Learn about bear safety with Nature Norm
November 2024 Steinbach Online: Adventures with Nature Norm is back to share advice on how to stay safe and navigate the wilderness with confidence.
The Nature Norm Report
November 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Although the “Species at Risk Spotlight” column is over, there is still a lot of tall-grass prairie content to share. I am happy to introduce this newest column from the Shared Legacy Partnership “The Nature Norm Report”!
Explore the Changing Colours of the Prairies
October 2024 Steinbach Online: Nature Norm is welcoming in fall with a tour showing off the fall colours in the tall-grass prairie.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Northern Leopard Frog
October 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: This species at risk, that is usually well known by visitors, is always a favourite when we see them hopping on the trail.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Small White Lady’s-slipper
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.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Monarch Butterfly
June 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: There is no greater symbol of global conservation in the tall-grass prairie than the monarch butterfly.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Culver’s Root
August 2023 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Culver’s root was named after Dr. Culver, an early eighteenth-century physician who recommended the plant for various medicinal uses.
Preserving a precarious orchid
July 2023 Carillon News: The only place in Canada the endangered western prairie fringed orchid can be found is in this little corner of Manitoba. Roughly 50 per cent of the world’s population of the flower grows on a 48 square kilometre piece of land just outside Vita in the RM of Stuartburn.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Poweshiek Skipperling
June 2023 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Did you know we have our very own symbol of conservation right here in the tall-grass prairie that has a lower population than other endangered species like giant pandas or mountain gorillas?