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 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 identified several priority areas that will be the focus of the program’s work over the next few years. This map shows the current priority areas in Manitoba, including Tembec’s Forest Management License Area -1 in eastern Manitoba (Natural Region 4c), the Saskatachewan River Delta (Natural Region 5a), the Manitoba Lowlands in the southeastern corner of the province (Natural Region 5c), southern Manitoba (Agro-Manitoba), the Arctic Tundra and Hudson Bay Lowlands along Manitoba’s northern coast (Natural Regions 2a, 2b and 3), and a number of smaller sites proposed as ecological reserves.