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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:

Mammal species found in the WMA include:




See also


List of wildlife management areas in Manitoba
List of protected areas of Manitoba




References






External links


Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area
iNaturalist: Kaskatamagan Sipi Wildlife Management Area

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