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Lightweight netting over a window can help to reduce bird strikes.

Window collisions can be deadly for birds

Try some methods to help prevent this from happening

By Donna Gamache June 10, 2016

Thud! I hear a dreaded noise against my front window and know at once that a bird has flown into it. My large back window has a netting, summer and winter, to warn away birds, but up to now my front picture window has not been a problem. The only preventive methods used there are

Big Grass Marsh near Gladstone is essential habitat for waterfowl and wildlife while filtering pollutants from water entering the Lake Winnipeg watershed. In the late 1930s it became the first conservation program of Ducks Unlimited Canada.

Local news

Illegal trench now repaired at Big Grass Marsh

The job ahead — finding a way to reduce flooding in the area — will be more complicated

By Lorraine Stevenson March 11, 2016

An illegal trench dug at Big Grass Marsh before freeze-up last fall is fixed, with the province, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Whitemud Watershed Conservation District (WWCD) picking up the tab. Work crews hauled clay and rock to the site of the Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) dam north of Gladstone in early February and filled

If you feed the birds why not record the visitors that you’re getting?

Country Crossroads

Time to count some birds

Annual event is this month and you could contribute some valuable information

By Donna Gamache February 9, 2016

Do you put out food for birds in winter? If so, why not take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), an annual four-day count held in February each year? This year it will take place February 12 to 15 (the Louis Riel holiday weekend). The Great Backyard Bird Count has been held throughout

Livestock, Local news

Province addresses wildlife predation

Manitoba livestock producers will see an increase to wildlife damage compensation beginning in April

By Jennifer Paige January 28, 2016

Manitoba livestock producers will soon see higher compensation rates for animals injured or killed by wildlife. Beginning April 1, the maximum value for domestic animals killed or injured by natural predators will increase from $2,000 to $3,000. “Creating an environment for producers to succeed in Manitoba is vital to building strong rural communities in our

Designing 3D fencing consists of setting up two parallel fences and focusing on height, depth and width to create a daunting barrier.

Livestock

Adding a third dimension to a wildlife barrier fence

While not quite as effective as a tall barrier fence, the 3D alternative is considerably cheaper

By Jennifer Paige November 2, 2015

With the evolution of livestock management practice such as bale grazing over the winter, more feed is being stored in the field where it is highly vulnerable to wildlife. “With winter feeding being one of the larger costs of any cow-calf operation, we definitely don’t want to be sharing it with the wildlife,” said Elizabeth

Can an electric fence keep deer out? So far it’s protecting this plot at the University of Manitoba’s Ian N. Morrison Research Farm at Carman. But the deer need to be trained.

News

Electric fences could be an easier way to keep deer out of gardens

By Allan Dawson August 21, 2015

Deer. Sure they’re magnificent in the wild with their big dewy eyes, licorice noses and flashing white tails effortlessly clearing fences as if bouncing off hidden trampolines. But when they chow down on your garden, benevolence turns to malevolence. Where deer are plentiful protecting produce can be a big job for rural and urban gardeners

Researchers believe wild boars are more prevalent than many people realize.

Hogs, Local news

Tracking the elusive but destructive wild boar

The highly reclusive wild boar may be responsible for much more  crop damage than previously thought

By Shannon VanRaes July 16, 2015

Ruth Kost has never seen a wild boar before but she’s hoping that will change after a summer spent tracking the elusive beast. “They don’t like to show themselves,” said the University of Saskatchewan master’s student. “They are kind of reclusive, they avoid people… and they’re very aware of hunting pressures.” But just because you

Did you know?

Both types of shooters promote conservation

Whether they're shooting with a gun or camera, both types of shooters protect wildlife

By Cornell University Release March 30, 2015

What inspires people to support conservation? As concerns grow about the sustainability of our modern society, this question becomes more important. A new study by researchers at Cornell University provides one simple answer: birdwatching and hunting. This survey of conservation activity among rural landowners in Upstate New York considered a range of possible predictors such

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Shooting wolves backfires on livestock

Lethal control leads to more dead sheep and cattle

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 6, 2015

The best way to control wolf populations and minimize livestock predation may be to stop shooting, trapping and poisoning them, Washington State University researchers say. A review of 25 years of data from lethal control programs from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services found that shooting and trapping the carnivores leads to more dead sheep

Local news

CSI forensics used to nab poachers

Conservation officers will soon be recognized  as law enforcement officers in Manitoba

By Meghan Mast December 22, 2014

By the time provincial conservation officer Laury Brouzes found the once-proud buck all that remained was scattered fur, a pink skeleton, and a furry hooved foot. Coyotes had licked its vertebrae clean. The day before, someone had tipped authorities off, naming an individual who had shot a deer and only taken the head. It is

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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