Mawdesley Del-Mar. Ducks Unlimited Canada
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TextPublication details: Manitoba : 1972Online resources: Abstract: In the late fifties the Manitoba Government announced plans to construct a dam at Grand Rapids to generate Hydro power. In total, 1.6 million acres of prime Saskatchewan River Delta Wildlife habitat were to be inundated by the reservoir. Included in this total was Area D (Mawdesley Del-Mar), 511,840 acres of open water, high land, and marsh. Up until this time the history of the area had been one of too little water, and many small structures had been constructed within it for fur production purposes. The Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources requested the United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries to determine what effect the Grand Rapids dam would have on wildlife in the Delta. The report estimated the total loss to wildlife at almost $600,000 annually.Waterfowl losses were valued at $212,000 per year.
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In the late fifties the Manitoba Government announced plans to construct a dam at Grand Rapids to generate Hydro power. In total, 1.6 million acres of prime Saskatchewan River Delta Wildlife habitat were to be inundated by the reservoir. Included in this total was Area D (Mawdesley Del-Mar), 511,840 acres of open water, high land, and marsh. Up until this time the history of the area had been one of too little water, and many small structures had been constructed within it for fur production purposes. The Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources requested the United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries to determine what effect the Grand Rapids dam would have on wildlife in the Delta. The report estimated the total loss to wildlife at almost $600,000 annually.Waterfowl losses were valued at $212,000 per year.