Winnipeg Free Press
By Arielle Godbout

Manitoba native grasses planted in the St. Boniface development of Sage Creek for stormwater management could eventually be converted into fuel to heat Winnipeg buildings.

The city-operated Living Prairie Museum on Ness Avenue received a provincial grant last fall to explore the option of converting prairie grasses — cut during normal maintenance — into pellets, which can then be burned to provide heat. Native grasses are what make up the tallgrass prairie ecosystem.

Kyle Lucyk, the museum’s director, said less than 1% of the natural tallgrass prairie still exists in Manitoba today after much was destroyed by development and agriculture.

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