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Annual
Greening
and
Cleanings
since
1990.
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SOS
Coordinates
an
Urban
Green
Team
of
up
to
5
summer
students
each
summer
who
clean
and
green
the
river
and
banks.
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Successfully
lobbied
the
Provincial
Government
to
repair
the
siphon
allowing
the
Seine
River
to
cross
the
Red
River
Floodway.
By
repairing
the
leak
in
2000,
water
levels
increased
from
up
to
10
cubic
feet
more
water
per
second.
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Participated
as
members
of
the
City
of
Winnipeg's
Seine
River
Task
Force
and
supported
the
task
force's
Seine
River
Greenway
Study.
This
award-winning
document
was
accepted
by
City
Council
in
2000,
and
is
now
a
guideline
for
SOS
projects
and
efforts.
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Riffle
construction
project.
For
many
years
SOS
has
promoted
the
Riffle
project
and
worked
with
many
departments
within
the
federal,
provincial
and
municipal
governments
to
make
this
a
reality.
Now
with
the
funding
and
approvals
necessary,
SOS
expects
to
have
the
first
set
of
riffles
to
be
installed
during
the
winter
of
2003/2004.
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Winnipeg
Development
Agreement
(WDA)-
SOS
carried
out
a
project
to
restore
and
beautify
the
environment
along
the
Seine
River.
Under
the
$262,000
project,
some
work
included
removal
of
debris,
riverbank
stabilization,
planting
native
trees
and
shrubs
and
planting
native
habitat
grasses.
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Old
St.
Boniface
-
developed
3
kilometers
of
walkway
along
the
Seine
River
from
Provencher
Blvd
to
Youville
Street.
This
project
was
part
of
the
Winnipeg
Development
Agreement.
The
$55,000
walkway
project
was
completed
in
the
spring
of
1998.
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SOS
has
worked
with
the
members
of
the
community
involved
with
the
St.
Boniface
Building
Communities
Initiative.
The
group
has
allocated
$200,000
(of
the
$2.1
Million
fund)
to
construct
a
footbridge
connecting
walkways
and
joining
the
communities
on
the
east
and
west
sides
of
the
Seine
River.
SOS
has
formed
a
committee
to
oversee
this
project.
-
St.Vital
Walkways
-
SOS
is
working
with
the
City's
department
of
Property
Planning
and
Development,
the
Morrow
Gospel
Church,
the
future
Hindu
Temple
and
several
Condominium
Complexes
along
the
West
side
of
the
Seine
River
to
integrate
the
walkways
and
link
to
other
walking
paths
(Golden
Way
path
and
the
Bishop
Grandin
Greenway
Trail)
-
Bois
des
Esprits
Park
Plan
(March
2000)
through
Federal
funding
SOS
partnered
with
Riel
Corporation
and
worked
with
the
landscape
architects
Gaboury
Prefontaine
Perry
(GPP)
to
design
a
natural
park
area
that
offers
passive
recreational,
educational
and
historical
amenities
to
the
community.
With
the
City
of
Winnipeg,
SOS
is
currently
involved
in
a
fundraising
effort
to
raise
funds
to
purchase
and
protect
the
100
year-old
river
bottom,
Oak
Forest.
The
vestiges
of
Ox-bow
lakes
and
unique
natural
features
and
size
of
this
'A'
Quality
habitat
make
it
an
"ecological
jewel"
within
the
city.
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