All of us here at the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. want to thank you for the arranging the large dumpsters placed at George Genereux Urban Regional Park for the Clean Green Community Scene clean up on Saturday September 19.
The Clean Green Community Scene followed special precautions, and had some tremendous results! It is truly a continual community effort to keep our urban regional parks in the south west of the City of Saskatoon clean and beautiful. With you help, this is an area we can be proud of.
It was truly an unparalleled success. Thank you kindly.
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
Twitter: StBarbeBaker 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
“The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. ” Wangari Maathai.
“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 nations 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.
On Sept. 19, the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. were impressed to see people come out to George Genereux Urban Regional Park to clean up garbage left behind by those contractors and people too lazy or too cheap to use the nearby landfill.
There are many who enjoy this forest. The Saskatoon Nature Society bands birds; dog walkers and foresters revel in the delights of the woodlands; citizen scientists record the flora and fauna on iNaturalist and mothers enjoy the scenery with their children and infants.
During these weird times, community members and businesses cooperated in preserving the environment at George Genereux Park. We were impressed with the results — more than 9,270 kilograms (204,367 pounds) was removed from the park. Just in time for National Forest Week, the forest has been loved and cared for.
Our team is very impressed to see people who are concerned about parks. These two areas were created in 1979, the same year as Chief Whitecap Park, Cranberry Flats Conservation Area and Beaver Creek.
We think that not too many residents in the City of Saskatoon know about Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (330 acres) and George Genereux Urban Regional Park (147.9 acres) in the very southwest of the city; they are Saskatoon’s best kept secrets and locations where it is easy to maintain social distancing.
It is very encouraging and uplifting that several community members are concerned enough with the forests to wish to preserve their beauty, legacy and heritage.
Thank you to all who helped at the George Genereux Urban Regional Park in the fall of 2020. The 148 acre greenspace allowed social distancing to keep everyone safe during COVID protocols.
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“To be standing together in a frosty field, looking up into the sky, marvelling at birds and revelling in the natural world around us, was a simple miracle. And I wondered why we were so rarely able to appreciate it.”
Lynn Thomson
“Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.” -Anne Lamott
This isn’t a typical year for cleanups. According to EarthDay.com we all still have a part to play. You you act on trash pollution and also do it safely. You can go out by yourself or with a small group of family, friends or coworkers, you can make a difference by cleaning up litter at George Genereux Urban Regional Park. EarthDay.com even has a safety checklist in addition to the safety list we have adopted!
Jake Rubenstein, Manager of the Great Global Cleanup says “And while you’re picking up litter, check out our Earth Challenge 2020 app to record the composition and amount of trash that you collected. Every data submission, including yours, will help researchers track global litter trends as part of the biggest citizen science project in the world. “
Rubenstein goes on to say; “This pandemic has not stopped the pollution of our environment — and it won’t stop us either. Cleanups are still possible, and together we can make a real difference in the health of our planet.”
The Province of Saskatchewan provides guidelines and reminders in these uncertain times about public safety in group gatherings, see the following listing. We will divide and conquer! Divide into groups, and conquer the trash! Never, ever will there be 30 or more people picking up the same trash pile!!! When you arrive please sign in at the registration desk and pick up your supplies 😉
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World Clean Up Day Saturday September 19
Risks of COVID-19REMINDERS
Individuals who are sick should stay home.
A physical distance of two metres should be maintained between people not from the same household or extended household.
Individuals should wash their hands before and after using park.
Avoid overcrowding. Individual groups must not exceed the restrictions on public gatherings.
Restrictions limiting the size of indoor and outdoor public and private gatherings remain in place. Effective July 28, 2020, indoor and outdoor gatherings may have a maximum of 30 people provided a two metre separation can be maintained at times between individuals who are not in the same household.” The gathering size restriction does not apply to:
“Settings where people are distributed into multiple rooms or buildings, and workplaces.”
In George Genereux Urban Regional Park we are all dividing up into separate workplaces whether we have more than or less than 30 people turn out. People may arrive for different shifts throughout the day, and go to separate areas to clean up throughout the park.
Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water or, when unavailable, with hand sanitizer.
Refrain from touching your face.
Carry and use alcohol-based hand sanitizers before and after.
Areas we establish, such as the registration table, and visited by people will be kept clean and free from clutter and regularly cleaned with disinfectant!
Face masks are an additional measure we are all taking here todayto protect people around you when physical distancing cannot be maintained or is unpredictable. You may use your own PPE, or know that we supply facemasks!
So celebrate World Clean Up Day on Saturday September 19 at George Genereux Urban Regional Park!
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
Twitter: StBarbeBaker 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
“The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. ” Wangari Maathai.
“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 nations 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
Rubenstein Manager of the Great Global Cleanup says; “This pandemic has not stopped the pollution of our environment — and it won’t stop us either. Cleanups are still possible, and together we can make a real difference in the health of our planet.” World Clean Up Day is Saturday September 19 the same day as the Saskatoon George Genereux Urban Regional Park clean up
The Province of Saskatchewan provides guidelines and reminders in these uncertain times about public safety in group gatherings, see the following listing. We will divide and conquer! Divide into groups, and conquer the trash! Never, ever will there be 30 or more people picking up the same trash pile!!!
Risks of COVID-19REMINDERS
Individuals who are sick should stay home.
A physical distance of two metres should be maintained between people not from the same household or extended household.
Individuals should wash their hands before and after using park.
Avoid overcrowding. Individual groups must not exceed the restrictions on public gatherings.
Restrictions limiting the size of indoor and outdoor public and private gatherings remain in place. Effective July 28, 2020, indoor and outdoor gatherings may have a maximum of 30 people provided a two metre separation can be maintained at times between individuals who are not in the same household.” The gathering size restriction does not apply to:
“Settings where people are distributed into multiple rooms or buildings, and workplaces.”
In George Genereux Urban Regional Park we are all dividing up into separate workplaces whether we have more than or less than 30 people turn out. People may arrive for different shifts throughout the day, and go to separate areas to clean up throughout the park. PLEASE SIGN IN at the registration desk first and get your supplies 😉 Thanks.
Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water or, when unavailable, with hand sanitizer.
Refrain from touching your face.
Carry and use alcohol-based hand sanitizers before and after.
Areas we establish, such as the registration table, and visited by people will be kept clean and free from clutter and regularly cleaned with disinfectant!
Face masks are an additional measure we are all taking here todayto protect people around you when physical distancing cannot be maintained or is unpredictable. You may use your own PPE, or know that we supply facemasks!
So celebrate World Clean Up Day on Saturday September 19 at George Genereux Urban Regional Park!
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
Twitter: StBarbeBaker 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
“The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. ” Wangari Maathai.
“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 nations 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
A huge thank you to EcoFriendly Sask! EcoFriendly Sask has helped out with this great environmental endeavour which is marking the inaugural day of National Forest Week here in Saskatoon!
The 148 acre afforestation area named George Genereux Urban Regional Park is all set to be cleaned up just in time for National Forest Week on Saturday September 19 by the the community members in Saskatoon!
Thank you to everyone who loves the environment, all the tree-huggers, and everyone who want to make a difference, and once again great appreciations to EcoFriendly Sask!
Here is more information about how to care for George Genereux Urban Regional Park which is located inside the City of Saskatoon!
“Boys and girls who are trained to look with understanding at trees
will form tree fellowships, they will learn of the trees’ struggle for
existence; they will learn that trees are forever giving to man and
of how dependent he is upon them for health, food, pure water,
crops, rain, rivers and streams, birds, shade, pure air – in short, life and prosperity.” 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
Twitter: StBarbeBaker 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
“The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. ” Wangari Maathai.
“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 nations 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
Thank you for the interest shown in the George Genereux Urban Regional Park Cleanup scheduled for Saturday September 19. As an outdoor event, on a large property 1/2 mile x 1/2 mile (147.9 acres) it is easy to social distance, and we are giving away free fabric re-usable facemasks for those instance where we cannot social distance. We take the well-being of our volunteers seriously! We are providing cloth facemasks, disposable face masks, plastic gloves, hand sanitizer, taking forehead temperatures, supplying individually packaged refreshment and are encouraging outdoor social distancing in this huge forest.
We are going to be tracking and recording the litter by using Data Card or Online Data Tracking Feature.
We have found out through the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup that keeping track of the litter found is a critical aspect of the Shoreline Cleanup.
Why? By tracking litter items it helps determine their origins, leading to solutions to reduce those garbage items that ends up on our shorelines and polluting the South Saskatchewan River via the West Swale (a low lying area a part of the Yorath Island Spillway a glacial river connecting the North Saskatchewan to the South Saskatchewan). The record keeping and solutions also helps reinforce the impact you are having for cleaner shorelines. There are three great ways to gather your litter data:
Pick up a Data Card from the George Genereux Urban Regional Park Registration Table.
ONLINE APP Use the Online Data Tracking Feature! Want to record your litter findings on a mobile device? Register with the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup for this event. They will email you your individual links to the online data tracking feature! Wow! It is that easy to record your data digitally. Then just login to your Shoreline Cleanup account on mobile and open this link, tap in to start tallying up the litter items you find. Only those registered on the website for the clean up will receive access to this link.
3. ONLINE APP Jake Rubenstein, Manager of the Great Global Cleanup says “And while you’re picking up litter, check out our Earth Challenge 2020 app to record the composition and amount of trash that you collected. Every data submission, including yours, will help researchers track global litter trends as part of the biggest citizen science project in the world. “
Thank you again for your consideration at finding a time during the day to come out to clean up George Genereux Urban Regional Park inside the City of Saskatoon!
Donations by bottle drive pick up (just contact us if you have bottles 306.380.5368), eTransfer or Paypal to friendsafforestation@gmail.com are very welcome for purchase of facemasks, clean up supplies. Tax receipt from the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc.
777143876RR0001 Non profit charity.
Please kindly advise friendsafforestation@gmail.com if anyone has access to either a: 1/truck
2/trailer
3/forklift
4/ wheelbarrow
5/ wagon
6/ a 2 or 4 wheel dolly
7/ a pry bar, crow bar or wrecking bar
There are both large items and smaller trash to remove from the greenspace environment on
Sat. Sept 19, 2020 9:00-5:00
Clean Green Community Scene
At George Genereux Park
Besides full day shifts, there are staggered shifts throughout the day available for anyone wishing to volunteer partial days like two hours, or 1/2 day, etc. It is wise to come for the weather – a hat, closed toe footwear, sunscreen, bug spray & water bottle, pen or pencil to help record trash, canvas gloves, masks. Prizes to win!Free facemasks, plastic gloves & trash bags. More information friendsafforestation@gmail.com
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
Twitter: StBarbeBaker 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
“The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. ” Wangari Maathai.
“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 nations 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
The Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. Virtual Bottle Drive is in the July 21, 2020 edition of the Leader Post. Thank you kindly to reporter Alec Salloum for sharing the work that our non profit charity is doing to conserve this urban regional park! Thank you kindly to those who have called and taken part in this virtual bottle drive! Greatly appreciated.
A BOTTLE DRIVE done safely!!! During the Coronavirus COVID-19, we cannot go door to door asking for bottles, but we can post our virtual bottle drive, and arrange a safe pick up.
If you should wish to support a forest and wetlands in the city, we are a non-profit charity raising money to protect these wonderful afforestation areas!
Please phone us for a recycling bottle drive pick up! We will come, and store the bottles in a garage until SARCAN re-opens. So, if you have too many bottles laying around- and they are just in the way, then do some community good, protect some endangered species, work towards saving a forest, wetlands and grasslands in Saskatoon and DONATE YOUR BOTTLES TO A BOTTLE DRIVE!
We will come and pick up, if you CONTACT US phone us 306.380.5368 or text or email friendsafforestation@gmail.com Thanks so much!!!!
We would love to give you a pamphlet with more information about the urban regional parks and our non-profit charity named Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc.!
We are raising money specifically to erect motorized vehicle barriers to mitigate illegal vehicle trespass into an urban regional parks, and to stop illegal trash dumping. We are further raising money to erect signs for the urban regional parks. If you think safe parks are a swell deal, please contact us.
We will sort out the bags and boxes of recycle donations according to the SARCAN protocols, and stand in the line ups, and issue to you a charitable tax receipt!
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 /commemorate your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail / e-transfers)
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!
“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.
“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. 