riding mountain E c o s y s t e m Community Atlas © 2004 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) CPAWS gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada's Voluntary Sector Initiative, through the Parks Canada Agency, and the in-kind support of ESRI Canada. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada. To view electronic versions of the four atlases produced in this project, please visit: <www.cpaws.org/community-atlas> For more information on the Riding Mountain atlas, contact: CPAWS Manitoba P.O. Box 344 Winnipeg, MB R3C 2H6 Tel: (204) 949-0782 / Email:
[email protected] Cover photo credits: Ian Ward (Deep Lake, Riding Mountain National Park), Paul Pratt, UBC (barred owl), Parks Canada (black bear and field outside Riding Mountain boundary) Printed on 100% post consumer stock table of contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. i Section 5.0 WATER 5.1 Drainage ..........................................................................23 Ian Ward Section 1.0 RIDING MOUNTAIN GREATER ECOSYSTEM 5.2 Wetlands of the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve ...........23 1.1 The Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve ............................. 1 The prairie pothole region .............................................24 Section 2.0 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Stewardship and conservation of riparian areas .............25 2.1 Glacial History ................................................................... 3