Duck Mountain Provincial Park (1,424 square kilometers) is a land teeming with wildlife and rich biodiversity. The landscape is composed of forested hills mixed with wetlands, streams, lakes, and river valleys. Astoundingly, 61% of this magnificent park is open for clearcut logging. Louisiana-Pacific (a company with a dreadful environmental track record) holds the Forest Management License that encompasses the park and surrounding lands.

In January 2007 the government of Manitoba released a Park Management Plan that reinforced the antiquated idea of multiuse parks. The purpose of the park is stated as “accommodate commercial resource use such as forest harvest”. This goes against the wishes of the majority of Manitobans, and recommendations from the government’s own environmental assessment commission.