The Division of Pure Sources and Northern Improvement’s Manitoba Parks department is inviting all Manitobans to benefit from the nice outdoor for the final lengthy weekend of summer season with free entry to provincial parks.
Automobile permits will not be required to go to provincial parks on the Labour Day lengthy weekend from Sept. 1 to Sept. 4. In a single day tenting charges and entrance charges to nationwide parks nonetheless apply.
People who want to camp could make a reservation by way of the Parks Reservation Service at www.manitobaparks.com or by calling toll free at 1-888-482-2267. A number of provincial park campsites, cabins and yurts stay open by way of the autumn, permitting campers to remain as late as Thanksgiving weekend in October.
Ideas for guests and campers at provincial parks embody:
- be ‘Wildlife Good’ by sustaining a clear campsite, conserving all meals, trash, toiletries and cooking utensils locked in a car or trailer, and pack out trash and recyclables earlier than leaving;
- preserve all pets on leash;
- preserve all campfires in authorised pits reminiscent of these present in campsites, test with the campground workplace for any campfire restrictions; and
- to stop the unfold of the emerald ash borer, firewood shouldn’t be transported exterior Winnipeg and may end up in fees and fines of as much as $1,300 for people or $15,000 for companies. Firewood needs to be obtained and burned domestically, and is obtainable for buy from native retailers at most campgrounds.
To forestall and include the unfold of aquatic invasive species reminiscent of zebra mussels, all water customers together with boaters, fishers and beachgoers, should observe the precise decontamination and bait necessities in place in management zones. Anybody transporting watercraft together with canoes and kayaks should cease at watercraft inspection stations when they’re open. For extra info on invasive species, go to: www.manitoba.ca/StopAIS.
Colleges are inspired to take part in free interpretive packages this fall at Birds Hill, Spruce Woods and Whiteshell provincial parks. Park Interpreters ship path hikes, exploration actions and different curriculum-based studying experiences for all grades on cultural historical past, ecology and natural world research, in addition to outside expertise. Academics can discover program particulars and plan area journeys to parks by visiting www.manitobaparks.com.
Manitobans can keep updated with provincial park information, actions and occasions by following Manitoba Parks on the X platform, previously referred to as Twitter, at https://twitter.com/MBGovParks or on Fb at www.fb.com/MBGovParks.
