Introducing the Shared Legacy Partnership
July 2023: Our goal is to help advance understanding of the wonder of Manitoba’s Tall Grass Prairie Natural Area, its relationship with agriculture, and the natural heritage that benefits all residents.
“There are probably fewer than 500 globally”, butterflies released in the Southeast
August 2022 Pembina Valley Online: Nearly 200 endangered butterflies were released into the wild near Vita earlier this summer.
NCC/Assiniboine Park Conservancy set new record releasing over 200 endangered butterflies onto NCC lands
August 2022 News Release: Over the course of approximately three weeks in July, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy successfully released 191 critically endangered Poweshiek skipperling butterflies
Assiniboine Park Zoo sets new record with release of 47 critically endangered butterflies in expanded effort to save the Poweshiek skipperling from extinction
July 2021 News Release: After a very successful breeding and over-wintering season, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy has released 47 critically endangered Poweshiek skipperling butterflies.
Expanded efforts made to save critically endangered butterflies from extinction
July 2020 News Release: The Assiniboine Park Conservancy has released 19 critically endangered Poweshiek skipperling butterflies at the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s properties in the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve in the RM of Stuartburn in SE Manitoba.