Pembina Valley Conservation District 2.35

The Pembina Valley Conservation District (PVCD) was officially established by Order in Council on October 2, 1989. With some of our Villages/Towns/Rural Municipalities amalgamating in 2014, our members now include the Municipality of Pembina, Municipality of Louise, Municipality of Lorne, Rural Municipality of Thompson, Cartwright-Roblin Municipality, Rural Municipality of Stanley and the City of Morden. PVCD covers just over 1.2 million acres (about 1,994 square miles) of land.

Conservation Districts are organized to manage all natural resources within a given area. Resources such as soil, water, forests and wildlife are all interrelated. Altering any single resource may indirectly or directly affect other resources. CDs provide an overall, or "watershed" approach to effectively manage all resources as a unified system.

It is useful to be able to view resource problems or opportunities within natural boundaries rather than man-made ones. For example, a problem in one municipality (such as flooding) may originate in another municipality (extensive land clearing). The CD, because it includes several municipalities, provides a means for people in different municipalities to cooperate in managing resources.

Although the PVCD has been established on municipal boundaries, sub-district boundaries within the CD have followed drainage basins or watersheds, to encourage resource management within natural boundaries.