Conservation near Grand View MB (29 Result(s))

Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation is an environmental conservation and ecological organization Shoal Lake. It was established with a view to maintain and enhance fish and wildlife habitat. Call us.

Welcome to Riding Mountain Biosphere ReserveRiding Mountain UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve (RMBR), one of 16 Biosphere Reserves in Canada, was designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1986. It is a special area within which people are encouraged to demonstrate better approaches to conservation and sustainable resource use.The core protected area, Riding Mountain National Park, covers some 3,000 square kilometers of mixedwood forest, eastern deciduous forest, and rough fescue prairie. RMBR also includes a Zone of Cooperation which consists of the 15 municipalities and 4 First Nations that surround the Park, comprising an additional 12,000 square kilometers. The RMBR is encompassed primarily by Treaty 2 and to the west adjoined to Treaty 4. The landscape has been settled and managed by First Nations people since time immemorial.The RMBR is rich in lakes, streams and natural habitat. Development within the Biosphere Reserve has largely been for the growing of grain and forage crops, and for the production of livestock.

To see a landscape that is capable of supporting our environmental, economic and social well being for now and into the future.

Hen Houses Provide a Haven for Nesting MallardsThousands of new mallard ducklings will be hitting the water in wetlands across southwestern Manitoba this spring. That would appear to be unremarkable, however, these ducklings would likely not exist but for the combined efforts of the Delta Waterfowl Foundation . Read the rest of this entrySustainable Slopes - The Pembina Escarpment PartnershipA stark contrast to the surrounding flat grasslands, the Pembina Escarpment marks the boundary between the Red River valley to the east and the prairies to the west. Rising 200 metres above the valley, this unique landscape was formed thousands . Read the rest of this entryWildlife Habitat Organization Cutting Shrubs in PasturesThe Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (MHHC) has been working with private landowners in South-Western Manitoba over this past summer to cut down shrubs in native pastures.