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Whitemud Watershed
Conservation District (WWCD)

The first Conservation District (CD) formed in Manitoba was the WWCD in 1972. The District covers approximately 7,115 km² (2,747 miles²). The WWCD includes all or portions of 15 rural municipalities (RMs) and three towns and is situated in south central Manitoba from Minnedosa to Portage la Prairie and Carberry to Kelwood. The headwaters originate from the Riding Mountain Escarpment and Assiniboine Delta Aquifer and drain via the Whitemud River into Lake Manitoba. The District’s goal is to promote soil and water stewardship and to facilitate agricultural land drainage on a watershed basis. The District provides conservation programming and infrastructure management within its watershed. The District is responsible for over 1,760 km (1094 miles) of drainage infrastructure and 1,255 crossings. Major activities include maintenance and replacement of infrastructure, as well as proactive soil and water conservation projects such as forage assistance, shelterbelts, grassed runways, water retention, shale traps, wildlands habitat preservation, conservation corridors, streambank stabilization and riparian management. The District has also recently partnered with Manitoba Conservation in a drainage pilot project that provides drainage licensing and administration on a watershed basis.

Phone: (204) 476-5019
Fax: (204) 476-7094
Email: whitemud@mts.net