New Year’s Day
Welcome to 2023! Here's hoping that one of your New Year's resolutions is to spend more time appreciating the wonder of nature and about what you can do to help conservation efforts right here in […]
World Wetlands Day
Did you know that the tall grass prairie ecosystem once stretched from near present-day Winnipeg all the way south to Texas? Today, the largest intact blocks of tall grass prairie in Canada occur in the […]
World Wildlife Day
Not only is today World Wildlife Day, it's also the Global Day of Unplugging and the National I Want You To be Happy Day. Coincidence? We think not. It's a perfect time to unplug from […]
World Sparrow Day
Agassiz Interpretive Trail Stuartburn, ManitobaIn honour of World Sparrow Day today, why not plan an outing into Sunrise Corner's hidden gem in the RM of Stuartburn, the tall-grass prairie. Did you know Manitoba's Pine to Prairie International Birding Trail […]
International Day of Forests
When you think about prairie, you probably visualize tall grasses and flowers blowing in the wind. That is certainly a big part of the tall-grass prairie natural area, but did you know we also have […]
World Water Day
On this World Water Day, let's pay tribute to one of the tall-grass prairie's species at risk that depends on clean, flowing water: the mapleleaf mussel. Did you know the mapleleaf mussel is a long-lived […]
National Wildlife Week – Day 1
Southeast Manitoba's tall-grass prairie natural area is home to 28 species at risk in seven different categories. We'll profile one each day of National Wildlife Week. Today, we'll share identification and habitat information, along with […]