December 2022 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Woodpeckers are one of the most dynamic families of birds we share the tall-grass prairie ecosystem with. They are highly adaptable species and come in a variety of unique colours and patterns.
November 2022 Dawson Trail Dispatch: As an amphibian, the eastern tiger salamander depends on both aquatic and terrestrial (land) habitats to complete their life cycle.
October 2022 Dawson Trail Dispatch: It can be bittersweet knowing that you won’t be seeing these migrants until warmer weather returns, and this is especially true for species that are at risk of disappearing like the eastern wood-pewee.
September 2022 Dawson Trail Dispatch: In Canada there are over 30 species of goldenrod, and in the tall-grass prairie we have our fair share. Out of these species one is considered at-risk, Riddell’s goldenrod.
August 2022 Pembina Valley Online: Nearly 200 endangered butterflies were released into the wild near Vita earlier this summer.
August 2022 Dawson Trail Dispatch: I think everyone can identify when an Eastern whip-poor-will is calling, if not, look it up! The call is really like nothing else you can hear in our province and is a sound I really enjoy.
July 2022 UM Today Magazine: Tallgrass prairies not only mitigate global warming, they’re home to biodiversity that took millennia to develop. Now they’re among the most endangered ecosystems in the world. Alumni trying to preserve the last grasslands show us what we stand to lose.
July 2022 Dawson Trail Dispatch: There is an orchid that grows in SE Manitoba that is found nowhere else in Canada. This orchid depends on one of the worlds rarest ecosystems, the tall-grass prairie, to grow in.
March 2021: In September 2020, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced an investment of $1.9 million over four years to conserve species at risk within Manitoba’s endangered tall-grass prairie.
September 2020 News Release: Protecting nature is an essential part of addressing biodiversity loss and fighting climate change. We need transformative action to protect our natural environment now and into the future.
