Dr. Robert Currie, Professor and Head, Dept. of Entomology, University of Manitoba
Honey bees and some other pollinators have suffered high rates of population loss since 2006. While the problem has been extensively investigated, no single factor has been identified that can explain all instances of colony losses.
Donated to the Canadian Department of National Defence in 1911 by Sir Henry Pallot, the St. Charles Ranges became a training centre for soldiers heading to the battlefields of WWI, WWII, Korea and Afghanistan. This little known 400+ hectare gem with a view of Winnipeg's skyline has been completely protected by military personnel for over a century. The St.
In September 2013, four Nature Manitoba members (Rudolf Koes, Peter Taylor, Gene Walz and Brad Carey) spent three weeks exploring some of the wild places of southern Brazil.
Martha Barwinsky, City Forester, Urban Forestry Branch, City of Winnipeg
Urban forestry programs work to ensure canopy cover to mitigate the impacts of urbanization and to provide a liveable environment for an increasing population. But they continue to be challenged with urban sprawl that reduces natural forest cover and creates unsuitable growing conditions. A broadened global market and climate change are added challenges.
Dr. James Hare, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba
Jim Hare has specialized in the study of animal behaviour for over 30 years, focusing on ants, moths, fireflies, squirrels, bats, birds, fish, snakes and humans.
Dr. Diana Bizecki Robson, Curator of Botany, Manitoba Museum
***NOTE*** Due to construction, the room for October 6 has been changed to the Jean-Paul-Aubry Hall on the main level. Directional signs will be posted. You can enter the Jean-Paul-Aubry Hall from the outside, i.e. you do not need to go through the building.
Dr. Danny Blair, Associate Dean of Science, University of Winnipeg
The concept of ‘normal’ in climatology defines the range of conditions expected in the near future, based upon the recent past, with the assumption that the recent past is a reasonable approximation of the near future. Thanks to climate change, this assumption of ‘stationarity’ in the climate is no longer valid.
Drs. Jane Waterman and Jim Roth, Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba
Play behaviour is common in young mammals in good condition, but adult play is rarely observed, especially in mammals that are fasting. Polar bears in northern Manitoba spend several months on land fasting while Hudson Bay is free of ice, and during this time adult male polar bears frequently play.
Frank Baldwin, Game Bird Manager Wildlife Branch, Department of Conservation and Water Stewardship
Beginning in the mid-1990’s, waterfowl biologists became increasingly alarmed at the persistent and rapid growth of the mid-continent population of Lesser Snow Geese. This species nests in sub-arctic and arctic regions of Canada, migrates through the prairies, and winters in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Amanda Karst, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Canada's Aboriginal peoples have deep botanical and ecological knowledge that they have gained over thousands of years of using the Boreal Forest as grocery, pharmacy, school, and spiritual centre.
Dr. Vince Crichton, retired Manager of Game, Fur and Problem Wildlife, Manitoba Conservation
Moose have played a significant role in Manitoba’s history from a cultural, social and economic perspective. However, beginning in the early to mid 1990s, the provincial population (excluding Riding Mountain National Park) has dropped significantly to what is now the lowest overall population since the early 1980s.
