• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • WASTE REDUCTION AND POLLUTION PREVENTION (WRAPP) FUND GRANT RECIPIENTS Bird Studies Canada – $25,000 to conduct bird breeding surveys for the Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas in remote areas of Manitoba including the Taiga Shield, Hudson Plains, Boreal Plans and Boreal Shield eco-regions. Cormorant Lake School – $4,500 to support the purchase of a trailer to store recyclables before transportation to a recycling facility. CleanFarms Inc. – $25,000 to pilot and support a three-day collection event for obsolete animal health products in conjunction with the obsolete pesticide container disposal program. KGS Group – $7,975 for research into alternative techniques to improve management of landfill leachate. Manitoba Model Forest Inc. – $8,750 to support caribou re-collaring efforts for two research initiatives. Manitoba Model Forest Inc. – $25,000 to research movements, dispersal and habitat use of moose populations at immediate risk of local extinction. North Point Douglas Seniors Association – $5,000 to support the development of a composting program for 200 seniors living in North Point Douglas. Spirit Way Inc. – $12,000 to host a wolf and carnivore conference in Thompson to showcase the city as the wolf capital of Canada and as an international wolf centre of excellence, and Manitoba as a world leader in wolf management. Solid Waste Association of North America, Northern Lights Chapter – $5,000 to support a two-day conference in Brandon on waste and natural disaster issues. The Pas and Area Recycling – $25,000 to purchase mobile recycling trailers and a baler for the region. Town of Treherne – $5,000 to support the development of a household composting program for the community. Peguis First Nation – $20,000 to support the expansion and enhancement of a recycling centre for the collection of e-waste and household hazardous waste. West Broadway Development Corporation – $4,800 to support the purchase of materials and supplies to develop and implement a composting project for apartment building residents. Winnipeg Repair Education and Cycling Hub (WRENCH) – $5,000 to support bicycle repair workshops for youth and low-income individuals and to increase used bicycle donations.