Today is the first day of Arbor Week!
Hon. Dustin Duncan, Minister of the Environment has proclaimed Friday May 22, 2020 the very first Arbor Day in the Province of Saskatchewan. Yay!
During the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic we cannot safely host a group tree planting ceremony. So, we did the next best thing, we are hosting a virtual forest protection event!
Isn’t it great to have safe forests to enjoy the natural, recreational, and health benefits of forests? Come on board! We have successfully with the help of our sponsors raised money to mitigate illegal vehicle trespass from the west side of the afforestation area!
Thank you to the City of Saskatoon Environmental Grant, Expocrete, EcoFriendly Saskatchewan, Fatlanders Fatbike Brigade, Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, Sask Energy, SaskOutdoors, and the amazing citizens of Saskatoon for rallying around with donations and grants in support of park protection!
Guess what? There is now an Arbor Day Safe Forests Go Fund Me Page to support our trees in the afforestation areas! We are so close to having a means to barricade entrance by motorized vehicles at the west side area to prevent illegal trespass and illegal dumping! It would be fantastic to be able to level the ground and gravel the surface of this low-lying area for the vehicle barriers. We just need that little bit more! With your help during Arbor Week, it will surely make a grand difference.
Wouldn’t it be ever so nice not to have another huge community volunteer clean up? Don’t get me wrong, it was amazing to turn around the eco-system, and see the forest and the environment restored to a healthy eco-system without trash. But it will be ever so nice to not have those drive in hauling their trash into a park by those too lazy or cheap to go to the landfill. Then huge community clean ups are not needed any longer!!! Yay!!!
“Our future is in our children; the future of the world is in their
hands and in the hands of their children. Let us train them wisely,
and see that the understanding and appreciation of trees is part
of their heritage. ” Richard St. Barbe Baker
Help to create safe green-space for outdoor place-based learning activities for student guardian programming.
For directions as to how to drive to “George Genereux” Urban Regional Park
For directions on how to drive to Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
For more information:
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′
Addresses:
Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A
Part SE 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A
S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A
NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063
Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot
Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map
Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map
Facebook Group Page: Users of the George Genereux Urban Regional Park
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“St. Barbe’s unique capacity to pass on his enthusiasm to others. . . Many foresters all over the world found their vocations as a result of hearing ‘The Man of the Trees’ speak. I certainly did, but his impact has been much wider than that. Through his global lecture tours, St. Barbe has made millions of people aware of the importance of trees and forests to our planet.” Allan Grainger
“The science of forestry arose from the recognition of a universal need. It embodies the spirit of service to mankind in attempting to provide a means of supplying forever a necessity of life and, in addition, ministering to man’s aesthetic tastes and recreational interests. Besides, the spiritual side of human nature needs the refreshing inspiration which comes from trees and woodlands. If a nation saves its trees, the trees will save the nation. And nations as well as tribes may be brought together in this great movement, based on the ideal of beautifying the world by the cultivation of one of God’s loveliest creatures – the tree.” ~ Richard St. Barbe Baker.
“Our future is in our children; the future of the world is in theirhands and in the hands of their children. Let us train them wisely,
and see that the understanding and appreciation of trees is part
of their heritage. ” Richard St. Barbe Baker
“I believed that God has lent us the Earth. It belongs as much to those who come after us as to us, and it ill behooves us by anything we do or neglect, to deprive them of benefits which are in our power to bequeath.” Richard St. Barbe Baker
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 