Our Organization

Manitoba Conservation Districts Association (MCDA) is a non-profit organization which represents the 18 Conservation Districts (CD’s) within Manitoba. MCDA has a board representative from each CD and provides one unified voice for the CD’s. It promotes and highlights the successes of the CD program in sustainable watershed management.
Vision

Our vision is to ensure the Conservation Districts are recognized by all Manitobans and supported provincially.
Mission

Our mission is to provide a leadership role and unified voice between Conservation Districts, Water Stewardship and our partners in watershed management for Manitobans.

Our Publication

MCDA publishes "The Current" once a year.
Read it online or find out how to advertise.

Our Mandate

The organization was established to provide an information exchange and promotion among the Boards with a mandate of;

Leadership: to demonstrate and provide leadership and capacity building skills for Conservation District's boards.
Education: to build and enhance relations with the Conservation Districts and promote the understanding and value of strong watershed-based programming to public and private partners
Advocacy: be the unified voice for the Conservation Districts to champion stewardship in healthy watershed sustainability
Promotion: assume the role as a leader with a defined presence and profile in watershed management

Armstrong Reeve raises question of the true value of wetlands – Click Here
EICD AGM provides the opportunity to look back on work completed in 2012 – Click Here
Rockwood Environmental Action Community Taskforce (REACT) wins conservation award – Click Here
Bifrost Reeve calls for 3 metre buffer zones along all farmers’ fields – Click Here
Crossroads Article: Humans are becoming a species at risk: Dr. David Suzuki issues warning and calls for action at MCDA conference in Brandon – Click here to read article
Want to know more about “Manitoba’s Green Plan”? Click this link to download the plan and read it in PDF format. The deadline to comment is OCT. 31st, 2012.
Press Release (PDF) – CD Builder Award Winners 2012