The Manitoba authorities is investing $1.1 million from the Provincial Parks Endowment Fund to help park enhancement tasks throughout the province, Setting, Local weather and Parks Minister Jeff Wharton introduced right now.
“Manitobans love their provincial parks and our authorities is worked up to announce the newest spherical of park enchancment tasks,” stated Wharton. “By means of the Provincial Parks Endowment Fund, our authorities is guaranteeing that funds can be found in perpetuity for vital tasks to assist protect public parks for future generations.”
In all, this 12 months’s funding will help 64 enchancment tasks throughout Manitoba, the minister famous.
“Manitoba’s strengths are its folks and its pure wonders, and nowhere is that this extra evident than in our gorgeous provincial parks,” stated Lesley Anne Fuga, board member, Mates of Birds Hill Park Inc. “We applaud investments that enhance accessibility and customer experiences whereas additionally serving to make sure the long-term ecological integrity of the parks we love.”
The funding will help quite a lot of accessibility enhancements at Birds Hill Provincial Park, resembling constructing an accessible path to the washrooms on the West Seaside and paving the Bur Oak car parking zone.
In Whiteshell Provincial Park, accessibility tasks embody the addition of eight new accessible campsites together with upgrades to 17 current accessible campsites and the set up of 10 new accessible button door openers on public buildings resembling camp places of work, washrooms and bathe amenities. Three accessible campsites may also be added at Grand Seaside Provincial Park.
Different enhancements embody upgrades to yurts at numerous places together with Asessippi, Camp Morton, Stephenfield and Spruce Woods provincial parks.
In Nopiming Provincial Park, enhancements can be made to picnic tables and campfire pits at backcountry canoe route websites alongside the Hen River, Seagrim’s Chain and the Rabbit River.
Enhancements may also be undertaken at a number of boat launches within the northwest area, together with Bakers Narrows, Clearwater Lake and Grass River.
At Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park, tasks embody including a viewing telescope and minor upkeep to the walkway by the marsh together with path signage enhancements and the addition of a brand new amphitheatre for interpretive applications. Renovations may also be made to the Hecla Village fish museum.
Funds may also help conservation and biodiversity enhancement tasks together with prairie administration initiatives at Spruce Woods and Beaudry provincial parks.
For the entire checklist of 2022 Provincial Parks Endowment Fund tasks, go to www.manitobaparks.com.
Launched in 2021 with an preliminary funding of $20 million, the Provincial Parks Endowment Fund is predicted to generate roughly $1 million per 12 months to assist improve customer experiences at Manitoba’s provincial parks. Priorities for the fund are decided by a course of involving engagement of residents and stakeholders, Wharton famous.
As well as, the province launched a report right now summarizing a public survey on the Provincial Parks Endowment Fund. In all, 2,232 folks responded to the EngageMB survey. Outcomes confirmed that Manitobans love parks, with many park tasks recognized as priorities, together with trails, habitat restoration and enhancement together with enchancment to campgrounds and different recreation amenities. This suggestions performed an vital half within the decision-making course of for allocating the funds, and park customers will proceed to have alternatives to supply enter in future years. A hyperlink to the report will be discovered right here: https://engagemb.ca/provincial-parks-endowment-funds.
The Provincial Parks Endowment Fund encourages non-public and philanthropic contributions and allows the province to observe the needs of beneficiant donors who wish to depart a legacy of help for parks. With an identical formulation that gives one greenback for each two {dollars} donated from different sources, the fund has the potential to develop and help much more tasks and enhancements, famous Wharton.
Manitobans wishing to donate to the Provincial Parks Endowment Fund can discover extra data at www.manitobaparks.com. Donations are administered by The Winnipeg Basis.
Manitobans can keep updated with provincial parks information, actions and occasions on Fb at www.fb.com/MBGovParks and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MBGovParks.
(Province of MB Launch)
