Wild About Saskatoon has started a programme called Pollinator Paradise YXE.
What do you think of a 175,218 square meter allocation for a YXE pollinator paradise?
For an urban city like Saskatoon planning to meet one million residents by 2063, it is wise to show environmental leadership. The City of Saskatoon cannot do it alone, residents have to come to the forefront to help with pollinator garden planting.
Wild About Saskatoon mentions that “the first 50 people to certify your back yard, garden, or school yard as a Pollinator Paradise will receive our beautiful Pollinator Paradise YXE sign (retail value $39.95) for free.”
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Fill out the form regarding Pollinator Paradise Certification
There is more information and YouTube videos on Pollinator Paradise YXE.
Query? Should there be pollinator gardens planted in the two afforestation areas by making use of the Utility Right-Of-Ways? What would it mean? Checking out the ROW zones of the afforestation areas on Google Earth there would be:
There is the potential for a whopping 141,536 square meters of pollinator gardens at Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
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There is also potential for another 33,682 square metes of pollinator gardens at George Genereux Urban Regional Park
AND it would mean invasive species would be much much easier to keep in check, and the cost of maintenance would go way way down, and the numbers of pollinators would be greatly benefited by a total of 175,218 square meters of pollinator gardens. Well, part of it could be food forests if low growing berry bushes were planted in the boundary zone, and pollinator gardens in the wire zone of the right of ways.
What do you think? Is 175,218 square meters of pollinator paradise something which would show good environmental and pollinator-friendly management practices? Is it a good idea?
Already from the closure of the east side of Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area to motorized vehicular traffic, the number of native plants is exponentially increasing without motorized vehicles using the urban regional park as a road bringing in invasive plants from everywhere. There is starting to be a rebound with an increase in native plants, and numbers of species already – without an anthropogenic management plan, just letting Mother Nature do the native flora plantings!
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There are a few more resources included as follows:
Managing Rights of Way ROW for Pollinators: A practical Guide for Managers
Monarch Butterfly Milkweed Garden 101
Pollinators and Rights-Of-Way Integrated Vegetation Management – How to Build a Pollinator Eco-system
Increasing Seed of Wildflowers Valuable to Pollinators
Roadside Vegetation and Rights of Way The Ohio State University
NAPPC Plight of the Pollinator Maintaining ROW Access and Pollinator Access North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
Interseeding Wildflowers to Diversify Grasslands for Pollinators
Pollinator Corridors under power lines BC Hydro Power Smart Prepare and Submit a ROW proposal
5 Things kinds can do to Help Pollinators
Bumble Bee Conservation A pamphlet
Gardening for Pollinators U.S. Forest Service
Landscaping for Pollinators. Small Scale…Large Scale… Penn State Department of Entomology
Habitat Highways National Wildlife Federation
Roadsides and Rights-of-Ways Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Pollinators and Roadsides: Best management practices for Managers and Decision Makers
Xerces Society Native Thistle Conservation Guide
Rethinking Rights of Way Landscapes to benefit pollinator species Science Borealis
Nesting Resources for Pollinator Habitats
Rights of Way, Roads and Pollinators Webinar
Pollinators Department of Highways Pollinator Friendly Practices and Information under FHWA
Lifelines YouTube Video Utility Rights of Way and pollinators
Pollinators and Roadsides – Linn County
Rights of Way Habitat Restoration Program Canadian Wildlife Federation
How to Create a Pollinator-friendly garden David Suzuki Foundation
Canadian Chapter of the Rights-of-Way Habitat Working Group (ROWHWG) rownetwork@cwf-fcf.org
Bumble Bee Watch Download apps for iOS or Android.
Powerline Right-Of-Way management and flower-visiting insects: How vegetation management can promote pollinator diversity Scientific paper on journal PLOS One
Budburst: Budburst brings together researchers, horticulturists, and community scientists on a shared journey to uncover the stories of plants affected by human impacts on the environment. Budburst tells these stories through data collection, data sharing, education, and personal connections.
Catch the Buzz – Pollinator Habitat in Utility Rights-Of-Way Northern Arizona University
Find out what else you can do to help Bring Back the Pollinators.
Species at risk: Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo) butterfly depends on buckwheat host plant. 
Milkweed with Monarch Buttefly (Danaus plexippus) 
Viceroy Butterfly Limenitis archippus Courtesy Benny Mazur 
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Photo credit Paul Stein 
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) photo credit William Warby
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:
Blairmore Sector Plan Report; planning for the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area, George Genereux Urban Regional Park and West Swale and areas around them inside of Saskatoon city limits
NEW P4G District Official Community Plan
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
Pinterest richardstbarbeb
Blogger: FriendsAfforestation
Tumblr friendsafforestation.tumblr.comFacebook Group Page: Users of the George Genereux Urban Regional Park
Facebook: StBarbeBaker Afforestation Area
Facebook for the non profit Charity Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. FriendsAreas
Facebook group page : Users of the St Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Facebook: South West OLRA
Reddit: FriendsAfforestation
Twitter: St Barbe Baker Charity Twitter:FriendsAreas
Mix: friendsareas
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““Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven..”
Richard St. Barbe Baker
The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.
Lady Bird Johnson
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 