Arborg-Bifrost Community Development Corporation—$15,960 to conduct research in partnership with the Interlake Development Corporation and demonstrate the potential of producing biodiesel from oilseeds.

Brandon University, Department of Botany—$20,500 to determine the impact and environmental effects of all-terrain vehicle use in Duck Mountain Provincial Park and recommend a strategy for rehabilitation of degraded sites and criteria for avoiding further degradation.

Building Alternatives Inc. —$14,000 to undertake a research project to determine the viability of straw bale construction in Manitoba by undertaking a comparative analysis of conventional versus non-conventional (straw bale) building systems.

Hollow Water First Nation—$25,000 to investigate contaminant levels in water, sediments, wild meat and rice on the lands encompassing Rice Lake, Wanipigow River and Lake Winnipeg. First Nation peoples will assist in the collection and analysis of the samples.

Home Farms Technologies Incorporated—$25,000 to demonstrate a gasification process that utilizes solid hog manure as biomass fuel and a liquid/solid separation process that produces solids suitable for providing electricity through gasification.

John Pritchard School—$10,000 to develop and implement phase two of its Student Ambassadors for Sustainable Development Program. Phase two will test the model using sustainable water practices as the focus.

Living with Livestock–Environment and Change—$10,000 to host a national conference from Oct. 5 to 7, 2004, in Winnipeg that addressed a number of livestock related issues ranging from environmental concerns to expansion of livestock operations.

Manitoba Industry, Economic Development and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey—$25,000 to develop a Geographic Information System (G.I.S.) database of all known karst features in the Grand Rapids Uplands area.

Manitoba Model Forest Inc. —$25,000 to research the ecology of boreal lakes, rivers and streams to improve the management of aquatic resources.

Manitoba Water Stewardship, Water Quality Management—$25,000 to support the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium’s vessel Namao in conducting focused scientific research on Lake Winnipeg. Environmental quality and resource management information gathered will assist in the protection and conservation of this complex ecosystem.

Mennonite Heritage Village (Canada) Inc. —$12,700 to establish an interpretative centre and extensive garden that will replicate historic Mennonite vegetable gardens and orchards on the village grounds.

Niakwa Country Club—$3,000 to demonstrate a new rinse water filtration system that will remove various contaminants from run-off water after washing equipment on an asphalt pad.

NorthernAire Biodiesel—$7,500 to conduct research using canola plants and waste vegetable oil from restaurants and fast food outlets to create an environmentally friendly, renewable fuel.

Operation Clean Up—$10,000 to continue its efforts of cleaning the banks of the Red River from Selkirk south towards the city of Winnipeg.

Prairie Pulp and Paper Inc.—$50,000 to support research and development of paper made from flax and cereal straw.

St. Norbert Arts Centre—$5,000 to develop a permaculture (permanent agriculture) program that will focus on research, training, design and implementation. The program will develop skills related to agriculture and food production, as well as address agricultural sustainability, self-reliance and community economic responsibilities.

The Manitoba Museum—$3,796 to conduct a study that will collect data on pollination ecology in the tall grass prairie. The study will determine which tall grass prairie plants are insect-pollinated, which insects specifically pollinate them and which plants are self-fertile.

Town of Neepawa—$10,000 to establish a tree nursery for use towards reforestation of the town’s urban forest and throughout the municipality, as many trees have succumbed to Dutch elm disease.

Turtle Mountain Conservation District—$12,750 to establish an interpretive display of native Manitoba plants at the International Peace Garden in conjunction with the International Peace Garden and Boissevain school.

Turtle River Watershed Conservation District—$10,000 to construct a series of rock gradient erosion control structures to control channel erosion and stabilize the stream bed and banks in the Rosedale Drain.

Turtle River Watershed Conservation District—$10,000 to construct a series of rock gradient erosion control structures to control channel erosion and stabilize the streambed and banks in the Slawinski Drain.

University of Manitoba, Department of Biosystems Engineering—$23,100 to conduct research to evaluate bio-hydrogen production from various cellulosic waste feedstocks (straw, wood chips, grass residue, paper waste, sawdust, etc.) generated in Manitoba.

University of Manitoba, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Studies—$8,000 to conduct a study to investigate alternative methods of reducing visitor impacts to Manitoba’s parks and protected areas through signage.

West Region Tribal Council and Manitoba Conservation—$25,000 to conduct the second year of a study to determine the estimated total harvest of walleye by sports fishers on Dauphin Lake. This is the first step in the co-management process of developing a management plan of the Dauphin Lake fishery.