A nature group has unveiled a new conservation site in Manitoba. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says the Swan Lake Wetland-Parkland Complex project near Lundar is more than 935 hectares. It says bird surveys conducted in the area found 86 bird species, including four threatened species at risk — the least bittern, Eastern Whip-poor-will, bobolink and barn swallow. The conservancy says the open wetlands along the east end of the property are important for many wetland bird species, including sandhill crane, great blue heron and American white pelican. "It's exciting for our 200th project to have been a wetland as there's many important reasons to conserve Manitoba's wetlands," Kevin Teneycke, senior director of conservation with the Nature Conservancy of Canada in Manitoba said in a news release.

Source: CBC News February 02, 2017 20:15 UTC