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Seeking an Innovative Cultural and Environmental Heritage Prairie Forest Guide App Editor
The GPS interpretive app for the 132 hectare (326 acre) Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area and the 60 hectare (148 acre) George Genereux Urban Regional Park aims to facilitate place-based learning for families, health and wellness enthusiasts, classrooms, nature lovers and greenspace park users. If you are an editor or a writer and can support the enrichment for the cultural heritage interpretation of urban regional parks spaces via the PFG Prairie Forest Guide GPS self guided tour smartphone app please apply by email. More Information is at KIJIJI on this position More about this Contract position is posted at Sask Culture This is STAGE ONE of the Call for Tender. Please email friendsafforestation@gmail.com for clarification or for further details |
![]() City Nature Challenge CNC YXE 2023CNC YXE 2023 Help put the Saskatoon area on the world nature scene! Using iNaturalist take photos of plants, animals, insects and mushrooms between April 28 to May 1, 2023! Saskatoon will compete for the title of the most Biodiverse City. We need your help. The goals are to engage the public in the collection of biodiversity data, with three awards each year for the cities,Following the observation stage help to identify what was found in Saskatoon and Area. Taking part is easy! Whether you're an avid naturalist or a dog walker, student, business, everyone can participate: it's easy, fun, and will encourage you to get outdoors. We really need your help to highlight the City of Saskatoon area! Volunteer now to assist in organizing through emails and social media. Volunteer if you wish to document flora and fauna between April 28 - May 1. Volunteer now if you wish to organize a group event to document organisms in nature! Look forward to hearing from you! friendsafforestation@gmail.com Are you a school, green group, youth organisation, or business? Find out how to get involved! Find it Snap it Share it What will you discover? BE THE REASON NATURE BELIEVES IN HUMANITY Support vital conservation research. |
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Happy New Year and all the best in 2023! Gifts for youShare the gift of health and wellness this winter. Come celebrate winter in the forest! Appreciate this semi-wilderness habitat with species at risk, eBird hotspots for bird viewing, and an off leash recreation area. Have you come out to the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area or to the George Genereux Urban Regional Park yet? Join the growing community who appreciate these forest spaces. Directions A 2023 inspirational calendar for you to download and print presenting both wildlife and wilderness habitats from Saskatoon's hidden gems featuring inspirational quotations from arguably the first Global Consesrvationist Richard St. Barbe Baker. In gratitude for everyone who became members, and gave donations, we were happy to be able to have calendars this year to showcase these natural heritage greenspaces. We would love to share this pdf file with whomever would like a copy to download (not for resale). The 50 for 50 Legacy Activity Book is now online to view on ISSUU or download page by page! (not for resale) Thanks for all the amazing donations to make this book come online page by page. Enjoy the crossword puzzles, word searches, challenges, arts activities, and so much more. There are also forest pamphlets and more activity pages. Also in development is the smart phone self-guided digital wayfinding GPS tour, the Prairie Forest Guide https://pfg.friendsareas.ca to use on site in the forest. The rich geological, historical, natural, and cultural heritage of the areas honours where we have been. Science, conservation, and hands on learning about the land, the environment and sustainability ensure our future. |
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"The simple act of planting a tree, which is in itself a practical deed, is also the symbol of a far reaching ideal, which is creative in the realm of the Spirit, and in turn reacts upon society, encouraging all to work for the future well being of humanity rather than for immdiate gain." Richard St. Barbe Baker |