Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area Initiative

Photo: Christopher Paetkau
GRANT NAME:
Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area Initiative
GRANTEE:
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Manitoba Chapter
LOCATION
Winnipeg, MB
AMOUNT
$45,000
Year
2020

To establish a new Indigenous Protected Area that protects Manitoba’s 12,500,000-acre Seal River Watershed in partnership with four regional First Nations: Sayisi Dene First Nation, Northlands Denesuline First Nation, Barren Lands First Nation and O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation; and to develop community-driven ecological and cultural tourism ventures within the new protected area.