Resources

By participating in Waste Reduction Week in Canada, the third week of October, you are about to embark on an exciting campaign of waste reduction that has become an annual event involving thousands of Canadians from across the country....

This lesson plan invites students to create waste reduction themed limericks that Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council would be willing to post on their website.

This website provides a number of ideas on ways to participate as a school, household and community in the national waste reduction week during October of each year.

Although this guide is meant for teachers in British Columbia, it provides useful information for teachers of all grades and subjects on how to integrate environmental concepts into teaching and learning. Designed as a support...

The Fresh Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance Division focuses on regular monitoring, surveillance and reporting on fresh water quality, and aquatic ecosystem status and trends.

Learn more about Environment Canada's role in water management, and how the Department is helping to ensure that our water resources are used wisely, both economically and ecologically.

The Sustainable Schools Best Practices Guide (2010) has been developed to help schools implement actions that support reduction of greenhouse gases and encourage the wise use of resources. It is intended to promote behavioural change...

This spring, the time you spend birding can help the very birds you're looking at. Join the Great Canadian Birdathon and conserve birds and biodiversity across Canada! It's so easy to participate. All you have to do is gather your sponsors...

The facility is open during the spring and fall migrations (May, August and September), and encourages visitors to the site and volunteers to assist in the monitoring program. The public has the rare opportunity to see many bird species up...

PlantWatch, part of the suite of NatureWatch programs, is a Canada-wide network of volunteers who record the blooming times for common plant species in their province. Information collected by PlantWatchers is a valuable tool to track...

The Nature Quest program creates opportunities for people of all ages to grow in their appreciation of the environment and their understanding of the land. Participants are taken on an engaging journey into the unique wildlife habitats...

Inner Nature is a new programming area of Nature Saskatchewan, which promotes our vision of humanity in harmony with nature, through unique film screening events about Jim Settee, a Saskatchewan Cree Elder who was part of nature, who...

Nature Saskatchewans Stewards of Saskatchewan (SOS) is a suite of five voluntary stewardship programs that engage rural landowners in conserving habitat in southern Saskatchewan to benefit: species at risk from disappearing prairie...

Nature Saskatchewan administers six sanctuaries as conservation areas, to prevent development, preserve habitat and for the enjoyment of its members and the general public. Although none are posted with 'No Trespassing' signs, to...

Nature Saskatchewan's Operation Burrowing Owl (OBO) was launched in 1987 to protect Burrowing Owl habitat from cultivation, monitor population changes, and increase awareness of the owl. Landowners voluntarily agree to conserve...

Saskatchewan has a wealth of birdwatching opportunities ranging from the fall migration of waterfowl to the spring rush of songbirds and shorebirds. It is our hope that this Birding Trail Guide will help you find and enjoy the many birding...

This checklist includes 439 species of birds recorded in Saskatchewan. There are 388 species that have been confirmed by a specimen, photograph or sound recording. Another 51 hypothetical species, lacking similar evidence, are listed...

THE Rare Plant Rescue (RPR) program is a unique voluntary stewardship program for Saskatchewan landowners with rare plants or rare plant habitat on their land. Launched in 2002, RPR aims to conserve rare plant habitat by building strong,...