April 2025 | Volume 17 Issue 4

Happy April, Grassland Enthusiasts! Crocuses might not have appeared in your area yet, but we can hope and dream of spring just around the corner.

Make sure to check out employment opportunities and events coming up below in the newsletter. There's also programs by SK PCAP Partners that need support below.

The most recent Native Prairie Speaker Series presentation was about Whooping Cranes, by the International Crane Foundation. The recording is available on our YouTube Channel.

April will have two webinars, there's one on including native plants in your garden by Gail Fennel on April 29th and one Regenerative Ag by Laura Hilderman from Metis Nation of Saskatchewan on April 30th. You can also register for the May webinar on leafy spurge control methods.

And finally, we would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support: Innovation Credit Union, K+S Youth+Us, North American Helium, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Inc., Wildlife Habitat Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, as well as the continuous support of all the PCAP Partners!

Carolyn Gaudet, SK PCAP Manager 

pcap@sasktel.net

PCAP Recap:

Prairie's Got the Goods Week: March 10-14, 2025

Caitlin planned a week-long series of webinars about the ecological goods and services provided by the native prairie ecosystem.

It was one of the best attended Prairie's Got the Goods Week, with over 1000 participants taking in the 7 webinars.

New this year, SK PCAP hosted two virtual “Coffee Table Conversations.” with Art McElroy from near Frontier, SK who spoke about land restoration and unique grazing techniques and Lynn Grant from near Val Marie, SK spoke about the challenges of ranching in a dry country and about co-existing with species at risk and wildlife. There's been over 1100 views on the recordings so far.

If you missed any of the Prairie's Got the Goods webinar, they are all on our YouTube Channel.

A big thank you to our Prairie's Got the Goods Weeks Sponsors:

Employment Opportunities

The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is hiring

Vertebrate Preparator with the RSM (deadline April 1st (today!))

Palaeontology Lab and Collections Internships (deadline April 11th)

Nature Conservancy of Canada is hiring:

GIS Technician Intern (deadline April 14th)

Conservation Intern (deadline April 14th)

Communications and Engagement Intern (deadline April 18th)

Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds is hiring an Agri-Environmental Coordinator

Prairies in the News

PCAP spreads southwest awareness for Prairie's Got the Goods Week

Little school on the prairie: How keeping school land wild can combat climate change

Salthaven West Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Centre

Until April 3rd, every donation to Salthaven West will be matched up to $20,000 thanks to anonymous donors!

This matching fundraiser will help support the ongoing capital campaign to build an urgently needed Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic. This facility will be built 5 minutes north of Regina in the RM of Sherwood, allowing Salthaven West to stay near the community we have served for over ten years.

You can donate here.

Or find more information here.

The Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds sells tree seedlings each winter and spring as part of our Saskatchewan Tree for Life Program. Your purchase will help to support programs and projects that improve water quality in our lakes and rivers, provide and sustain wildlife and aquatic habitat and provide public education awareness on improving the natural environment. Until May 22, 2025, shop for trees here

Trees Available in 2025

• Acute Willow
• Golden Willow
• Hill Poplar
• Laurel Leaf Willow
• Scots Pine
• Silverleaf Willow
• Tristis Poplar
• Walker Poplar
• White Spruce
• Green Ash
• Blue Spruce
• Manitoba Maple

Stay tuned for news about our upcoming Native Prairie Speaker Series webinars!

Curious about how to include native plants for your garden?

Speaker: Gail Fennel

Tuesday April 29th, 2025 at 12:00pm 

Register Free

More information



Regenerative Ag: Creating a Sustainable Life

Speaker: Laura Hilderman, Guardian with Metis Nation Saskatchewan

Wednesday April 30th, 2025 at 12:00pm 

Register Free

More information

.

May Native Prairie Speaker Series

Can Combining Herbicides and Fertilizers Enhance Control of Leafy Spurge?

Speaker: Sheila Taillon

Tuesday May 13th, 2025 at 12:00pm 

Register Free

More information

Treaty Land Sharing Network's Webinar: Demystifying Indigenous Hunting Panel Discussion

April 1 @ 7 PM

SK Association of Watershed's Agriculture Professionals Workshop

April 10 @ 10 AM

Grant Hall, Moose Jaw, SK

Saskatoon Nature Society Presentation: Nurturing Seeds of Change by Renny Grilz

April 17 @7:30 PM

RM #BG06 Health Scineces Bldg, U of S Campus

kihci-okāwīmāw askiy Knowledge Centre's Workshop: Indigenous Consultation, Consent and Engagement: Protections for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Law, Policy, and Practice

April 29, 2025 @ 1PM CST

Supporting Sponsors

2025/26 Education Programs:

Presenting Sponsors:

SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges financial support in 2025-2026 from:

Ducks Unlimited Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Innovation Federal Credit Union, North American Helium, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park of Canada, K+S youth+us, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Inc, Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment - Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, the Department of Plant Sciences, and the College of Arts & Science, Water Security Agency and Wildlife Habitat Canada.

SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges in-kind support for 2025-26 from: 

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Science and Technology Branch, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Association, Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service, Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Meewasin Valley Authority, Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan, Nature Conservancy Canada, Nature Saskatchewan, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Inc., Redberry Lake Biosphere Region, Salthaven West. Saskatchewan Aboriginal Land Technicians, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds, Saskatchewan Bison Association, Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association, Saskatchewan Environmental Society, Saskatchewan Forage Council, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Saskatchewan Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport, Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation, Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, 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, the Department of Plant Sciences, and the College of Arts & Science and Water Security Agency.