Species at risk
How You Can Help
MHC is able to help landowners conserve and enhance habitat for Species at Risk through:
Habitat
Conservation
MHC is able to work with private landowners to conserve habitat for Species at Risk using conservation agreements.
Habitat
Management
MHC works with landowners to integrate management practices that improve Species at Risk habitat on native pastures.
Keep Grazing Program
BMP Incentives for Livestock and Wildlife Benefits
MHC is partnering with Manitoba Beef Producers and Environment and Climate Change Canada to provide farmers with new opportunities, and funding, to create and enhance species at risk habitat on their lands.
This program provides a range of landowner-driven opportunities to support SAR in Manitoba, while still recognizing your need to make a living from your land. The two core elements of this program are 1) the implementation of beneficial management practices (BMPs) on pasture lands in southwest Manitoba (“Keep Grazing” project) and 2) SAR extension and BMP delivery across Manitoba through range management planning.
Species at Risk booklet
This booklet provides an overview of the Species At Risk (SAR) likely to be found in various geographic regions of Manitoba, what habitat they prefer and what type of beneficial management practice would enhance their habitat.
Species at Risk Fact Sheets
Want to learn more about some of Manitoba's Species at Risk (SAR)? Our printable fact sheets include: fun facts, range maps and beneficial management practices. Check them out!
The Sprague's Pipit is a medium-sized, cryptically coloured song bird. They can be found in southwestern Manitoba on native prairie fields...
Canadian populations of the Western Prairie Fringed-orchid can only be found in the tall-grass prairie habitat of southeastern Manitoba...
The Piping Plover is a stocky shorebird with a white breast and pale brown to grey back, head and wings. It is identifiable by a black stripe across the forehead...
A vivid red head, neck and breast make the Red-headed Woodpecker easily recognizable. It is an omnivorous species, feeding on insects in the summer and nuts in the winter...
Also known as the Hairy Prairie-clover, this perennial grows in partially stabilized sand dunes and can be found in south western Manitoba at several sites including Spruce Woods, the Lauder Sandhills...
The Small White Lady's-slipper belongs to the Orchid family and as the name suggests is characterized by small, white, slipper shaped flower...
More Species At Risk
Want to see other Species at Risk in the Manitoba area. The more you know the better you can help us protect species.