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Aquatic Insects
Location: Earl Grey Community Club, 360 Cockburn St. North Fee: $10 for Nature Manitoba members (or students), $15 for non-members 
What lurks beneath the surface: the aquatic insects of Manitoba
This workshop will highlight the incredible diversity and behaviour of aquatic insects found in the many lakes, ponds, and streams that dot this Province. Examples of insects that will be discussed include elegant silk net-weaving caddisflies, intimidating 2-inch long ‘toe-biters’, and the often-newsworthy burrowing mayflies (fishflies) that descend onto Gimli and Grand Beach each summer.
Buy tickets at Eventbrite for the Aquatic Insects workshop
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Ski at Burwalde Woods (cancelled)
Rescheduled from February 26 because of melting days on Feb 23/24/25/26.
Cancelled on March 2 because the trails have too much ice.
Location/Time: Meet at the Oak Bluff Petro Canada, located at 4900 McGillivray Blvd at 9:15 AM to form carpools. Leave at 9:30 to arrive at Burwalde Woods at 10:30. Burwalde Woods is located between Winkler and Morden, 5 km north of the Boundary Trails Health Centre. Leave Burwalde Woods for home between 2:00 and 2:30 so we are back in Winnipeg before rush hour really gets going.
Description: We will be hosted by Phil & Vera Froese, Grey Hares members and Burwalde Woods land owners / trail groomers.
Info about Burwalde Woods (including a 2025 trails map).
5K of easy trails are located in forest adjacent to the main trailhead / parking lot. When skiing these trails, you are always within 1.2K of the trailhead.
Another easy 1.5K (return) trail is located on the creek beside the clubhouse.
The outstanding Creek Trail is 5K out + 5K back, starting from the main trailhead / parking lot. It is a moderate ski trail that crosses the creek several times.
Vera will be leading the main group of skiers.
Note: Phil has grooming equipment that is capable of renovating very icy trails into sugar snow trails after temps drop below freezing and stay there.
Lunch: In the clubhouse (AKA Nordic Centre).
Bring: Your name tag, lunch, cash for the donation box and to buy honey, if you wish.
Wolseley Wander to The Forks
Location / Time: Meet at Raglan Road and Wolseley Ave. Start walking at 10:00.
Description: We will wander east - likely scrambling down to the river if the walking trail is open - to The Forks. We will stop for lunch at The Forks and then wander back west. The terrain (sidewalks, river bank, river trail) may be slippery, and we will be traveling at a moderate pace.
Distance: ~13km
Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Bring: Your name tag. Lunch (or buy at The Forks).
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Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre Tour in Glenlea
Please join Pat for a tour of the University of Manitoba's Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre . Cost is $ 10 and tour includes main building which has crop displays and pig barn, the layer barn with chickens and the dairy barn with cows . The next farrowing date is expected to be March 3rd therefore there should be piglets.Please see attached link for details regarging how to get there . Glenlea Farm and Discovery Centre is south of Winnipeg off Highway 75 on the east side . If you get to Ste Agathe that means you have gone too far south.
Meeting time is just before 10 am at the Centre's parking lot as building opens at 10 am.
https://umanitoba.ca/farm-and-food-discovery-centre/visit-us
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Climate Change
Location: Earl Grey Community Club, 360 Cockburn St. North Fee: $10 for Nature Manitoba members (or students), $15 for non-members
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Skating at River Heights Arena
Location: River Heights Arena, 1370 Grosvenor Ave
Time: Lap skating is from 12:45 to 1:45. Please arrive by 12:15. Usually we can start as early as 12:30.
Cost: $5.
Description: River Heights Arena -- lap skating for an hour.
Yvette has made a reservation, under her name, to gather at Smitty’s Restaurant & Lounge (580 Pembina Hwy near Grant Ave) after the skating. When you register, let her know if you are interested.
Winnipeg Free Free feature story:
Winnipeg Free Press reporter AV Kitching has contacted us about featuring Grey Hares in the Winnipeg Free Press Arts & Life section. She did a phone interview with Kevin & Anita on Wed Mar 5.
She would like to interview a few other members to get their perspectives about Grey Hares. Long-time members' views are important, but so is the perspective of newer members who have attended a few Grey Hares activities. If you are interested in being interviewed, please contact us and we will forward your name / email address / phone number to AV.
AV and a Free Press photographer will be at the River Heights Arena at 12:15. We know they want to take a posed group shot of many members -- skaters and others -- and whatever else AV needs for the feature story.
Anita will lead a 45+ minute walk from the arena after the Free Press interaction for those who won't be skating.
Bring: Your name tag.
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St. Adolphe and Windygates (Holo Crossing) hawk watches
Event Date: March 15, 2025 to April 15, 2025 Contact / Registration: Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
Raptors and a host of other birds migrate north along the Red River and Pembina River valleys in early spring. Come join the birders who monitor this migration. They will be present from mid-morning at either site on most days from mid-March to mid-April, especially when it is sunny with a south wind. The St. Adolphe site is on the east side of the bridge on PR. 210. The Windygates site is on PR. 201 at the Pembina River Valley.
Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
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St. Adolphe and Windygates (Holo Crossing) hawk watches
Event Date: March 15, 2025 to April 15, 2025 Contact / Registration: Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
Raptors and a host of other birds migrate north along the Red River and Pembina River valleys in early spring. Come join the birders who monitor this migration. They will be present from mid-morning at either site on most days from mid-March to mid-April, especially when it is sunny with a south wind. The St. Adolphe site is on the east side of the bridge on PR. 210. The Windygates site is on PR. 201 at the Pembina River Valley.
Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
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Harvest Meals2Go volunteer opportunity
Contact / Registration: Christine Urban -- register at csurban52@gmail.com starting March 16. The maximum number of volunteers is 20.
Description: Harvest Meals2Go
We will be packing breakfast kits that will be delivered to schools and families across the province. Over 5,000 students are enrolled in this weekend breakfast program.
Time: 9:30 to noon. Please arrive by 9:15.
Location: A new warehouse located 5 minutes from the main site on Winnipeg Ave. More info will be provided later about the exact meeting place and parking.
Lunch: We may once again go out for lunch afterwards. Will confirm.
Bring: Your name tag.
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Mantario Ski Trip - FULL
Event Date: March 22, 2025 to March 24, 2025 Join a group ski trip in the Mantario Wilderness of the Whiteshell Provincial Park. Trip departs Saturday morning and returns Monday evening (2 nights at the cabin). Your group will ski over 6 lakes, a distance of about 20km on ungroomed trails to get to the Mantario Cabin. This trip is for those with some backcountry experience and comfortable on cross-country skis. You need to be able to carry or pull your gear (clothing, sleeping bags, share of food). Participants split meal costs and duties. Nightly rate is $25/ Nature Manitoba member, $40/ non-member and $15/ student.
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St. Adolphe and Windygates (Holo Crossing) hawk watches
Event Date: March 15, 2025 to April 15, 2025 Contact / Registration: Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
Raptors and a host of other birds migrate north along the Red River and Pembina River valleys in early spring. Come join the birders who monitor this migration. They will be present from mid-morning at either site on most days from mid-March to mid-April, especially when it is sunny with a south wind. The St. Adolphe site is on the east side of the bridge on PR. 210. The Windygates site is on PR. 201 at the Pembina River Valley.
Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
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Mantario Ski Trip - FULL
Event Date: March 22, 2025 to March 24, 2025 Join a group ski trip in the Mantario Wilderness of the Whiteshell Provincial Park. Trip departs Saturday morning and returns Monday evening (2 nights at the cabin). Your group will ski over 6 lakes, a distance of about 20km on ungroomed trails to get to the Mantario Cabin. This trip is for those with some backcountry experience and comfortable on cross-country skis. You need to be able to carry or pull your gear (clothing, sleeping bags, share of food). Participants split meal costs and duties. Nightly rate is $25/ Nature Manitoba member, $40/ non-member and $15/ student.
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St. Adolphe and Windygates (Holo Crossing) hawk watches
Event Date: March 15, 2025 to April 15, 2025 Contact / Registration: Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
Raptors and a host of other birds migrate north along the Red River and Pembina River valleys in early spring. Come join the birders who monitor this migration. They will be present from mid-morning at either site on most days from mid-March to mid-April, especially when it is sunny with a south wind. The St. Adolphe site is on the east side of the bridge on PR. 210. The Windygates site is on PR. 201 at the Pembina River Valley.
Watches are not scheduled, so there is no need to register. Come and go as you please.
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A Blooming Parade
Location: Earl Grey Community Club, 360 Cockburn St. North Fee: $10 for Nature Manitoba members (or students), $15 for non-members A Blooming Parade – Choosing Perennials for your Garden
The great thing about perennial plants is that they reappear in the garden each year. Their disadvantage is that blooming periods are restricted to only part of the gardening season and can vary from as short as a week to as long as three months. The challenge for gardeners is to select a combination of perennials that will bloom at different times throughout the season, creating a progression of flowers that are both visually appealing and provide food for pollinators.
Marilyn will focus on how to plant a combination of bulbs, horticultural varieties and native plants to provide a parade of blooms though the growing season so that there is something new happening in your garden from early April into October.
Buy tickets at Eventbrite for the A Blooming Parade workshop
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