We need wetlands more than we realise. They - 💧 Provide freshwater, 🦩 Sustain biodiversity, 🌊 Protect us against disasters, 🫁 Ensure health and prosperity. 🌱 Store carbon, & 🌍 Safeguard our home. Celebrating these ecosystem superheroes on #WorldWetlandsDay.

Celebrate #WorldWetlandsDay and hug your wetland! You can also watch this great video on the Pelly's Lake water retention wetlands to find out how amazing Nature-Based Solutions - like wetlands - really are! youtube.com/watch?v=qgCRh-…

Yeah to wetlands!

12 organizations named to administer On-farm Climate Action Fund and the Manitoba Association of Watersheds is one of them! realagriculture.com/2022/02/12-org…

Big thanks to gov't of Canada for dedicating $25M to IISD Experimental Lakes Area, safeguarding the future of our #freshwater in today's #Budget2022. It means more world-changing research to protect our most precious resource & help educate future generations. Chrystia Freeland iisd.org/articles/state…

Can you put a value on the priceless? The #SealRiver Watershed in Manitoba provides clean water, abundant wildlife, livelihoods and culture—worth at least $214M—every year. That's just one of the *many* reasons to declare it an Indigenous Protected Area bit.ly/3xJ08vj

There's so much great innovation in water technology in Canada. But what does it all look like? What does it teach us? And where do we go from here to protect this vital resource? This new report reveals all... bit.ly/3xR1Vyf

In case you missed it last month, our report in partnership with Foresight, waterNEXT, and AquaAction highlighting water technology in Canada. Check it out!

Exciting announcement yesterday at Fort Whyte Alive on Manitoba's new Water Management Strategy. Hats off to all those who have been and will continue to be involved in this collaborative effort. And now the work continues to next develop the Action Plan.

Have your say in MB's 1st water management strategy action plan. Online public engagement will seek input that "will help to inform specific projects, programs, and initiatives that the MB government will invest in over the upcoming years". #MBWatersheds engagemb.ca/water-strategy

Check out our latest publication! Just in time for some reading by the holiday fire with a cup of eggnog: "The Value of Water Retention Beneficial Management Practices to Farmers and Landowners in the Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District" iisd.org/publications/r… via IISD

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay, limno-fans! Today, we take to clevelanddotcom to explain how the day accords us a rare and precious opportunity to celebrate our abundant—but not infinite— freshwater supplies. bit.ly/40jpz2r

Some wetlands are not protected in Manitoba, making them vulnerable to drainage. Funding is available to help protect those important wetlands AND provide many benefits to landowners. Learn more through your local watershed district. bit.ly/3YfDYe8 #WorldWetlandsDay

Your local watershed district has programs that support wetland health, provide economic benefits to rural communities & make landscapes more resilient to climate events. Connect with your local district this #WorldWetlandsDay Find your local district: bit.ly/3YfDYe8

Even though the groundhogs are telling us today to brace for more winter, its also a great day to hug your favourite wetland on #WorldWetlandsDay ! Virtually hug them anyway, since they are frozen here in the Canadian Prairies. youtube.com/watch?v=qgCRh-…

Noo waay! Best funding idea ever! #WorldWetlandsDay IISD Experimental Lakes Area

"Research into old and new pollutants, the first climate change education centre for northwestern Ontario, building bridges with Africa's Great Lakes—all will be supported by these critical new funds." Many thanks to Environment Canada for this incredible investment in fresh water.

We are HIRING a Field Technician—but only until Monday! Be sure to get your application in before then, or share it with someone who fits the bill... bit.ly/41ZvXg6

With the unveiling of the 2023 federal budget on Tuesday, the federal government has chosen Winnipeg to become the future headquarters of the new Canada Water Agency. Swidda Rassy reports. winnipeg.citynews.ca/video/2023/03/…

Canada Water Agency coming to the Peg! winnipeg.citynews.ca/video/2023/03/…