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Hello all!
Despite this latest dump of snow, it's beginning to feel more like spring!
The 6th Native Prairie Restoration and Reclamation Workshop in Saskatoon was a success! We had 25 presentations, 4 plenary sessions, 3 expert panel discussions, as well as three case studies. Presentations are being uploaded onto our website HERE so if you weren't able to make the workshop, be sure to check them out! Topics included a beginner's step-by-step guide to prairie restoration, holistic management, producer's perspective, mycorrhizal fungi, soils, wetland restoration, climate change, prescribed burning, restoration for wildlife species at risk, as well as industrial reclamation considerations and other industrial mitigation projects. The workshop also featured a poster session with 14 posters, 14 trade show booths, and numerous networking opportunities. A big thank you to our sponsors, trade show participants and everyone who participated in the workshop. And thanks to our many silent auction donors and supporters, we were able to raise $3500 for our education programs!
Also in February, Kelly Williamson from the South of the Divide Conservation Action Program Inc gave a webinar about results-based conservation. Results based agreements are a new type of agreement being piloted in the South of the Divide Area, focusing on rewarding producers for supplying habitat, rather than the number of species present on their land. The presentation will be available again March 23rd.
Later in March, we will have Renny Grilz from Meewasin Valley Authority giving a webinar on his work enhancing bird habitat in a semi-urban setting. The free webinar will be March 28th at noon and you can register HERE.
In March, PCAP is hosting our second Ecological Goods and Services Week - "Prairie's Got the Goods!" from March 19-23. Join us as we learn about all the services provided by native prairie including carbon storage, creating habitat for species at risk, conservation offsets and more! Check out the full schedule of activities on our website HERE.
That's all for now! I hope everyone has a wonderful month of March!
Carolyn Gaudet
SK PCAP Manager
306-352-0472
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Prairie's Got the (Ecological) Goods!
March 18-24, 2018
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NPRRW - Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who attended "Look to the Future, Learn from the Past," the 2018 Native Prairie Restoration and Reclamation Workshop! There were more than 240 people who attended this forum, fourteen poster presentations, and fourteen trade show participants.
Once again, thanks to our generous sponsors for enabling this valuable event to take place.
The Silent Auction garnered $3500 for the SK PCAP Education Programs! We would like to extend a special thanks to all of the Silent Auction Donors.
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Save the Date! The Society for Range Management Tour will be held in Beechy, SK June 21, 22, 2018!
Plan to attend the SRM NPAW Tour in Beechy, SK held in conjunction with Saskatchewan Native Prairie Appreciation Week on June 17-22, 2018!
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SK PCAP Speaker Series
Plan to attend our March Native Prairie Speaker Series events!
Near Swift Current? Attend the Swift Current Creek Watershed Stewards AGM and hear Krista Connick Todd (SODCAP) discuss Northern Leopard Frog Habitat as part of our
Native Prairie Speaker Series. March 8, 2018, LB Thompson Place, Swift Current, SK 1:30pm
The next in-person Native Prairie Speaker Series will take place March 10, 2018 at Cabela's in Regina at 2:00pm! Join us and meet a live burrowing owl and learn about conserving the species in a presentation delivered by Lori Johnson of the Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre.
Save the date for our next Speaker Series WEBINARS!
March 23, 2018, Noon CST
April 4, 2018, Noon, CST
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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Job Opportunities!
To share a job posting with us, please contact pcap@sasktel.net and we will include it in our newsletter.
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The Prairie Ecologist - Measuring our Influence as Conservation Scientists
Chris Helzer, the Prairie Ecologist, recently explored what it means to be a conservation scientist.
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Save the Date
Wild About Saskatoon NatureCity Festival
âniskopicikêwin: things are linked together
May 22-27, 2018
Saskatoon, SK
Keynote speaker - Harvey Locke (May 25)
Dozens of free events throughout the week.
Saskatchewan Pasture Tour
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August 8, 2018
Macklin, SK
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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, EcoFriendlySask.ca, Government of Canada - Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk, Information Services Canada, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park of Canada, Rancher's Stewardship Alliance Inc., Saskatchewan Beef Industry Development Fund,
Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture - Agriculture Awareness Initiative, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment - Fish and Wildlife Development Fund,
SaskEnergy,
SaskPower, SaskTel, 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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