October 2019

Greetings!

I hope you are all doing well and have survived the first dump of snow we received recently. I've mentioned before that Fall is my favourite season, but every year I forget that the best part of Fall is really short. Luckily, we'll have a few weeks of nice weather before winter is here to stay. I'll make a point to spend some time outside with the kids and invite you to do the same!

This week, representatives from the PCAP partners will be coming together for our annual Fall meeting in Riverhurst. It will be nice to see everyone, meet new representatives and have face-to-face discussions!

Last month, we had Heather Harris from the Wildlife Division, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks discuss swift fox and the Montana Conservation Strategy as part of our Native Prairie Speaker Series. If you missed the presentation, the recording is available on our YouTube Channel. 

We have a few great presentations coming up in October. We are please to have Dr. Ray Poulin from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum discuss rare snakes in Eastend on October 16th and in Mankota on October 17th. More information about these two presentations can be found here.  On October 30th, we will have Dr. Mark Brigham from the University of Regina give a webinar entitled: Bats, Common Nighthawks and More... , just in time for Halloween.   You can register here .  

There's also more information about the joint NPRR and TGP workshops below. Make sure to check out the Call for Presentation Abstracts as the deadline was extended to October 4th! 

Finally, we would like to thank the generous support from our sponsors: Crescent Point Energy, SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SaskTel, SaskWater,  Mosaic, Enbridge, EcoFriendly Sask, Wildlife Habitat Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, as well as the continuous support of all the PCAP's  Partners . 
 
Please feel free to contact us at any time!
Have a great month!
 
Carolyn Gaudet, SK PCAP Manager 
Ph. 306 352 0472 
pcap@sasktel.net
Call for Presentation Abstracts has been extended - Deadline is October 4th!

In addition to the NPRRW and TGPW committees inviting key speakers, we are also encouraging individuals to submit oral presentation abstracts or poster abstracts for our consideration.

Visit our Call for Abstracts  to learn more about the details, or visit the  NPRRW & TGPW page  for more information about the workshop. 
Mark your calendars for the 2020 Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation  and Transboundary Grassland Workshops   

In 2020, SK PCAP is combining two workshops: the 7th Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop and the 5th Transboundary Grassland Workshop,  February 25-27, 2020 at the Ramada Plaza, Regina , SK.


The theme is  The Big Picture: Planning and Partnerships with presentations on:
  • Tools to Restore/Reclaim Native Prairie
  • Planning to minimize impact to Native Prairie
  • Planning for a Species Reintroduction
  • Prescribed Fire as a Management Option
  • Integrated Pest Management Plan
  • Soils and Mycorrhizae
  • Ecosystem Management
  • Transboundary Partnerships
  • Native Seeds
  • Urban Restoration Projects
  • Wetland Restoration Projects
  • Transboundary Species at risk
  • Invasive species across jurisdictions
Registration will open in mid-October. Watch the NPRRW webpage for details!

More information will become available on the PCAP website shortly. In the meantime, please contact Carolyn Gaudet, SK PCAP at (306) 352-0472 or pcap@sasktel.net.
PCAP Partner Spotlight... 
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Submitted by Stewart Coles, CPAWS

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada's only nationwide charity dedicated solely to the protection of our public land and water and ensuring our new and existing parks are managed with ecological integrity as a driving principle. In the past 50+ years, we've played a lead role in protecting over half a million square kilometres - an area bigger than the entire Yukon Territory!

In Saskatchewan, we have been active and dedicated to protecting some of Saskatchewan's most endangered habitats and species for over 40 years. Our role as a watchdog for the Saskatchewan environment has led us to engage with and develop partnerships through important on-the-ground actions, alongside advocating to all levels of government on a broad spectrum of issues affecting Saskatchewan's important ecosystems and species.

As an advocate for the environment, our partnerships across the province and beyond has seen us work with a variety of dedicated groups and organizations raising the profile and concerns of critically important habitats in Saskatchewan. This has involved direct letters to provincial ministers and municipal leaders, and has also enabled our supporters to engage with our leaders through calls to action - most notably supporting our concerns raised for the now approved Project Albany potash mine, where critically important wetland, native grassland and species continue to be under threat from degradation, fragmentation and loss.  

We are also developing a pilot project with federal funds for a Municipal Fund for Biodiversity - with an emphasis on urban protection to aide municipalities to protect more of its key natural spaces, with a primary focus of fighting climate change, increasing connectivity and protecting biodiversity. If we find success with this pilot project, it is our intention to widen the scope of opportunity to additional municipalities where there is an identified threat to natural spaces or where a municipality seeks to develop a strategic approach to greater protection of our urban environment.

We are further engaged in an active role with the provincial boreal range planning process to identify, manage and protect important woodland caribou habitat. This work also sees our field technicians undertaking on-the-ground monitoring. In a broader role, we continue to develop, support and lead protected area proposals with various partners, including significant work with Indigenous communities in the wider boreal region. We are also currently working on-the-ground with Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation to protect the wild Sturgeon River Plains bison herd - a herd threatened by extirpation. 

Importantly, we continue to lead and support active on-the-ground and advocacy work across the province and develop our conversations regionally, federally and with the major foundations to address identified threats to biodiversity.

To learn more about CPAWS-Saskatchewan, our priorities and activities, please visit our website ( www.cpaws-sask.org) where our active blog highlights some of the key areas we are involved in and advocating for.
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SK PCAP Native Prairie Speaker Series

Plan to attend our October Native Prairie Speaker Series webinar! 

Bats, Common Nighthawks and More
by Dr. Mark Brigham, University of Regina
October 30, 2019 at 7 pm MDT


We will also have two in-person presentations this month:
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Visit our Native  Prairie Speaker Series webpage  for more topics, dates, and registration details.
Upcoming Events!


PCAP Fall Partner Meeting
October 1&2, 2019
Riverhurst, SK

Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn
October 9, 2019 @ 11 am (MB time)

Dr. Ray Poulin
October 16 at 7 pm in Eastend, SK
October 17 at 7 pm in Mankota, SK

Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association
October 22-30, 2019
Various locations

November 25-30, 2019
Regina, SK

February 25-27, 2019
Regina, SK







 
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306-352-0472
SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges financial support in 2019-2020 from:
Crescent Point Energy, Ducks Unlimited Canada, EcoFriendlySask.ca, Enbridge Inc., The Mosaic Company, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park of Canada,  Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association,  Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment - Fish and Wildlife Development Fund,  SaskEnergy,  SaskPower, SaskTel, SaskWater, University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Water Security Agency and Wildlife Habitat Canada.

SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges in-kind support for 2019-20 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 the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 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 Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre, 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 Energy and Resources, Saskatchewan Science Centre, 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, University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Wild About Saskatoon-Nature City Festival.