Protected Areas Initiative

Manitoba's Network of Protected Areas

Since the start of the Protected Areas Initiative in 1990, the area of protected lands has increased from 350,000 hectares to just over 5.4 million hectares in 2006.  Approximately 8.4% of Manitoba's lands are protected.

 
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Manitoba's Newest Protected Areas

• The New Duff Roblin Park Reserve NEW

• Beaudry Provincial Park Expansion  

• Nopiming Provincial Park Backcountry Expansion 

• Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park Expansion

• Little Limestone Lake Park Reserve  

• Ducks Unlimited Canada Lands (58 Parcels)

• Wellington Wildlife Management Area

• Wakopa Wildlife Management Area

• Part of Delta Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Manitoba's current network of protected areas is made up of a collection of provincial and federally designated lands:

• Provincial Parks/Park Reserves:  42 protected in whole or in part

          - Manigotagan River Provincial Park
          - Rivers Provincial Park Addition
          - Chitek Lake Park Reserve Renewal
          - Poplar/Nanowin Rivers Park Reserve Renewal

• Ecological Reserves:  21

          - Armit Meadows Ecological Reserve 
          - Birch River Ecological Reserve
          - Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve
          - Jennifer and Tom Shay Ecological Reserve
          - Little George Island Ecological Reserve

• Wildlife Management Areas:  46 protected in whole or in part

• Provincial Forests:  2 

          - Bell and Steeprock Canyons Protected Area

• National Parks:  2 (Riding Mountain and Wapusk)

Private lands also contribute to Manitoba's network of protected areas.  This is made possible through the use of the Conservation Agreements Act or other legal mechanisms such as Memorandums of Agreement.

• Manitoba Naturalists Society Lands  (8 parcels)

• Nature Conservancy of Canada Lands (87 parcels)