions as highly pathogenic avian influenza makes its way northward. The Yukon government’s animal health unit on May 27 reported confirmed cases of high-path H5N1 avian flu in two wild waterfowl carcasses. “Spring migration is ongoing

Farmit Manitoba

Home to roost

Wildlife habitat on the Cuthberts’ land along Delta Marsh will last, no matter who holds the title

By Don Norman June 3, 2022

Nestled on the south edge of Lake Manitoba’s Delta Marsh, where it meets Portage Creek, there sits a pastoral slice of paradise. The tract covers 31 acres of riparian habitat, wetland, forest and meadow, and is home to hundreds of species of wild animals and birds — plus two humans, Cal and Elaine Cuthbert. For

Using my car as a blind allowed me to capture this photo of a flock of swans.

Farmit Manitoba, Other

Take me home, country roads — or on a day trip

There’s plenty to see right here at home in Manitoba this spring

By Donna Gamache May 13, 2022

With the arrival of spring, it’s time to start planning some day trips, and it’s not too early to take that first one. Even before the leaves are out or the grass is green, a drive around rural Manitoba can be an interesting experience. Just be sure, that if you do venture off pavement and

The great grey owl, Manitoba’s provincial bird, was photographed along Highway 10 south of Onanole.

Farmit Manitoba, Other

Nature never goes out of style

Adventures with Manitoba’s wild side

By Darrell Nesbitt April 26, 2022

There’s a calendar hanging in my home. Inside, there are 12 outstanding wildlife scenes, all captured by elite Canadian photographers. There are pages featuring mammals, marine life, the birds and the bees. But it’s more than gorgeous pictures; it’s a route to support the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) and its mission to conserve Canada’s wildlife

Daily Network News

Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue

Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

Olymel parent company sees increased earnings in 2025

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