The Nature Conservancy of Canada has announced a plan to protect iconic Prairie grasslands, considered one of the most endangered and least protected ecosystems in the country. The plan aims to raise $500 million by 2030 to conserve more than 5,000 square kilometres — about six times the size of Calgary — in Alberta, Saskatchewan […]
Nature Conservancy of Canada has acquired just under 1,600 hectares of new conservation land in Saskatchewan on the east side of Chaplin Lake, which is part of a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site. Spokesperson, Michael Burak, says Canada only has three of these Shorebird Reserve Network sites, with the other two on the East […]
Saskatchewan residents are banding together and pledging their upcoming SGI rebates to help maintain the province’s grasslands. The movement, started by University of Regina Professor Marc Spooner, has already raised over $10,000. Spooner says he wanted to use the extra money to leave a lasting legacy. “For something like that, it should be something tangible, […]
The Nature Conservancy of Canada acquired three new pieces of land in Saskatchewan this year that will now be protected forever. NCC Saskatchewan spokesperson, Cameron Wood, says all of their properties together equal almost 500,000 acres with the goal of protecting grasslands and the wildlife that live within it. Wood says there is less than […]
