Maps

Below are general descriptions of the maps available to help Manitobans understand and participate in Manitoba's Protected Areas Initiative.  These general descriptions are linked to the map.

Protected Areas in Manitoba Map - Letter Size
This map shows existing protected areas such as national parks, ecological reserves and the protected portions of provincial parks, park reserves, provincial forests, wildlife management areas, and private lands.

Protected Areas In Manitoba Map – Wall Size
This map shows existing Areas of Special Interest and protected areas such as national parks, ecological reserves and the protected portions of provincial parks, park reserves, provincial forests, wildlife management areas, and private lands.  For best viewing, it is recommended that this map be printed a minimum size of 36 inches by 48 inches.

Manitoba's Natural Regions Map
This map shows Manitoba's Natural Regions which are broad areas that share similarities in geography, climate and vegetation.  Protected Areas are to be identified and created in each of Manitoba's natural regions.

Natural Region Representation Map
This 2007 representation map of Manitoba's enduring features gives an indication of where the job of establishing protected areas is complete and where more work needs to be done.  The degree to which Manitoba's enduring features are adequately, moderately, partially, and not represented are shown.

Areas of Special Interest Map
Areas of Special Interest (ASIs) have not been protected in any formal manner.  This map shows the ASIs that have been identified to complete the representation of features not adequately captured in existing protected areas.  In most cases ASI boundaries are flexible and can be changed to respond to new information.  However, single or restricted occurrence enduring features have limited flexibility for boundary changes.

Priority Areas Map
The Protected Areas Initiative has recognized several priority areas that will be the focus of the program’s work throughout the next few years. This map shows the identified priority areas in Manitoba, including Tembec’s Forest Management Licence #1 (FML-1) in eastern Manitoba (Natural Region 4c), the Saskatachewan River Forest Section (Natural Region 5a), the Manitoba Lowlands in the southeastern corner of the province (Natural Region 5c), southern Manitoba (Agro-Manitoba), the Arctic Tundra along Hudson Bay (Natural Regions 2a and 2b), a number of smaller sites proposed as ecological Reserves, and park reserves expiring by 2008.

Working with the Minerals Sector Map
Since 1997, various stakeholders in the mining and energy industries have reviewed Areas of Special Interest (ASI).  A significant number of these ASIs have been ranked by industry for protection status.  The ranking system used on this map is part of the technical review and mineral assessment process developed by Manitoba's Mining Sector.  For best viewing, it is recommended that this map be printed a minimum size of 24 inches by 36 inches.

Working with the Minerals Sector - Natural Region 5c
This map shows the Areas of Special Interest (ASI) that have been designed to assist in completing the representation of Natural Region 5c.  The ranking system used on this map is part of the technical review and mineral assessment process developed by Manitoba's Mining Sector.  For best viewing, it is recommended that this map be printed a minimum size of 11 inches by 17 inches.