The Manitoba government announced $250,000 Tuesday toward a possible conservation area in the waters of western Hudson Bay — the same region that could be home to a future energy pipeline and terminal. The money is to help support federal consideration of western Hudson Bay as a national marine conservation area. There are already five such areas, including a big stretch of Lake Superior, and the federal government has promised 10 additional marine and four new freshwater conservation areas by 2030. “These ecosystems are changing rapidly and the need for action has never been more urgent,” Manitoba Environment Minister Mike Moyes said. Oceans North, an environmental charitable group, said the region is a special ecosystem, home to roughly one-quarter of the world’s beluga whale population. The announcement comes at a…
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