Tobacco Creek watershed – Special Report (about)

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Published: June 14, 2007

A series of small dams and a commitment to working with nature instead of engineering it, has marked a successful breakthrough in managing southern Manitoba’s water problems.

Reporter Daniel Winters describes how the South Tobacco Creek watershed project and the Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association are solving flood and erosion problems, challenging notions about water pollution sources and rewriting a century long story of drainage mega projects.

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