49th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
Please note that this agenda is preliminary and subject to change and updates.
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Day 1
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@ Manitoba Room
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@ Salon A
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@ Manitoba Room
Networking on Tradeshow floor.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Voting Members (up to 3 appointed by each district) are required to register prior to AGM.
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@ UCT Pavillion
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@ UCT Pavillion
Garry Wasylowski, MAW Board Chair
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@ UCT Pavillion
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@ Manitoba Room
Networking on Tradeshow Floor.
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@ Salon A
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@ UCT Pavillion
Danica Racicot, Manager, Northeast Red Watershed District.
Expanding the focus of the Northeast Red Watershed District. Navigating boundary expansion and program development in a Watershed District with an existing infrastructure mandate.
Dani Gosselin, GROW and PWCP coordinator, Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District.
Pushing for Preservation: SRRWD strives for the protection of Oak forests in the Upper Seine River Watershed. In 2022 the Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District rolled out the delivery of a new Preservation Program in partnership with the Growing Outcomes in Watersheds (GROW) Trust. This incentive-based program encourages landowners to preserve Oak forested land threatened by being transitioned into agricultural crop land or residential development.
Zoë Bailey, Project Coordinator, East Interlake Watershed District.
How We’re Growing a Greener Interlake: Stories from Our Tree Planting Journey. The East Interlake Watershed District (EIWD) partnered with local producers, community organizations, and the 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program to plant over 50,000 trees throughout the Interlake in 2024. After years of watching shelterbelts and forests disappear, witnessing the enthusiastic commitment of local landowners to reforest the land has been profoundly inspiring. This presentation will explore the obstacles and triumphs our team encountered and how we overcame them together. Despite a demanding schedule and unpredictable weather, our incredible team tackled these challenges with creativity, resilience, hard work, and plenty of laughter along the way. We can’t wait to see what this program will bring next year!
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@ UCT Pavillion
Sponsored by Nutrien. Speaker details to be announced.
Nutrien presents the Lake Winnipeg Basin Project, and value of on-farm water stewardship.
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@ Manitoba Room
Networking on Tradeshow Floor.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Speaker details to be announced.
Program update and producer panel.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Jennifer Hunnie, Program Manager, Redboine Watershed District.
Drenched but Driven: A Wet and Wild Tour of Watershed Projects. Join us for an in-depth look at an adventurous watershed tour that braved the elements to explore cutting-edge agricultural and environmental projects. From Rheault Bison Farm's sustainable practices and Riedbow Dairy's innovative operation and wetland restoration, to Lowry Farm's rotational grazing and groundbreaking methane study, we'll dive into how these initiatives are shaping the future of our watersheds. Supported and funded by the Redboine Watershed District, these projects represent the next frontier in sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship. This talk will uncover the strategies and outcomes from the field, offering lessons learned from a truly wet and wild journey.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Garry Wasylowski, MAW Board Chair.
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@ Salon A
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@ Manitoba Room
Join us on the Tradeshow floor to network and reconnect. Appetizers served. Cash bar open.
Day 2
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@ UCT Pavillion
Jake Hiebert, MAW Vice-Chair and Conference Committee Chair.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Speaker details to be announced.
Discussion about prioritization and management of provincial drainage infrastructure.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Kathryn Gibb, Community Engagement Coordinator, Manitoba Association of Watersheds.
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@UCT Pavillion
Chelsea Lobson, Program Director, Lake Winnipeg Foundation.
The Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network (LWCBMN) is a collaborative, long-term phosphorus monitoring program designed to identify localized phosphorus hotspots where action is required to improve Lake Winnipeg water quality. Coordinated by the Lake Winnipeg Foundation (LWF), LWCBMN is delivered in partnership with Manitoba’s watershed districts, LWF’s science advisors, volunteer citizen scientists and Dr. Nora Casson’s laboratory at the University of Winnipeg.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Speaker details to be announced.
Program update and producer panel.
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@ Manitoba Room
Networking on Tradeshow Floor.
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@ UCT Pavillion
How watershed districts and municipal partners can support provincial efforts to inform the public and stop the spread of aquatic invasive species in Manitoba.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Joey Pankiw, Manager, SRRWD; Neil Zalluski, Manager, CAWD; Lindsay Hargreaves, Environmental Initiatives Coordinator, City of Brandon.
Rain Gardens. Learn about the value and beauty of rain gardens, and the municipal partnerships in Seine Rat Roseau and Central Assiniboine Watershed Districts that support them.
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@ Manitoba Room
Networking on Tradeshow Floor.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Priti Shah, Praxis Consulting.
Good governance is critical to the success of a Watershed District. What is Governance versus Management? Best Practices for Governance including Board Orientation, Board Evaluation, Board Matrix, Board Governance Manual and more.
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@ Salon A
Toews Environmental
ACC Water Solutions
Prairie Terrain Mapping
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@ UTC Pavillion
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@ UCT Pavillion
Kallie Wood, President and CEO, National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF).
How watershed districts can help build awareness and understanding with Indigenous partners.
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@ Manitoba Room
Networking on Tradeshow Floor.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Zabrina Nolin, Project Coordinator, Inter-Mountain Watershed District.
Riffles Rock! One Structure for Both Fish Habitat Improvement and Streambank Erosion Reduction in Local Waterways. Rock riffle structures were built in major tributaries of Dauphin Lake in the 1990s to improve lake conditions with sediment reduction and fish spawning habitat enhancement. After thirty years and many major flooding events, the riffles are in need of repairs in order to function as well as when they were originally built. On projects through the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Fund, IMWD conducted preliminary surveys of the state of the structures and current function, and is planning to compare the results with a follow up study after some of the structures are repaired this winter.
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@UCT Pavillion
Regenerative Practices to Balance Environmental and Economic Stability and Stack Enterprises for the Next Generation. The Historic Black Leg Ranch is home to rich grasslands just off the Missouri river in ND. George H. Doan came to Dakota Territory from Canada and homesteaded in 1882. The Doan family utilizes Holistic Management to regenerate the grassland and cropland while propagating all the incredible wildlife species and improving water quality. Keynote speaker Jerry Doan will tell the rich story of the past and showcase the journey to regenerate the natural resources while stacking enterprises and creating excitement to bring the next generation back and protect the legacy.
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@ UCT Pavillion
Jake Hiebert, MAW Vice-Chair and Conference Committee Chair.
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@ MNP Hall
Banquet Speaker - Greg Johnson.
The Road Less Travelled. We all understand the reference. When you take the road less traveled, it makes all the difference. This theme resonates throughout literature, film, and television. So why is it so hard to take the less worn path in our own lives? I have made a career out of walking to a different drummers beat and I will share my secrets to making those tough decisions.
BY INVITATION ONLY
Day 3
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@ Salon A
LL-MB Innovation Session.
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@ Salon A
LL-MB Innovation Session. Agenda to be provided to invitees.
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@Salon A
LL-MB Innovation Session. Details to be announced.