We’ve just posted all of our entries to the 2011 Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve Photo Contest. Thank you to all those who submitted their pictures, they were great!

Click here to view the pictures.

For more information on the 2012 Photo Contest, please click here.

• March 08, 2012
• May 10, 2012
• July 12, 2012
• September 13, 2012
• November 08, 2012

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve – Erickson Office. 61 2nd NE, Erickson MB

This year will be host to the 6th Annual Caching Riding Mountain GPS Adventure Quest! More details coming soon!

Please go to our Geocaching page to learn more about the exciting activity of geocaching. If you are interested in joining us please click on the Caching Riding Mountain link to go to the Caching Riding Mountain website!

June 11th & 12th, 2011 

To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Parks Canada, this year’s Adventure Quest took participants to 100 locations across the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve. Using handheld GPS (global positioning systems) and wits, eleven teams navigated their way to traditional, virtual, and activity caches scattered throughout the area.

First place was once again taken by Treasure Hunters, who returned to defend their title as number one!

Every year the Adventure Quest has different locations within the biosphere, the diverse landscape providing the perfect atmosphere to explore mixed terrains and see wildlife (one group spotted a moose cow and her triplets).

Please go to our Geocaching page to learn more about the exciting activity of geocaching. If you are interested in joining us please click on the Caching Riding Mountain link to go to the Caching Riding Mountain website!

If you are a business or organization interested in becoming an activity cache for the 2011 Adventure Quest, click for more information.

For more information call Valerie Pankratz

at (204) 636 2085 or

e-mail RMBR@mts.net

A photograph of one of the programs offered by the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve has made it into the newest edition of UNESCO’s “A World of Science” quarterly newsletter.

The newsletter, celebrating the 40th anniversary of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program, shows students from the Parkwest School Division participating in an archaeological dig and is the issue’s only photograph from a Biosphere Reserve in Canada!

To see the article, click here.

To see the results and the submitted pictures, please click here

Get Ready for our 2012 RMBR Photo Contest !!

Enter your favourite photograph or digital image from the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve (including the 15 rural municipalities surrounding Riding Mountain National Park).

Submissions for the 2012 RMBR Photo Contest will be accepted until July 1, 2012.

Winners will be announced July 20, 2012!

Prizes will be announced shortly.

Contest Details

Five Contest Categories:

1. Landscape
2. Wildlife
3. My Town (highlighting your community)
4. People
5. Junior Photographer (under age 16 as of June 1st, 2011)

Eligibility:
Contest open to all residents and visitors of the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve and of Riding Mountain National Park (except contest sponsors or judges, and immediate families of all these persons).

How to Enter:
A limit of five (5) entries per person please. Each photo or image submitted must be taken within the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve (which includes Riding Mountain National Park and the 15 Rural Municipalities that surround the Park), and must include the photographer’s name, address, telephone number and (if entering the junior category) date of birth. A title and a two or three sentence description of the image must be included and names of persons shown are appreciated, but not mandatory.

Entries can be submitted:

1. By mail to Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve Photo Contest
   Box 232
   Onanole, Manitoba R0J 1N0
2. By email
   Digital images may be sent by email to: rmbr@mts.net

Ownership and Liability:
All photos or images submitted become the property of Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve, which shall have the right, at any time, to publicly display, publish (on paper or electronically) or otherwise use any photo or image. Persons submitting entries are responsible to ensure the consent of any person shown in the photo or image. This year we received some so many terrific submissions it was really difficult to pick our winners. Thank you to everyone who sent in photos of life and landscapes so beautifully captured within the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve.

Judges Decisions:
All decisions of the judges with respect to all aspects of the contest are final.

Chances of Winning:
Chances of winning are dependent on the total number of entries received, and on the quality of photos or images entered.

We look forward to receiving the 2012 RMBR Photo Contest Submissions!

For more information call Valerie Pankratz
at (204) 636 2085 or
e-mail RMBR@mts.net

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve  - Erickson Office. 61 2nd NE, Erickson MB

Time to mark your calenders because the date for the “At the Farm Gate” Spring Market has been set! The Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve is hosting the ATFG Spring Market on Saturday, May 19th, 2012 in Onanole, Manitoba from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Help us make the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve region more sustainable and known for its unique local flavour.

To learn more about the At the Farm Gate Market, click here.

To book your table or for more information, contact Valerie at rmbr@mts.net or call 204-636-2085.

In partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds (CSW), the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve is developing an engaging water stewardship education package for residents and users of lands adjacent to waterways in the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve area.

This project will encourage green boating, water conservation, proper septic maintenance, and habitat protection to ensure the preservation of the region’s rich and diverse water bodies. By providing specific, relevant information we hope to instil a sense of ownership that will propel residents to take positive environmental action to protect this unique area for future generations.

Click here to learn more!

It’s Back!! The “At the Farm Gate” Fall Harvest Market!!! As part of the 2011 Sonics and Sojourns Festival of Music and Learning Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve is hosting the ATFG Fall Harvest Market on Saturday September 24th, 2011 in Onanole, Manitoba from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Help us make the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve region more sustainable and known for its unique local flavour.

Fall Harvest Market Poster

Contact Valerie at rmbr@mts.net or call 204-636-2085 for more information.

Warblers to Waterfowl Weekend

May 27-29, 2011