Parker Wetlands Conservation Committee

Tall grass prairie in southern Manitoba supports over 150 species of plants including several species of orchids which are very rare and classified as endangered and protected. Based on the results of vegetation surveys conducted in 1995 and 2002 of Parker Site 3, as well as landscape and drainage features of the area, there is good reason to believe this parcel of prairie could be tallgrass prairie. Since it is a natural wet meadow, it holds surface runoff and helps reduce flooding and riverbank erosion.

Any construction on the site could unintentionally drain and therefore destroy the entire area.

Plans for a rapid transit dogleg through the Parker lands have already been set in motion by City Council, despite consistent negative feedback and significant opposition from individuals, groups and leaders at every stage of the approval process.

The project to build a retention pond https://wwdengage.winnipeg.ca/parkersrb/ is already underway, despite opposition to its location and controversy around expropriating land that was previously included in a questionable land-swap deal in 2009 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-committee-oks-controversial-land-expropriation-plan-for-retention-pond-1.3400833.

The same local developer involved in the controversial land-swap is now in the process of planning a housing development that would destroy the remaining grade A Aspen forest and wetlands.

Join PWCC in its efforts to save the Parker wetland forest by preventing any further development. City Council has the power to do this! Put pressure on your City Councillor to reacquire these lands and turn them over to the citizens of Winnipeg for preservation and the enjoyment of all.

The Parker lands consist of three defined areas based on a Natural Heritage Assessment of Grade A Aspen Parkland, Grade B Grasslands and Grade B Aspen Forest.

Tall grass prairie in southern Manitoba supports over 150 species of plants including several species of orchids which are very rare and classified as endangered and protected.

Based on the results of vegetation surveys conducted in 1995 and 2002 of Parker Site 3 (grasslands), as well as landscape and drainage features of the area, there is good reason to believe this parcel of prairie could be tallgrass prairie. Since it is a natural wet meadow, it holds surface runoff and helps reduce flooding and riverbank erosion.