As we build awareness of the incredible tall-grass prairie in southeast Manitoba, the story is being shared through various channels.
August 2024 Associated Press: While orchids are found all over the world, the western prairie fringed orchid is specifically adapted to the tallgrass prairie.
September 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Great Plains ladies’-tresses are often smelled before being seen, described as everything from vanilla to sweetgrass.
August 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Bank swallows will nest in groups of anywhere from ten individuals to many thousands. It’s mesmerizing to watch.
August 2024 News Release: The Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve is hosting its annual Prairie Day event on Saturday, August 10, 2024.
July 2023 Steinbach Online: A team of conservationists recently released Poweshiek Skipperling into the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve near Vita.
July 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: A species at risk, the small white lady’s-slipper is a unique-looking flower that is hard to ignore.
June 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: There is no greater symbol of global conservation in the tall-grass prairie than the monarch butterfly.
May 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: If you are lucky enough to see a Canada warbler hopping through the foliage, it can be a highlight of the birding season.
April 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: The least bittern is North America’s smallest member of the heron family.
March 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: When living in a healthy water system, the mapleleaf mussel has a lifespan that can reach over sixty years.
