Projects & Programs

LAKE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION INC. IS DEDICATED TO FINDING SOLUTIONS

to the problems with Lake Winnipeg.  It provides monetary support for programs and projects that are consistent with LWF mission, that might lead to restoration of a healthy balance in our lake’s watershed ecosystems.

To apply for project funding

Complete and mail the 2012 APPLICATION FOR LWF SUPPORT with supporting documentation, to

Lake Winnipeg Foundation ACC Entrance Bursary

Our first bursary was presented Nov. 24, 2011 at the Assiniboine Community College awards ceremony in Brandon, to a student pursuing studies in ACC’s Land and Water Management Program. 2011 Entrance Bursary Recipient

LWF SHIM PROJECT

Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping of Foreshore Areas of Lake Winnipeg South Basin and Development of Shoreline Management Guidelines.  Environment Canada’s Lake Winnipeg Basin Stewardship Fund is the major funding partner of the Foundation’s SHIM Project, with additional monetary and in-kind support gratefully acknowledged from Thomas Sill Foundation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Wildsight, Salki Consultants Inc., and the LWF

Go to LWF SHIM PROJECT page

RED RIVER AND LAKE WINNIPEG SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT (DREDGING) STUDY

Red River Basin Commission & Eastman Regional Development Inc. – Phase II
The Lake Winnipeg Foundation funds a portion of the Environmental Section of the Study, which includes: (1) Fish and Wildlife, (2) Ice Management and Flood Minimization, (3) Nutrient-Loading, and (4) Libau-Netley Marsh Bio-Remediation using dredged materials

DEAD HORSE CREEK STUDY

University of Winnipeg, Dr. Charles Wong, Principal Investigator. Morden-area project studying impacts of effluent released into Red River tributaries; part of a larger initiative to clean up Lake Winnipeg and its watershed.  for public information presented on Dead Horse Creek Study, Morden MB, February 26, 2011…

2010 LAKE WINNIPEG BASIN SUMMIT

LWF contributed $10 000 to the Water Innovation Centre, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for the 2010 Lake Winnipeg Basin Summit at Inn on the Forks and the LWF’s Red Zone II Community Forum held at the IMAX theatre.

LAKE WINNIPEG SEDIMENT ANALYSIS

Chemical, isotopic, and phytoplankton microfossil analyses of composition and deposition in a 2003 core taken from Lake Winnipeg, for comparison with 1994 data

“DOWN THE DRAIN” École St. Avila/Richmond Kings CC

for development of a bioretention/rain garden on recreational/school grounds. This project was also funded by a number of Federal, Provincial, and Municipal agencies

LWRC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS

annual assistance provided to the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium (LWRC)

AERIAL SURVEY OF LAKE WINNIPEG SOUTH BASIN

photographic record of changes in Lake Winnipeg’s south basin shoreline for comparative purposes

EICD BIOASSESSMENT OF STREAMS (2006-10)

NETLEY-GRASSMERE INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN

East Interlake Conservation District (EICD)  studies on the Icelandic and Fisher Rivers, collecting water quality and other data about the ecological state of the waterways which flow into Lake Winnipeg; and development of a watershed management plan.
2007 Inverts_YearI and II_Final
2008 March 6 Letter from eicd to LWF re Yr 1 Benthic Invert Study Results

A STREAM ASSESSMENT (2008)

Upper Assiniboine River Conservation District (UARCD)

DUNNOTTAR PASSIVE FILTRATION PILOT STUDY

development of a passive filtration system to remove nutrients from effluent leaving the Village of Dunnottar’s sewage lagoon