News Releases
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Wetlands are Manitoba’s Multi-taskers
January 30, 2025February 2nd is usually highlighted by Groundhog Day when furry rodents forecast if we will have an early spring. Since 1971, this day also serves as World Wetlands Day – a day to celebrate Manitoba’s diverse and beautiful wetlands.Read more »
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Nature Conservancy of Canada and local family protect grasslands in Manitoba
November 20, 2024A local family with a long connection to the land has partnered with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to ensure that an important stretch of Manitoba nature is protected for its endangered grassland. The charitable organization is announcing the conservation of the Langford Escarpment project, situated 15 kilometres southeast of the Town of Neepawa.Read more »
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Habitat for iconic burrowing owl protected in southern Manitoba
October 18, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada announces the conservation of over 500 hectares of native prairies and wetlands. Read more »
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Important cultural-agricultural-conservation partnership announced in Manitoba
September 28, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada has partnered with Elder Roddy McKay, Ken Norquay and Gordon Beddome to form the Stewards of Wabano Aki, a group dedicated to Reconciliation and the collective stewardship of a project near Shilo, Manitoba.Read more »
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Grassland butterfly conservation program expands into a new site in effort to save critically endangered species from Extinction
July 14, 2023In 2023, 58 critically endangered Poweshiek skipperling were released onto a new site in the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve.Read more »
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Massive tract of globally rare grasslands now protected
November 10, 2022At nearly 2,700 hectares, Lake Ranch represents an important contribution to efforts to ensure that this emblematic and ecologically critical habitat continues to feed and foster the prairie lives that depend on it.Read more »
