The Manitoba Watershed District Program is a provincial-municipal partnership directed to the conservation and management of water and soil resources.
The district's goal is to promote soil and water stewardship and to facilitate agricultural land drainage on a watershed basis.
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, habitat preservation, conservation corridors, stream bank stabilization and riparian management.
municipalities included in the District are Killarney Turtle Mountain, Boissevaine-Morton, Lorne, Thompson, Cartwright-Roblin, Louise, Stanley and Pembina.
Through education, innovative leadership, community input and partnerships the district strives to manage the watershed as a complex sustainable system emphasizing prevention and protection programs.
Major streams found in the district include Gopher, Pipestone, Stoney, Jackson, Graham, Gainsborough, Antler, Medora and the Souris River.
The Villages of McCreary, Ste Rose du lac , Winnipegosis and Ethelbert, the towns of Grandview and Gilbert Plains and the City of Dauphin are also included.
The District is most interested in developing programs that educate the public about prudent resource management, soil and water conservation practices and local decision-making as a means to maintain a healthy rural landscape.
It includes the municipalities of Argyle, Victoria, Glenwood, Cornwallis, Prairie Lakes and South Cypress and the Village of Glenboro and Wawanesa and the town of Souris.
Anne, Hanover, De Salaberry, Ritchot, Stuartburn, Reynolds, Montcalm, City of Steinbach, Town of Ste.
The only outstanding municipalities are the City of Winnipeg and Morris, who have yet to join and complete the entire watershed as a unified voice of water management together over southeastern Manitoba.
The district operates under the board of directors, made up of municipal appointed rate-payers and councilors who are all working together for the overall health of the watershed.
Decision-making processes are based on watershed boundaries and local grassroots knowledge, with the leader of each sub-watershed taking a position on the main district board.
The Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District covers an area southeast of Winnipeg, over 7,000km2 and is home to approximately 68,000 people.
The district also provides funding to seal old and abandoned wells that present a point of contamination to groundwater; for livestock producers to purchase alternative watering systems & riparian fencing to keep livestock out of dugout, creeks and rivers; and to monitor well water in rural homes throughout the district are among the most popular programs.
The District includes all or parts of the municipalities of Armstrong, Bifrost, Fisher, Gimli, St. Andrews, West St. Paul, Rockwood, Rosser, City of Selkirk, Towns of Arborg, Stonewall, Teulon and Winnipeg Beach, Villages of Riverton and Dunnottar.
The district develops and deliver programs to address priority land and water management issues and public education.
The Swan Lake Watershed District is the dedicated to regional land and water issues in a co-operative, long-term planning.