Winnipeg 
Manitoba today designated Moswa Meadows and Fish Lake Fen as provincially significant peatlands.
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The designation of approximately 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) is the first of its kind in the province, home to 17 per cent of Canadian peatlands and covering over one-third of Manitoba’s landmass.
As per the provincial website, peatlands – which offer valuable environmental benefits such as water regulation and purification, exceptional carbon sequestration capabilities, and provide habitat for a diverse array of wildlife – represent about 90% of all wetlands in Manitoba.
Moswa Meadows is located within the traditional territory of Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation and provides an ideal habitat for recovering moose populations in western Manitoba. It is a wetland complex including three of the five commonly identified types of wetlands: bogs, fens and swamps. The other two types are marsh and shallow open water.
Fish Lake Fen is calcareous fen, rarely found in North America, and is characterized by calcium-rich water and a fluctuating water table and supports an environment that supports rare species and a wide variety of unique vegetation communities.
With this designation, specified development activities, including mining, forestry, agriculture and peat harvesting, are now prohibited. Traditional Indigenous use of the lands will continue.
Ducks Unlimited Canada, the organization which championed the designation applauded the decision.
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Manitoba accounts for 18% of Canada’s total horticultural peat production. Asha Hingorani, president of the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association supported the designation stating, “Manitoba’s horticultural peat producers promote the responsible management of peatlands by providing leadership in social, environmental, and economic areas and we applaud the Manitoba government for their conservation initiatives.”
Canada has 25 percent of the world’s peatlands.
would like to get more info on Fish Lake area