Applying Manitoba's Water Policies - Government of Manitoba

Applying the PoliciesConservation• provide technical assistance and economic incentivesto local authorities, organizations, and farmersto develop and implement soil, water, and habitatconservation projects and to incorporate conservationmeasures into community projects and farmmanagement.• encourage local governments to adopt conservationcriteria in local development plans and developmentrestrictions.• explore and promote technologies and land useswhich can replace those causing degradation ofaquatic ecosystems.• guide land and water use practices, through promotionalinitiatives, regulation, and enforcement whereappropriate, to support conservation.• enter into agreements with the federal government,local governments, conservation organizations, andprivate individuals concerning programs, projects,and initiatives that support conservation.• encourage federal agencies to modify federal policiesand systems where those policies and systemsdo not support conservation.• consult with local authorities, business, industry,and the public, where appropriate, to facilitate amutual exchange and understanding of views andvalues related to conservation.• ensure that local views and values related to conservationare recognized in the development and implementationof government policies, programs, projects,and initiatives.2. Local authorities can:• participate in basin/watershed planning, and developlocal plans which are compatible with the guidelinesand objectives established in the basin/watershedplans.• ensure that their projects and operations incorporatemeasures to minimize degradation of aquaticecosystems.• obtain technical assistance and advice from governmentagencies and qualified consultants and specialists,where necessary, in designing and constructingprojects.• adopt conservation criteria in development restrictionsand in the review and approval of local developmentplans and proposals.• participate with the provincial government in promotionaland informational initiatives to enhancelocal public awareness of the ecologic and socioeconomicvalues of lakes, rivers, shorelands, andwetlands.• participate with senior governments and local conservationagencies and interest groups in programs,projects, initiatives, and incentives that support conservation.• ensure that taxation of land clearly portrays thereduced assessed values which are applied to undevelopedmarginal land, and which may be applied toland with local development restrictions which supportconservation.3. Business and industry can:• participate in basin, watershed, and local planning.• enhance their understanding and awareness of thebroader ecologic and socio-economic values oflakes, rivers, shorelands, and wetlands.• adopt appropriate land and water use practices tominimize degradation of aquatic ecosystems.• participate in consultations with local authoritiesand government to exchange views and values relatedto conservation, and to enable these views andvalues to be recognized in government programsand local initiatives.21