City of Winnipeg Naturalist Cheryl Heming discusses her relationship with the ecosystem she works to preserve and restore. The challenge of restoring native tall grass prairie in the city is enormous and there are some questions as to the feasibility of restoring native prairie. Will we ever get back what has been lost? Text only version.
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Hear more about the founding principles of landscaping with native plants. Landscaping with native plants builds the soil up making it a viable, sustainable landscape design option. Text only version.
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Does it seem like just a sea of grass to you? Join Gene Fortney as he describes the diversity of life on the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve and the challenges for its management and preservation. Text only version.
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- Listening to the Land
- Cheryl Heming, City Naturalist, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Prairie Plant Communities
- Cynthia Cohlmeyer, Landscape Architect
- Diversity At the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve
- Gene Fortney, Director of Land Protection, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Manitoba Region