Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 18, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free August 1980 fragile desert face trampled by hikers nov fat the by Andy Blicq Winnipeg free press Glenboro it was a disappointing the Wall of Sand that Marks the beginning of the extraordinary Bald head Hills had been marred by the footsteps of unknown hikers who had ignored a sign asking visitors not to climb on the fragile desert Only the wind can repair the so its so the Beauty of it is disturbed so said Bev head of the interpretive staff in Spruce Woods provincial 180 Kilometres Southwest of every As Many As Visi tors hike the interpretive Trail to View a Corner of the Bald head Hills commonly known As the Carberry and Parks staff say there Are always a few who cannot resist the temptation to climb the desert their footsteps push the Sand marring and eroding the once one person wanders from the Trail an example is and others ignore the signs and climb the dunes which Are slowly engulfing Spruce Trees and open land As prevailing winds drive the desert As soon As somebody sees one or two tracks they to Heil with the lets Park Ranger Rod Noel a walk Down part of the Trail revealed signs ripped Down and other posts pulled out of the Park staff say they can Only combat the problem of protecting the desert from thoughtless visitors by explaining its fragile state and formation of the unique desert began years when Manitoba was covered by a thick Blan Ket of glacial Between and years ago the ice melted and Lake Agassiz was the desert is a River the Square Kilometre result of the Deposit of gravel and Silt left behind by the River which fed Lake Only about 25 Square Kilometres of open Sand dunes the unusual formation provides a habitat Tor Manitoba Only the Northern Prairie As Well As the Western hog nose Snake and the Plains Spade foot although the san Hills receive Al most twice As much rain As a True prickly Pear and Pincushion cacti can be found in the Sandy its a unique Hamilton its one of the largest glacial features in Only a Corner of this unique natural phenomenon has been reserved for much of the rest is on provincial land leased to the department of National the recognition of the environmental significance of the desert has sparked a controversy Over its use As an artillery Range for Canadian and German sol that opposition came to a head this year when a Forest fire swept through the area resulting in charges that the Blaze was started by artillery charges denied although the military denies it started the some local residents remain opposed to its presence in the Lyle and Ruby Clarke of the nearby town of Glenboro remember picnicking in the it was a picturesque part of Manitoba until they Tore it All up with their Damn said Lyle now its All fenced off and youre not even allowed into the Access to the military land is restricted and signs Are posted in the Park area warning visitors to stay on the Trail because of the danger of unexploded shells in the they dont need to be so said area Farmer Ivan its not Larry also of said the use of the desert by the military Doest bother me very much at i understand Why there improvements planned were going to improve our fire Protection said Ted staff officer in charge of the artillery a double fireguard is being con firefighting equipment is being improved and the staff is being trained in he Bob a member of the Mani Toba naturalists society who Calls him self a resident forehead on the Issue of the army using the called it a misuse of a unique natural resource to allow the army in a Winnipeg resident with land in the said the army is As nervous As a whore in a wedding gown Over what the Public the controversy Over the military presence is Likely to continue As More people become aware of the Park As a Centre for year round the desert is Only a Small portion of the Scenic 155squarekilometre Noel said interest in snowmobiling and skiing in the Park has increased Over the last several besides summer swim Ming and canoeing and horse Back 45 Kilometres of groomed ski trails and 140 Kilometres of Snow Mobile trails Are open during the win provincial Parks staff have in stalled a number of log warming houses for the increasing numbers using the Park in the botulism toll hits about dead ducks had been gathered by the time a cleanup operation at Oak Lake Marsh ended yester the victims of botulism resulting from Low water Levels in the were gathered and buried by wildlife officials to prevent the spread of the de a Farmer in the area who helped in the said last night that Canadian wildlife service officials were to return to the Marsh later this week to see if More Birds were about dead Birds had been gathered by saturday and another approximately 800 were collected during the week he Jiggens said Cool weather during the weekend should help efforts to Stem the spread of the the which is first picked up by ducks feeding on infected can spread quickly because the Bird carcasses produce infected which other ducks then feed at Oak a major concern was to have the dead Birds removed before the flocks of migratory waterfowl the Marsh is one of the major Stopover Points in Manitoba for migrating with As Many As arriving each Sandy chief biologist for ducks said the problem at Oak Lake was the most severe in the weather in july about 100 dead Birds were gathered in Netley on the Southeast Edge of Lake but there have been no further reports of Jim head of Duck population management for the Western and Northern regions of the Canad an wildlife said the botulism outbreak will have an Impact on the local Breeding population in Oak the big he is what will it end up in were certainly not Over the a couple of dry years in a Row could have serious inroads in Duck populations on the murder charge Laid a 21yearold Man was to appear in court today charged with murder after police found the body of a 21yearold woman stabbed several times at an Aberdeen Avenue police said they found the body at names Are being withheld until after the court appear houses hit by fire two fires in Homes during the weekend a total of about a Winnipeg fire department spokes Man heat from a fire in the basemen of a House at 729 Wellington Crescent shortly before 11 yesterday caused damage to the roof and an earlier fire at 116 Blenheim Avenue shortly before saturday caused about damage to the House and As Well As smoke damage both fires Are under a fire department spokesman super loto the three winning numbers in yesterdays super loto draw Are 1889373 and ticket holders whose last six digits correspond to the last six digits of the winning in the same each win ticket holders whose last five digits in the same each win if the last four or three digits in the same the prizes Are and Cloudy deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast mostly Cloudy this isolated thundershowers this and High today near 25 with a Low near Cloudy periods tomorrow with one or two Thunder High near 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