Tall Grass Prairie interpretive centre opens near Stuartburn
The Weston Family Tall Grass Prairie Interpretive Centre opens near Stuartburn MB to anchor NCC Manitoba Region Prairie Studies education and outreach. Kim Bassey notes NCC uses the centre for stewardship and research, with W Weston Foundation as major funding partner and Eliza Mitchell attending. Education is key to conserving biodiversity and protecting endangered species of tall grass prairie which once covered millions of square miles in North America.
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Weston Family Tall Grass Prairie Interpretive Centre Opens
The butterfly release marked the grand opening of Manitoba’s Tall Grass Prairie Interpretive Centre. NCC leaders credit The Weston Foundation for support while detailing the 160 acre Tkachuk property purchase and four year redevelopment into a hands on facility with classrooms, reading room, observation deck, and upcoming lab. The centre offers summer public access with school programs and trails including the Prairie Orchid Trail and Monarch Butterfly Hiking Trail, located 80 kilometers south of Winnipeg on Highway 59.
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Cadet Lynan Vogel Pauses Home Before Arctic Ice Patrol
A Coast Guard cadet in uniform visits family at home in Sydney NS before departing in September for four months aboard the CCGS Pierre Radisson ice breaker patrolling the St Lawrence river. Vogel is in his second year of Marine Engineering training at the Canadian Coast Guard College. Rick Mercer visited the college recently.
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