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2001. The conference is held every three years; this years theme is Sharing Common
Ground. The original PCAP document was unveiled at the 1998 conference in Saskatoon
and I am confident that delegates will be impressed by the progress that has been made in
Saskatchewan over the past three years. Since 1998, the Saskatchewan PCAP has raised
over $645,000 for prairie conservation initiatives.
Planning for Saskatchewan’s third annual Native Prairie Appreciation Week (NPAW) has
begun. A three day event is planned for June after the SSGA Convention. NPAW 2001
will be modelled after the highly successful Romancing the Prairies conference, held in
Cypress Hills in 1999. It will bring together ranchers, naturalists and environmental and
agricultural specialists for presentations, field tours and a banquet.
The Cows, Fish, Cattle Dogs and Kids Game Show on riparian stewardship was a huge
hit at Saskatoon’s Fall Fair and at Agribition in Regina this November. Between 1,500 to
2,000 Grade 4 to 6 students participated in the game. The kids have lots of fun playing
and teachers and parents are consistently impressed at its effectiveness in educating
students about riparian areas.
In January and February, PCAP is joining forces with Grasslands National Park, SK
Wetland Conservation Corporation (SWCC), the SK Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre
(SBOIC) and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to deliver the Eco-Extravaganza
to kindergarten to grade 6 students from schools in Assiniboia, Bengough, Coronach,
Rockglen, Radville, Crane Valley, Spring Valley, Viceroy, Ogema, Pangman, Gladmar,
Oungre and Willowbunch. Evening meetings are also being planned in some of the
communities visited to provide landowners with information on the PCAP and
stewardship programs operating in the Missouri Coteau.
I am looking forward to the NPSS Conference this February and to providing you with
more information on PCAP.
The PCAP gratefully acknowledges funding and in-kind support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
through the National Soil and Water Conservation Program (NSWCP) and the Canadian Adaptation &
Rural Development Fund in Saskatchewan (CARDS), Canada Millennium Partnership Program (CMPP),,
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), Environment
Canada’s Habitat Stewardship Program, Nature Saskatchewan (NS), Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food
(SAF), Saskatchewan Environmental Industry and Managers Association (SEIMA), Saskatchewan
Environment & Resource Management (SERM), SERMs Fish and Wildlife Development Fund,
Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA), Saskatchewan Wetland Conservation Corporation
(SWCC) and the University of Regina’s Canadian Plains Research Centre (CPRC).
Note: this article was reprinted from Volume 5, No. 4 of the NPSS newsletter Native
Plant News.
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