Inter-Mountain Watershed District |
On January 1, 2020, the Intermountain CD and Turtle River Watershed CD merged to form the Inter-Mountain Watershed District. The watershed district includes the following fourteen municipal partners:
| City of Dauphin | Municipality of Ste. Rose |
| Gilbert Plains Municipality | Rural Municipality of Alonsa |
| Grandview Municipality | Rural Municipality of Dauphin |
| Mossey River Municipality | Rural Municipality of Lakeshore |
| Municipality of Ethelbert | Rural Municipality of Mountain |
| Municipality of Roblin | Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West |
| Municipality of McCreary | Rural Municipality of Rosedale |
The district has ten sub-district committees and 62 sub-district members.
The vision statement for the Inter-Mountain Watershed District is “To provide for the conservation, control, and prudent use of all natural assets within the watershed boundaries, while educating and promoting sustainable management of the landscape and assets.”
The programs in the Pine/Duck/Sclater, Garland/Point, Fishing/Fork/Mossey, Upper Valley River, Lower Valley River/Mink Creek, Wilson River, and Vermillion River subdistricts include cover cropping / poly cropping, field crossings, forage seed, livestock watering, riparian fencing, service / equipment rental, streambank stabilization, waterway management, water retention, abandoned well sealing and community trees.
The programs in the Turtle River and Ochre River subdistricts include buffer strips, grassed waterway, multi-resource land acquisition, pasture pipeline plow, riparian fencing, wildlife conservation incentive, abandoned well sealing and community trees.
The portion of the district representing the former Turtle River Watershed Conservation District continues to maintain designated waterway infrastructure.
The district has completed integrated watershed management plans for East Duck Mountain-Sagemace and Dauphin Lake.
The Inter-Mountain Watershed District operates from two offices located in Ethelbert and Ste. Rose du Lac.
Box 328 Ethelbert, Manitoba, R0L 0T0
204.742.3764 (P)
2043.742.3721 (F)
http://www.imwd.ca
imwd.ethelbert@gmail.com
Box 449, 630 Central Avenue
Ste Rose du Lac, Manitoba, R0L 1S0
204-447-2139 (P)
imwd.sterose@gmail.com
