The flatter land areas surrounding the park have almost entirely been converted to cereal grain farmland, making the park (and the contiguous Manitoba Duck Mountain Provincial Forest) an environmental refuge for such large animals as elk, moose, black bear, lynx, bobcat, and timber wolf. Other animals, such as white-tailed deer and coyote, are also found in abundance in the forest, but roam more freely into the surrounding agricultural lands and are thus less reliant on the park.
The flat areas surrounding the park have been largely converted into cereal grain farmland, making it (and the adjacent Manitoba Duck Mountain Provincial Forest) a refuge for large animals such as elk, moose, black bear, lynx, bobcat, and timber wolf. Other species like white-tailed deer and coyote are also abundant in the forest but may spend more time on agricultural lands due to their reduced reliance on the park.