What does community involvement mean for the region? 

Connecting with our local farms and experiencing first hand the lifestyle will help us understand and relate to the struggles that they are facing this year...***Video Inside***

A few weeks back, the Agassiz Mountain Development Group played host to CJOB’s Richard Cloutier for his - Richard Cloutier Reports segment. 

Almost 2 years from first glimmers, Prairiemango is doing its first, ‘Year in Review’.  From first glance, and hopefully seconds, it’s been a productive and eye opening year. 

A “Biosphere Reserve” is a designation of recognition from UNESCO for an area which demonstrates a “balanced relationship between humans and the biosphere.”

Having not been to Mt. Agassiz before this past July, it’s hard to believe that something so amazing is not being utilized.  For an outsider looking in, you hear of the who, what, when, where and why’s of the past, with ideas and vision for the future.  The reopening Mt. Agassiz seems to get the nod from all the folks around town as a need for the region. 

 

To build upon a past blog post called ‘A Mountain of Opportunity,’ I asked the question, ‘what type of investment needs to happen?’

 

This is my answer…

Manitoba, best known for its abundance of lakes, forests and farmland has a lesser known environment to gush over…mountains!

 

A mountain bike ‘gathering’ organized by the Agassiz Mountain Development Group ran for the first time on the East Escarpment trails in Riding Mountain National Park at the end of August. The objective is to familiarize Manitoban’s to the vast opportunities for unique recreational and nature experiences.

Heading up the #5 on my way towards McCreary, I’ve come to this area for dose of rural life and to get the lowdown on Mt. Agassiz.  This region is rich with diverse environments not commonly seen or associated with Manitoba.

In the distance overlooking McCreary, you have Riding Mountain National Park and neighboured with the East Escarpment, you have Mt. Agassiz Ski Area.  For those who don’t know, Mt Agassiz was the host for the 1979 Canada Winter Games.  Everyone I’ve met in the area boasts that this is the best terrain between here and the Rockies to the West and Lakehead to the east in Thunder Bay.