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Hello!
Well, where did September go? I feel like I just wrote the Manager's greeting for last month! Fall is a busy season here at PCAP, and I'm sure it is for everyone!
I hope you had a chance to tune in to our Native Prairie Speaker Series last week about sage-grouse conservation on Montana working lands with Heather Nenninger from Natural Resources Conservation Service. If you missed it, you can find it on our YouTube Channel!
We are busy planning two Species at Risk workshops for the loggerhead shrike and the northern leopard frog. From these workshops, we will be creating workbooks for landowners that provide a comprehensive literature review and recommended habitat targets for each species. Workshops will be held with land owners, species experts and conservation organizations. The loggerhead shrike and northern leopard frog workshops will be on November 27th and 28th, respectively, in Regina. If you are interested in finding out more about these workshops, please contact me!
Also, registration for the Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop is now open! You can REGISTER HERE. You still have time to submit a presentation abstract, the deadline is October 6th! You can put off submitting your poster abstract for a little while as the submission deadline was extended to December 8th! We have great speakers lined up on a variety of topics, it's sure to be an interesting and educational event! And we are very excited to have Sharon Butala as our banquet speaker! Sharon is a bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction books and was involved in the creation of Old Man on This Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area, near Eastend, SK.
That's all for now! Until next time...
Carolyn Gaudet
SK PCAP Manager
306-352-0472
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Partner Spotlight - Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve: Reaching out by staying close
submitted by
Peter Kingsmill, Chair,
Redberry Lake Biosphere
The Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve and its associated partners have been busy in 2017, and our people have been on the road from as close to us as Mistawasis First Nation to as far away as Baie Comeau, QC, where we joined with other Canadian Biosphere Reserve communities to share the realities and aspirations of Indiginous people in rural areas.
UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada have a unique role. University of Saskatchewan Professor Maureen Reed, PhD, writing in the e-book Sustaining Home: Canadian Biosphere Reserves in Action (iTunes) says: "Within their local areas, biosphere reserves act as "convener organizations" to bring people together to generate local knowledge and conduct projects to support conservation and sustainable development. By building connections among individuals, environmental and civil society organizations, private sector representatives, public agencies, health providers, Indigenous peoples, educational institutions, and others, biosphere reserve practitioners seek to build relationships, learn from each other, address common concerns, resolve conflicts, motivate change and advance a sustainability agenda."
Over the last year, we:
- successfully concluded our involvement with the Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK) Project of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature located in Kyoto, Japan;
- mentored the establishment of the 16 to 43 Waste Management Corporation and its regionally-owned landfill and recycling facility near Hafford, SK. The facility handles household waste and recycling for five member municipalities, and processes and exports baled agricultural plastics (grain bags) from all over the province;
- began the first phase (this fall) of a Habitat Stewardship Protection project on the foreshores and uplands of the buffer zone around the Redberry Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Funded in part by Environment Canada, this involves collaboration with Saskatchewan Polytech, the University of Saskatchewan (School of Environment and Sustainability), Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservatory of Canada and private landowners;
- joined the Secretary General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Sébastien Goupil, in welcoming Canada's newest biosphere reserve (Beaver Hills, in Alberta) following a 3-day visit from the Secretary General at Redberry.
- provided field support to both the School of Environment and Sustainability (UofS) (under an ongoing annual agreement), and to the National Hydrology Research Centre, NASA and UCLA for the NASA-led AirSWOT project.
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| Sask Polytech is one of several partners collaborating with Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve on a Habitat Stewardship Project. Photo courtesy of John Kindrachuk |
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Call for Presentation Abstracts due
October 6 for the 2018 NPRRW!
If you are involved in the native prairie restoration and reclamation sector, consider submitting a presentation abstract by October 6 for the February 7 & 8, 2018 conference! Poster abstracts will be accepted until December 8.
Details can be found HERE.
The conference will include a plenary sessions, break-out sessions, and case studies as well as a trade show, awards ceremony, poster session and silent auction.
Do you know of a deserving individual for the
Native Prairie Restoration and Reclamation Award? How about someone worthy of the
Native Prairie Stewardship Award?
View the award criteria here and consider nominating someone! Nomination deadline is January 19, 2018.
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October is Agriculture Month!
October is Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan and the Ministry of Agriculture is hosting an #OurFoodHasAStory contest! Native prairie is an important piece of our province's heritage and plays a role in our food story as well!
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SK PCAP Speaker Series
Join our
FREE Native Prairie Speaker Series WEBINAR Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at
noon (CST) on Habitat Mitigation: Early experiences and future opportunities
The presentation will be delivered by Peter Joyce with the Fish, Wildlife and Lands Branch, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment.
Click HERE for more information on the presentation topic.
DYK: you can watch past Speaker Series presentations? All of our previous presentations are available to watch at your convenience on our
YouTube channel
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Sponsorship Opportunity for NPRRW18!
There are several ways to get involved with the Native Prairie Restoration and Reclamation Workshop in 2018!
If your organization is involved in prairie conservation, you may stand to benefit from sponsoring this large, well-attended event.
Make a difference and get involved! For more information, contact pcap@sasktel.net or caitlinmroz@hotmail.com
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Native Prairie in the
News...
Grassland birds hurting worse than any other wildlife on Prairies, WWF finds
Ten threatened bird species found in Prairie conservation area
The discovery of several threatened grassland bird species, including the Endangered sage grouse, on the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Wideview Complex has prairie conservationists feeling cautiously optimistic.
Learn more in this Canadian Press article...
New ventures seen as ideal way to expand
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Tara Mulhern Davidson, Editor, Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan Newsletter
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SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges financial support in 2017-2018 from:
Ducks Unlimited Canada, Government of Canada - Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park of Canada, Saskatchewan Beef Industry Development Fund,
Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture - Agriculture Awareness Initiative, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment - Fish and Wildlife Development Fund,
SaskEnergy,
SaskPower, University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Water Security Agency.
SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges in-kind support for 2017-18 from:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Science and Technology Branch, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Association, Canadian Western Agribition, Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service, Friends of Wascana Marsh, Meewasin Valley Authority, Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan, Nature Conservancy Canada, Nature Saskatchewan, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park, Prairie Wind & Silver Sage, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Inc., Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds, Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association, Saskatchewan Environmental Society, Saskatchewan Forage Council, Saskatchewan Forage Industry Network, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Saskatchewan Ministry of Economy, Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, Saskatchewan Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport - Royal Saskatchewan Museum and Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, Saskatoon Nature Society, SaskEnergy, SaskOutdoors, SaskPower, Society for Range Management - Prairie Parkland Chapter, South of the Divide Conservation Action Program Inc., University of Regina - Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative, University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Wild About Saskatoon-Nature City Festival.
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