Many people have heard of David Suzuki, David Attenborough, or Greta Thunberg. Richard St. Barbe Baker was the first global conservationist and humanitarian. This is our way to remember his international legacy. International Online Premiere: The Legacy of Saskatoon’s Secret Forest Saturday November 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm CST (UTC-6)
So, who is Richard St. Barbe Baker?
He had the longest listing in the “Who’s Who” book which relates facts about notable people – more on this later!
The Times, June 12, 1982 said “Baker deserves to be remembered as one of the very first men to realise that we were destroying our natural resources of the world faster than was prudent that the trees were not only providers of timber, pulp and fuel but were also manufacturers of life-giving oxygen from the waste products of man and his machines; and, perhaps even more importantly, inducers of rain when massed in sufficient numbers.”
“We will also pay tribute to his life of distinguished service to mankind. Hospitality was one of his achievements.” Memorial Service
” He dedicated his life to encouraging tree planting around the world and championing environmental causes.” Saskatoon SP June 10, 1982
“He gave us a vision of a new age…We have been the recipients of an overflowing cupful of his wisdom and vision, but if we, and more particularly the world at large, had been more receptive, how much more could he have given us.” -Alan Grainger
Photo of Richard St. Barbe Baker Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, 
Our Forests. Are They Alive? 
Photo of Richard St. Barbe Baker Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, Richard St. Barbe Baker fonds, MG 71 
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area Forest 
Photo of Richard St. Barbe Baker Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, Richard St. Barbe Baker fonds, MG 71
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For directions on how to drive to Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
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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
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Please help protect / enhance your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail / e-transfers )
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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
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 