In “the Canadian prairie region, a reported 71 percent of wetlands have been lost, due primarily to agricultural land conversion but also due to road development and urban growth” according to Sizo et al.
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), wetlands mammal enjoys the emergent vegetation around Chappell Marsh such as cattails
Richard St. Barbe Baker Quotation Drop Letter Puzzle
“The majority of wetland alteration is driven by, or associated with, changes to land use and land cover (LUC) resulting from human-induced surface disturbance . In recent years, urban growth and regional development have become significant drivers of LUC change, due to the direct and indirect effects of surface disturbances to wetland hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. … Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), the assessment and integration of environmental and sustainability considerations in policy, plan, or program (PPP) development and decision making, has gained considerable momentum in recent years as a proactive and spatially appropriate framework for assessing and shaping land use policies, plans, and development actions, including urban and regional land use plans, and managing their impacts on wetlands.”[Sizo]
“The environmental significance of wetlands is well recognized: wetlands provide habitat for a large number of species, serve as flood control areas, and support ecosystems in terms of water quality maintenance, nutrient cycling, and carbon sequestration. Despite this, wetlands are decreasing more rapidly than any other type of ecosystem.” [Sizo]
There is indeed a problem. Time to put aside the herbicides and pesticides, and stop poisoning the earth. There is a need to explain how to use permaculture or the treating of the soil as an eco-system to increase the carbon sequestration and yields. Benefits of agro-forestry, and working in harmony with nature to help forest, water and grasslands will maximize soil potentials. Yes, there needs to be more education and awareness.
you can’t expect to see change if you never do anything differently
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 SW 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
Please help protect / enhance your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail / e-transfers )Support the afforestation areas with your donation or membership ($20.00/year). Please donate by paypal using the e-mail friendsafforestation AT gmail.com, or by using e-transfers Please and thank you! Your donation and membership is greatly appreciated. Members e-mail your contact information to be kept up to date!Canada Helps
Could it really be that Richard St. Barbe Baker was soldier, scholar, statesman, publicist, and tree protector all rolled into one?
His honour, W. Thomas (Tom) Molloy, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C., LL.B, LL.D. Lieutenant Govenor of Saskatchewan and Paul Hanley, author Man of the Trees. Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist. By Paul Hanley Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales Introduction by Jane Goodall,
Paul Hanley wrote Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist, with a foreword by HRH Prince Charles and introduction by Jane Goodall. His Honour the Honourable W. Thomas Molloy, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C., LL.B, LL.D. Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan featured a Book Launch on November 20
Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist; founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme. photo credit Jeekc CCx3.0
“Baker was a remarkable man. He was a true visionary who had an intuitive and near prophetic appreciation of environmental issues; issues that are impacting the planet today.
climate change
biodiversity
zerification
environmental refugees
deforestation
indigenous rights
These were all concerns he raised in the 1920s and 30s long before these issues were widely recognized. He was also a man of action. He pioneered in Africa in the 1920s many of the solutions now being proposed to deal with these problems including
agro-forestry
agro-ecology
desert reclamation
grassroots development methods
social forestry
More and more environmental science is telling us that the solution to deal with the rest of the solution is to plant more and more and more trees and supporting indigenous peoples in protecting their land.”~ Paul Hanley, November 20
Rime Ice at George Genereux Urban Regional Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. NE 21-36-6 W 3 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063 NE 21-36-6
Rime Ice at George Genereux Urban Regional Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. NE 21-36-6 W 3 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063 NE 21-36-6
“I believe with Ruskin, that I must be just to the Earth beneath my feet, to the neighbour by my side and to the Light that comes from above and within that this wonderful world of ours may be a little more beautiful and happy form my having lived in it. “Richard St. Barbe Baker.
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
In regards to your financial donations to protect / enhance the afforestation areas, please contact the City of Saskatoon, Corporate Revenue Division, 222 3rd Ave N, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0J5 If you wish to support the afforestation area with your donation please state that your donation will support the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area, or the George Genereux Urban Regional Park, or both afforestation areas. Please and thank you! Your donation, however large or small is greatly appreciated.
The trees and vegetation, which cover the land surface of the Earth and delight the eye, are performing vital tasks incumbent upon the vegetable world in nature. Its presence is essential to earth as an organism. It is the first condition of all life; it is the “Skin” of the earth, for without it there can be no water and, therefore, no life. ~Richard St. Barbe Baker
“When the trees go, the rain goes, the climate deteriorates, the water table sinks, the land erodes and desert conditions soon appear”.~Richard St. Barbe Baker
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 