Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area

Protected area in Canada

Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Coordinates	56°23′49.01248″N 91°52′3.18518″W / 56.3969479111°N 91.8675514389°W / 56.3969479111; -91.8675514389
Area	133,820 ha (516.7 sq mi)
Established	2009

Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area is a protected wildlife management area located northeast of Shamattawa First Nation, Manitoba, Canada. The WMA is considered to be a Class Ib protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. It is 133,820 hectares (516.7 sq mi) in size.

History

Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area was established in 2009 under the Manitoba Wildlife Act. The designation was part of the Manitoba Protected Areas Initiative.

Geography

Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area lies northeast of the remote community of Shamattawa, within the traditional territory of Shamattawa First Nation. There are no roads or facilities for visitors.

Drainage flows generally to the north east. The Machichi River flows through the WMA towards its mouth in Hudson Bay. The WMA includes the headwaters of several of its left tributaries.

Ecology

Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area is within the Hudson Bay Lowland Ecoregion in the Hudson Plains Ecozone.

The WMA provides winter range for caribou who summer near the coast of Hudson Bay. The WMA is at the northern extent of the northern leopard frog in Manitoba.

Bird species found in the WMA include:

Sharp-tailed grouse
Ruffed grouse
Spruce grouse
Willow ptarmigan
Rock ptarmigan
Sandhill crane
Bald eagle
Osprey
Canada goose

Mammal species found in the WMA include:

Moose
Black bear
Caribou
Beaver
Muskrat
Red squirrel
Short-tailed weasel
Marten
Mink
River otter
Wolverine
Red fox
Arctic fox
Lynx
Wolf
Snowshoe hare

References

^ "Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
^ "Manitoba Wildlife Lands". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ Goldsborough, Gordon. "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wildlife Management Areas". www.mhs.mb.ca. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
"The Wildlife Act". Manitoba Laws. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
"Chronology of Protected Areas" (PDF). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
Smith, R.E; Veldhuis, H.; Mills, G.F.; Eilers, R.G.; Fraser, W.R.; Lelyk, G.W. "Terrestrial Ecozones, Ecoregions, and Ecodistricts of Manitoba An Ecological Stratification of Manitoba's Natural Landscapes" (PDF). Agriculture Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. ISBN 0-662-27446-6. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

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