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Protecting Manitoba’s lands & waters for future generations.
Championing conservation, Indigenous leadership & nature connection.
Championing conservation, Indigenous leadership & nature connection.
Manitobans want more protected areas 🌲
From pristine lakes to old-growth forests, people across the province are calling for stronger protections for the wild places we love. Their message is clear: nature matters — and it needs our support.
Swipe to see what they said!
From pristine lakes to old-growth forests, people across the province are calling for stronger protections for the wild places we love. Their message is clear: nature matters — and it needs our support.
Swipe to see what they said!
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Manitobans want more protected areas 🌲
From pristine lakes to old-growth forests, people across the province are calling for stronger protections for the wild places we love. Their message is clear: nature matters — and it needs our support.
Swipe to see what they said!
From pristine lakes to old-growth forests, people across the province are calling for stronger protections for the wild places we love. Their message is clear: nature matters — and it needs our support.
Swipe to see what they said!
It’s that season again — the ads, the deals, the “buy more!” energy...
We prefer gifts that support local makers/businesses and support nature.
So we made a Nature Lover’s Gift Guide just for you!
https://loom.ly/4RPZJgE
We prefer gifts that support local makers/businesses and support nature.
So we made a Nature Lover’s Gift Guide just for you!
https://loom.ly/4RPZJgE
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It’s that season again — the ads, the deals, the “buy more!” energy...
We prefer gifts that support local makers/businesses and support nature.
So we made a Nature Lover’s Gift Guide just for you!
https://loom.ly/4RPZJgE
We prefer gifts that support local makers/businesses and support nature.
So we made a Nature Lover’s Gift Guide just for you!
https://loom.ly/4RPZJgE
New to Manitoba and wondering how to make the most of our famously cold winter? Or maybe you’ve lived here all your life and are looking for new ways to embrace the snow instead of hiding from it?
Read our blog; https://cpawsmb.org/how-to-enjoy-manitoba-winter/
Read our blog; https://cpawsmb.org/how-to-enjoy-manitoba-winter/
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New to Manitoba and wondering how to make the most of our famously cold winter? Or maybe you’ve lived here all your life and are looking for new ways to embrace the snow instead of hiding from it?
Read our blog; https://cpawsmb.org/how-to-enjoy-manitoba-winter/
Read our blog; https://cpawsmb.org/how-to-enjoy-manitoba-winter/
We’re so excited to announce our 2026 Nature Club Hike Schedule — 12 unforgettable adventures in Manitoba! From peaceful forests to breathtaking boardwalks, we’ve got a hike for every kind of explorer. 🥾💚
Check out the hikes here: https://cpawsmb.org/new-year-new-hikes/
Check out the hikes here: https://cpawsmb.org/new-year-new-hikes/
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We’re so excited to announce our 2026 Nature Club Hike Schedule — 12 unforgettable adventures in Manitoba! From peaceful forests to breathtaking boardwalks, we’ve got a hike for every kind of explorer. 🥾💚
Check out the hikes here: https://cpawsmb.org/new-year-new-hikes/
Check out the hikes here: https://cpawsmb.org/new-year-new-hikes/
Happy Fall Equinox! 🍂
Today the night is the same length as the day, marking the end of summer! Welcoming us into fall!
Discover how birds, fish, mammals, and insects prepare for the season’s changing weather—watch now!
#manitoba #winnipeg #environment #conservation
Today the night is the same length as the day, marking the end of summer! Welcoming us into fall!
Discover how birds, fish, mammals, and insects prepare for the season’s changing weather—watch now!
#manitoba #winnipeg #environment #conservation
September 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy Fall Equinox! 🍂
Today the night is the same length as the day, marking the end of summer! Welcoming us into fall!
Discover how birds, fish, mammals, and insects prepare for the season’s changing weather—watch now!
#manitoba #winnipeg #environment #conservation
Today the night is the same length as the day, marking the end of summer! Welcoming us into fall!
Discover how birds, fish, mammals, and insects prepare for the season’s changing weather—watch now!
#manitoba #winnipeg #environment #conservation
Backpacks are ready, and lunch kits hopefully in hand. The school bell is ringing.
While summer is over, nature doesn't have to wait!
Read here: https://loom.ly/gxIjWp0
While summer is over, nature doesn't have to wait!
Read here: https://loom.ly/gxIjWp0
September 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Backpacks are ready, and lunch kits hopefully in hand. The school bell is ringing.
While summer is over, nature doesn't have to wait!
Read here: https://loom.ly/gxIjWp0
While summer is over, nature doesn't have to wait!
Read here: https://loom.ly/gxIjWp0
This #WildlifeWednesday, meet the North American river otter! 🦦 Excellent underwater vision, near-sighted on land — maybe borrow a monocle? A group is a bevy, romp, or lodge; in water, it’s a raft! 🌊
📸 Owen Strickland (iNaturalist)
#KeepManitobaWild
📸 Owen Strickland (iNaturalist)
#KeepManitobaWild
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This #WildlifeWednesday, meet the North American river otter! 🦦 Excellent underwater vision, near-sighted on land — maybe borrow a monocle? A group is a bevy, romp, or lodge; in water, it’s a raft! 🌊
📸 Owen Strickland (iNaturalist)
#KeepManitobaWild
📸 Owen Strickland (iNaturalist)
#KeepManitobaWild
"Is this the Krusty Krab?"
"No, it's the purple sunstar!" 🌟
This sea star prowls the ocean floor of Hudson Bay, hunting clams, mussels, and other invertebrates.
📸: leftcoaster on iNaturalist
#MarineMonday #HudsonBay #ManitobaNature #KeepManitobaWild
"No, it's the purple sunstar!" 🌟
This sea star prowls the ocean floor of Hudson Bay, hunting clams, mussels, and other invertebrates.
📸: leftcoaster on iNaturalist
#MarineMonday #HudsonBay #ManitobaNature #KeepManitobaWild
August 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Is this the Krusty Krab?"
"No, it's the purple sunstar!" 🌟
This sea star prowls the ocean floor of Hudson Bay, hunting clams, mussels, and other invertebrates.
📸: leftcoaster on iNaturalist
#MarineMonday #HudsonBay #ManitobaNature #KeepManitobaWild
"No, it's the purple sunstar!" 🌟
This sea star prowls the ocean floor of Hudson Bay, hunting clams, mussels, and other invertebrates.
📸: leftcoaster on iNaturalist
#MarineMonday #HudsonBay #ManitobaNature #KeepManitobaWild
It’s #WildlifeWednesday!
Meet the painted turtle — Manitoba’s sun-loving reptile with a dark shell edged in red and yellow. 🐢☀️ They bask on logs with friends and can survive winter under frozen ponds by breathing through their skin.
Meet the painted turtle — Manitoba’s sun-loving reptile with a dark shell edged in red and yellow. 🐢☀️ They bask on logs with friends and can survive winter under frozen ponds by breathing through their skin.
August 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It’s #WildlifeWednesday!
Meet the painted turtle — Manitoba’s sun-loving reptile with a dark shell edged in red and yellow. 🐢☀️ They bask on logs with friends and can survive winter under frozen ponds by breathing through their skin.
Meet the painted turtle — Manitoba’s sun-loving reptile with a dark shell edged in red and yellow. 🐢☀️ They bask on logs with friends and can survive winter under frozen ponds by breathing through their skin.
🐇 #WildlifeWednesday is hopping in with the snowshoe hare! These seasonal shape-shifters change from brown to white to blend in. Look for their big back feet and Y-shaped tracks — and if you spot one mid-shed? Lucky you.
📸: Kyle Blaney | #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
📸: Kyle Blaney | #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
August 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🐇 #WildlifeWednesday is hopping in with the snowshoe hare! These seasonal shape-shifters change from brown to white to blend in. Look for their big back feet and Y-shaped tracks — and if you spot one mid-shed? Lucky you.
📸: Kyle Blaney | #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
📸: Kyle Blaney | #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
🔥 Learn survival skills with us and @backcountrywomen! 🪢
Learn how to start a fire with household items, tie all kinds of knots, and meet new friends while you're at it.
Check out our 3Common page for more details and registration!
Learn how to start a fire with household items, tie all kinds of knots, and meet new friends while you're at it.
Check out our 3Common page for more details and registration!
August 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🔥 Learn survival skills with us and @backcountrywomen! 🪢
Learn how to start a fire with household items, tie all kinds of knots, and meet new friends while you're at it.
Check out our 3Common page for more details and registration!
Learn how to start a fire with household items, tie all kinds of knots, and meet new friends while you're at it.
Check out our 3Common page for more details and registration!
🦊 #WildlifeWednesday: Red Fox
With fiery fur and a white-tipped tail, red foxes live in forests, prairies—even city edges.
Fun fact: A group of foxes is called a skulk or leash!
📸: Karl Kroeker (Sourced from iNaturalist)
With fiery fur and a white-tipped tail, red foxes live in forests, prairies—even city edges.
Fun fact: A group of foxes is called a skulk or leash!
📸: Karl Kroeker (Sourced from iNaturalist)
July 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🦊 #WildlifeWednesday: Red Fox
With fiery fur and a white-tipped tail, red foxes live in forests, prairies—even city edges.
Fun fact: A group of foxes is called a skulk or leash!
📸: Karl Kroeker (Sourced from iNaturalist)
With fiery fur and a white-tipped tail, red foxes live in forests, prairies—even city edges.
Fun fact: A group of foxes is called a skulk or leash!
📸: Karl Kroeker (Sourced from iNaturalist)
🎶 Whoa, Black Scoter, bam-ba-lam!
These deep-diving sea ducks pass through northern Manitoba’s Hudson Bay.
Males = black with orange bills, females = brown beauties.
📍 Churchill sightings!
📸: Kyle Blaney via iNaturalist
#MarineMonday #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
July 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🎶 Whoa, Black Scoter, bam-ba-lam!
These deep-diving sea ducks pass through northern Manitoba’s Hudson Bay.
Males = black with orange bills, females = brown beauties.
📍 Churchill sightings!
📸: Kyle Blaney via iNaturalist
#MarineMonday #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
🌾 Tall, tall grass. Blue, blue skies.
We walked through a tall grass prairie on a warm July weekend.
Once widespread, less than 1% remains — and Manitoba is one of its last strongholds.
👉 Check out the blog on our website!
We walked through a tall grass prairie on a warm July weekend.
Once widespread, less than 1% remains — and Manitoba is one of its last strongholds.
👉 Check out the blog on our website!
July 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🌾 Tall, tall grass. Blue, blue skies.
We walked through a tall grass prairie on a warm July weekend.
Once widespread, less than 1% remains — and Manitoba is one of its last strongholds.
👉 Check out the blog on our website!
We walked through a tall grass prairie on a warm July weekend.
Once widespread, less than 1% remains — and Manitoba is one of its last strongholds.
👉 Check out the blog on our website!
🦉 #WildlifeWednesday: The short-eared owl hunts in daylight and loves open prairies. And those “ears”? Just feathers. Total fake-out. 😤
Spotted in southern Manitoba during spring and fall!
📸: @craigtaylorff on iNaturalist
#ShortEaredOwl #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
Spotted in southern Manitoba during spring and fall!
📸: @craigtaylorff on iNaturalist
#ShortEaredOwl #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
July 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🦉 #WildlifeWednesday: The short-eared owl hunts in daylight and loves open prairies. And those “ears”? Just feathers. Total fake-out. 😤
Spotted in southern Manitoba during spring and fall!
📸: @craigtaylorff on iNaturalist
#ShortEaredOwl #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
Spotted in southern Manitoba during spring and fall!
📸: @craigtaylorff on iNaturalist
#ShortEaredOwl #CPAWSManitoba #KeepManitobaWild
🌊 #MarineMonday: Tundra swans nest in Hudson Bay’s coastal wetlands, right here in northern Manitoba! 🌾🦢 Each year, they raise their young by the sea—then fly thousands of kilometres to southern coasts. Arctic roots, ocean journeys. ✈️🌎
#CPAWS #ProtectTheBay
#CPAWS #ProtectTheBay
July 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🌊 #MarineMonday: Tundra swans nest in Hudson Bay’s coastal wetlands, right here in northern Manitoba! 🌾🦢 Each year, they raise their young by the sea—then fly thousands of kilometres to southern coasts. Arctic roots, ocean journeys. ✈️🌎
#CPAWS #ProtectTheBay
#CPAWS #ProtectTheBay
🌊✨ #MarineMonday: Meet the Red-throated Loon!
The smallest loon of them all breeds in northern Manitoba and can take off from land — no water runway needed! It spends most of the year at sea, only nesting in quiet Arctic ponds. 🚀🦆
📸: Stephen Petersen (via iNaturalist)
The smallest loon of them all breeds in northern Manitoba and can take off from land — no water runway needed! It spends most of the year at sea, only nesting in quiet Arctic ponds. 🚀🦆
📸: Stephen Petersen (via iNaturalist)
June 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🌊✨ #MarineMonday: Meet the Red-throated Loon!
The smallest loon of them all breeds in northern Manitoba and can take off from land — no water runway needed! It spends most of the year at sea, only nesting in quiet Arctic ponds. 🚀🦆
📸: Stephen Petersen (via iNaturalist)
The smallest loon of them all breeds in northern Manitoba and can take off from land — no water runway needed! It spends most of the year at sea, only nesting in quiet Arctic ponds. 🚀🦆
📸: Stephen Petersen (via iNaturalist)
📢 NEW REPORT: The Hudson Bay Lowlands cover nearly 10% of Manitoba and are 97.5% intact. This vital region holds incredible ecological, cultural, and economic value—and it needs protection.
🔗 Read the report & hear what Manitobans are saying. https://loom.ly/O2v4TB0
🔗 Read the report & hear what Manitobans are saying. https://loom.ly/O2v4TB0
June 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
📢 NEW REPORT: The Hudson Bay Lowlands cover nearly 10% of Manitoba and are 97.5% intact. This vital region holds incredible ecological, cultural, and economic value—and it needs protection.
🔗 Read the report & hear what Manitobans are saying. https://loom.ly/O2v4TB0
🔗 Read the report & hear what Manitobans are saying. https://loom.ly/O2v4TB0
🎶 Thank you, nest 🎶
Meet the Brown-headed Cowbird — a bird that makes no nest. 🙅🏻♀️🪺 They sneak eggs into other birds’ nests, sometimes tossing out a host egg. Their chicks hatch early, grow fast, and outcompete nestmates. Once fledged, they join flocks of their own kind.
📸: Chris O'Donoghue
Meet the Brown-headed Cowbird — a bird that makes no nest. 🙅🏻♀️🪺 They sneak eggs into other birds’ nests, sometimes tossing out a host egg. Their chicks hatch early, grow fast, and outcompete nestmates. Once fledged, they join flocks of their own kind.
📸: Chris O'Donoghue
June 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🎶 Thank you, nest 🎶
Meet the Brown-headed Cowbird — a bird that makes no nest. 🙅🏻♀️🪺 They sneak eggs into other birds’ nests, sometimes tossing out a host egg. Their chicks hatch early, grow fast, and outcompete nestmates. Once fledged, they join flocks of their own kind.
📸: Chris O'Donoghue
Meet the Brown-headed Cowbird — a bird that makes no nest. 🙅🏻♀️🪺 They sneak eggs into other birds’ nests, sometimes tossing out a host egg. Their chicks hatch early, grow fast, and outcompete nestmates. Once fledged, they join flocks of their own kind.
📸: Chris O'Donoghue
🦭❄️ Marine Monday Quiz!
🧠 Which Hudson Bay seal keeps a breathing hole open in sea ice all winter by using its claws to scratch it out daily?
A) Harp Seal
B) Ringed Seal
C) Bearded Seal
👇 Let us know your answer below!
📸: Stephen Peterson (Sourced from iNaturalist)
🧠 Which Hudson Bay seal keeps a breathing hole open in sea ice all winter by using its claws to scratch it out daily?
A) Harp Seal
B) Ringed Seal
C) Bearded Seal
👇 Let us know your answer below!
📸: Stephen Peterson (Sourced from iNaturalist)
June 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🦭❄️ Marine Monday Quiz!
🧠 Which Hudson Bay seal keeps a breathing hole open in sea ice all winter by using its claws to scratch it out daily?
A) Harp Seal
B) Ringed Seal
C) Bearded Seal
👇 Let us know your answer below!
📸: Stephen Peterson (Sourced from iNaturalist)
🧠 Which Hudson Bay seal keeps a breathing hole open in sea ice all winter by using its claws to scratch it out daily?
A) Harp Seal
B) Ringed Seal
C) Bearded Seal
👇 Let us know your answer below!
📸: Stephen Peterson (Sourced from iNaturalist)
☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! 🌿
It's the longest day of the year—a perfect time to soak up the sun and connect with the land. 🌾🦋
While enjoying the light, take a moment to appreciate the wild places that make summer special.
📸: @rileymartinmedia
#SummerSolstice #KeepManitobaWild #CPAWSManitoba
It's the longest day of the year—a perfect time to soak up the sun and connect with the land. 🌾🦋
While enjoying the light, take a moment to appreciate the wild places that make summer special.
📸: @rileymartinmedia
#SummerSolstice #KeepManitobaWild #CPAWSManitoba
June 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! 🌿
It's the longest day of the year—a perfect time to soak up the sun and connect with the land. 🌾🦋
While enjoying the light, take a moment to appreciate the wild places that make summer special.
📸: @rileymartinmedia
#SummerSolstice #KeepManitobaWild #CPAWSManitoba
It's the longest day of the year—a perfect time to soak up the sun and connect with the land. 🌾🦋
While enjoying the light, take a moment to appreciate the wild places that make summer special.
📸: @rileymartinmedia
#SummerSolstice #KeepManitobaWild #CPAWSManitoba
🦅💭 What if every child walked 1 km—could we match the epic journeys of migrating birds?
That question sparked a school-wide walkathon at Linden Meadows School!
🚶♀️🌎 See how students walked for wildlife.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/QbzlXAs
#CPAWSManitoba #MigrationChallenge
That question sparked a school-wide walkathon at Linden Meadows School!
🚶♀️🌎 See how students walked for wildlife.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/QbzlXAs
#CPAWSManitoba #MigrationChallenge
June 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🦅💭 What if every child walked 1 km—could we match the epic journeys of migrating birds?
That question sparked a school-wide walkathon at Linden Meadows School!
🚶♀️🌎 See how students walked for wildlife.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/QbzlXAs
#CPAWSManitoba #MigrationChallenge
That question sparked a school-wide walkathon at Linden Meadows School!
🚶♀️🌎 See how students walked for wildlife.
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/QbzlXAs
#CPAWSManitoba #MigrationChallenge