Species at Risk Spotlight: Great Plains Ladies’-tresses
September 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Great Plains ladies’-tresses are often smelled before being seen, described as everything from vanilla to sweetgrass.
Nature Norm Connecting nature and neighbours
September 2024 The Carillon: There’s no place Norm Gregoire would rather be on an early September Saturday morning as the Tall Grass Prairie, and it shows.
Prairie Day at the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve
August 2024 News Release: The Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve is hosting its annual Prairie Day event on Saturday, August 10, 2024.
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: Canada Warbler
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.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Least Bittern
April 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: The least bittern is North America’s smallest member of the heron family.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Barn Swallow
February 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: In the tall-grass prairie, there is no other species at risk that we live more closely with than the barn swallow.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Yellow Rail
January 2024 Dawson Trail Dispatch: Yellow rail are very seldom seen; more often, they are heard making a distinct “click-click” call that sounds as if two small stones are being tapped together.
Species at Risk Spotlight: Common Nighthawk
December 2023 Dawson Trail Dispatch: The common nighthawk has picked up the nickname “mosquito hawk” due to their ability to eat over five hundred mosquitoes and other insects in a single night.