CPAWS Saskatchewan has been involved in the sustainable management of the Sturgeon River Plains Bison since 2005, when the herd numbered about 500 animals. Since then, over-hunting and an anthrax outbreak in 2008 have seen that number drop to about 100 today.
An International Perspective – Protecting Wild Wales
An International Perspective – Protecting Wild Wales July 29th, 2019 | By Stew Coles, CPAWS-SK Manager of Operations and Programs (Southern Region) I think we … Read More
Standing Up for Saskatoon Swales
Saskatoon’s SwalesAn Endangered Saskatchewan Landscape By Stew Coles, CPAWS SK Southern Projects Manager | June 14th, 2019 To set the scene of this … Read More
(Inter)National Endangered Species Day 2019
It’s National Endangered Species Day on the other side of our Southern border today, so we thought we’d take this chance to talk about some of the endangered critters on the Canadian Species At Risk Act’s public registry here in Saskatchewan.
Proposed Potash Mine Will Impact Thousands of Hectares of Critical Habitat for Species at Risk
CPAWS has strong concerns about the proposed area that Project Albany will occupy. The destruction to critical habitat for multiple species at risk could be detrimental to the future of this province’s critical ecosystems.
Stewards for the Land Program
The vision of the Stewards program is to provide Indigenous youth an opportunity to investigate natural resource careers while learning about their connection to the land and their own cultural heritage—keeping their stories and their traditional ways of interacting with the land alive and well in the face of a new, technology-savvy generation.
The Myth of the Zombie Deer
Chronic Wasting Disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that affects deer species (whitetail, mule deer, elk, moose, caribou, etc). In simpler terms, it is a disease, capable of being spread between animals, that affects the brain by causing it to become ‘spongy’ as it degenerates. It does NOT turn deer into zombies!
Hunters With Heart
Hunters With Heart About the Program Hunters with Heart is a community partnership by Community Mobilization Prince Albert (CMPA), Prince Albert Wildlife Federation, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, … Read More