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24 hours for boreal caribou
1 day 4 hours ago

Last week we encouraged you to write letters about the federal government’s path for caribou.

Time to Speak Up for the Woodland Caribou
6 days 7 hours ago

To Canadians, caribou are iconic, akin to the maple leaf and the beaver. For 75 years, when a Canadian reached into his or her pocket, they were likely to find a caribou gracing a 25-cent piece.

Too Swamped to Think of a Wetlands Pun
1 week 3 hours ago

World Wetlands Day this year fell on an unseasonably warm Thursday, February 2nd. A celebration was hosted by the Wilderness Committee and the University of Winnipeg’s EcoPIA (Ecological People in Action) on the front steps of the Manitoba Legislature. Anticipating our usual winter chill we had a dozen tins of organic fair-trade hot chocolate ready to help folks brave the cold. Unfortunately for us, the mild weather meant that we were left with a ridiculous amount of leftover mix.

Emceed by our director Eric, the event included speakers from Manitoba Wildlands, CPAWS, the Lake Winnipeg Foundation, the Lake Winnipeg Project, Peguis First Nation, the Manitoba Liberal Party, the Green Party of Manitoba and the Manitoba NDP. That so many groups of such divergent backgrounds came together to recognize the importance of wetlands and the local ramifications of inadequate wetland protection speaks volumes.

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Manitoba Field Office

Welcome to the Wilderness Committee's Manitoba Field Office. The Wilderness Committee is Canada’s largest membership-based wilderness preservation group with 60,000 members, supporters and volunteers, and we are hard at work on the ground in Manitoba. We’ve helped gain protection for over 50 major wilderness areas in Canada, including millions of hectares of critical wildlife habitats, and some of the world’s last large tracts of old-growth temperate rainforest and boreal forest. Through public education, grassroots mobilization, and strategic research, we are working on protecting the wild spaces and species in the province to ensure a healthy future for all Manitobans. We encourage you to join us in our work. 

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The Heart of the Boreal

Stretching from the east side of Manitoba’s Lake Winnipeg far into the province of Ontario is one of the greatest natural areas left on earth. The Heart of the Boreal is a vast wilderness filled with jack pine-covered granite ridges, black spruce and tamarack lowlands, and more lakes than you can imagine.

Manitoba's Conservation Hotspots

Manitobans are fortunate to still have vast expanses of intact, representative ecosystems within our province. These wild lands provide ecosystem services – byproducts of healthy and natural wild areas – to maintain our own health through clean air and clean water.

Manitoba's Provincial Parks

Manitoba’s provincial parks are home to remote sparkling lakes, clear rivers, sandy beaches and wild boreal forests. You can hike through natural grasslands in Spruce Woods, relax on the sand at Grand Beach, cross-country ski at Duck Mountain, spot rare orchids in Nopiming, or paddle down world-famous canoeing rivers in Atikaki.

Woodland Caribou

The north is often symbolized by caribou. School children even know of the massive herds made up of thousands of barren ground caribou migrating across the open tundra. The caribou is one of those iconic species, featured prominently on Canada’s 25-cent coin.

Canada's Boreal Region

The Wilderness Committee has worked on boreal forest research and protection for decades. We were inspired to take action because the boreal forest makes up over half of Canada, is threatened on multiple levels by numerous industrial activities such as the tar sands, and has many wildlife and plants that are declining.

Make Your Voice Heard

Act Now to Keep Woodland Caribou in our Wilderness

 To Canadians, caribou are iconic, akin to the maple leaf and the beaver.

Because of their sensitivity to disturbance, boreal woodland caribou are in trouble in Canada. Already they’ve been pushed off half their range by developments, which is why they have been listed under Canada’s Species At Risk Act (SARA). SARA requires the federal government to establish a recovery strategy, which is a path forward to preserve caribou.

Right now, the government is in the final days of accepting public comments on this strategy. This is our last chance to make sure a strong strategy is put in place, so boreal woodland caribou survive in more than just Canadian lore. Take the time right now to write a letter to the government of Canada, voicing your opinion. Your letter will be sent to Environment Minister Peter Kent, and the Boreal Woodland Caribou Recovery Team at Environment Canada.

The deadline for public comment is February 22, 2012. Please write your letter now.

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