George Genereux Urban REgional Park

The importance of forests

“The importance of forests cannot be underestimated. We depend on forests for our survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we use. Besides providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forests also offer watershed protection, prevent soil erosion and mitigate climate change. Yet, despite our dependence on forests, we are still allowing them to disappear.” (WWF, 2019)

The World Wildlife Fund WWF, made St. Barbe the very first inaugural Honorary Life Member.

“’Green Survival – It Begins With You’ is the slogan of a national campaign being conducted by the American Association of Nurserymen to focus attention on the important role that plant life plays in a healthful environment.” (Cruse, 1971)

“If trees are planted where previously there weren’t any, they will on soak up CO2 as they grow, reducing the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. It is thought that trees, plants and other land-based “carbon sinks” currently soak up more than a quarter of all the CO2 that humans add to the air each year” (The Guardian, 2011)

Part of the Green Survival Campaign were a number of pamphlets. “Band together to beautify your city. Individuals and groups interested in improving the appearance of their communities can get ideas from the Green Survival Program sponsored by the American Association of Nurserymen. So far, the program has designated 12 cities as “Green survival cities” because of their efforts to pull together the resource’s of their local government, businesses and citizens. (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Vol. 33, No. 6)

“Perhaps even more telling is the importance of afforestation, forests and trees to the human condition. Richard St. Barbe “Baker’s message was simple:

If we continue tearing away the earth’s green cloak at the rate that we have we soon won’t have enough trees to provide the oxygen we need to survive, and life will disappear from the planet. All that’s required is some intelligent stewardship. It’s a world-wide responsibility.

If a person loses one third of his or her skin, the person will die; if a tree loses a third of its bark, the tree will die, and if the world loses a third of its trees, the world will die.

We live less that five minutes without air and the trees give us air we breathe. We live less than five days without water, and trees are absolutely essential in the water cycle. We live less than five weeks without food, and without the trees we could not grow food.” (Filson, 1982).

Bibliography

Cruse, Heloise (June 8, 1971), Hints from Heloise, Piqua Daily Call. Republished online Newspaper Archive.com, p. 4, retrieved July 8, 2019

Filson, Bruce K. (October 7, 1982), Western People, p. 5

How do trees and forests relate to climate change?, The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited, Feb 11, 2011, retrieved June 30, 2019

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Vol. 33, No. 6, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Republished online by Google Books, June 1979, p. 37, ISSN 1528-9729, retrieved July 11 2019

WWF. We need to safeguard our Forests. World Wide Fund For Nature. (Formerly World Wildlife Fund) 2019.

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P4G Saskatoon North Partnership for Growth The P4G consists of the Cities of Saskatoon, Warman, and Martensville, the Town of Osler and the Rural Municipality of Corman Park; planning for areas around the afforestation area and West Swale outside of Saskatoon city limits

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′
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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
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“You can gauge a country’s wealth, its real wealth, by its tree cover…A country’s very poor that doesn’t have trees.” ~Richard St. Barbe Baker

Erosion and Climate Change

The long needles of the Scots Pine

A bit of fog and hoar frost in the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

“Human beings are changing the world profoundly and – by biological standards-with extreme rapidity. In particular, we are altering the climate….If long days turn out to be cooler than expected, or significantly hotter, drier, or wetter, and if the cold days are not particularly cold, the whole life cycle can be thrown out of kilter The confusions of urban trees, when light and temperature are out of snyc, are just a warning of what may happen to all the world’s forests when the interplay of light, warmth, and moisture is altered on a global scale. If plants are seriously incommoded – and this applies to both wild trees or farm crops-everything else must suffer too. Of all the threats to the present world, this is the one that matters most.” ~Tudge, Colin. Page 276

“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

“The great Empires of Assyria, Babylon, Carthage and Persia were destroyed by floods and deserts let loose in the wake of forest destruction. Erosion following forest destruction and soil depletion has been one of the most powerfully destructive forces in bringing about the downfall of civilizations and wiping out human existence from large tracts of the earths surface. Erosion does not march with a blast of trumpets or the beating of drums, but its tactics are more subtle, more sinister.” ~ Richard ST. Barbe Baker

Bibliography.

Read more Tudge, Colin. The Tree. A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter. Crown Publishers. New York. ISBN 13:978-1-4000-5036-9 ISBN 10:1-4000-5036-7 2006.

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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.

“I believe in the Oneness of Mankind and all living things and the interdependence of each and all.” 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

Lungs of the Modern City

Autumn picture of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas supported by the non profit group Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. Please join now, like, support, share.

Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (Urban Regional Park) and George Genereux Urban Regional Park both had their beginning in 1972 with their commitment to the Green Survival Program

“Trees are the lungs of the modern city. The more industrialize the city, the more trees it requires to purify the air.” (Liddell, 1971) “the resurgence of academic interest in resource management and environmental planning that has occurred over the past 10 years This resurgence has occurred in parallel with the growth of wide public concern over possible future resource shortages, pollution, the loss of valued wildlife species and landscapes and, more generally, over the possibility and desirability of sustaining current economic development patterns and associated life styles. …There is a widespread appreciation of the environment and the threats it faces… concerns range from global issues to do with the future of industrial society, the extinction of species and even human survival, down to local issues such as preserving neighbourhood amenities” (Goyder, 1983)

“The nursery industry continued to evolve across the country in the 1970s. With environmental concerns growing in this period, the Association for American Nurserymen launched their “Green Survival” program. This initiative stressed plants’ role in buffering noise pollution, trapping air pollutants, cooling the earth, etc. “(National Register of Historic Places Registration, 2014)

The Green Survival Campaign spread across North America. “A ‘Survival’ Message Green Survival has a message. It is simply that “each individual can have a positive, meaningful effect on the quality of life by planting trees and other living plants.” The appeal of this simple message has spread across the nation, and beyond, to Canada, England, Holland and Germany. (‘Green Survival ‘Time, 1977)

Afforestation such as the tree planting undertaken by the City of Saskatoon Park’s department to create the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area and George Genereux Urban Regional Park is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees (forestation) in an area where there was no previous tree cover.

Green Survival” is the nursery industry’s own program for improving the environment, more beauty to see, and conservation of land from erosion with plantings of trees and shrub. ‘We have a great obligation here…We also have a great contribution to make’” said the AAN President Harold R. Nickel. (96^th Annual Convention Report AAN)

Bibliography

96th Annual Convention Report (PDF), September 28 1971, retrieved July 11 2019

Goyder, Lowe; Goyder, J (1983), Environmental Groups In Politics, Environmental Groups in Politics The Resource Management Series., London, UK: George Allen and Unwin (Publishers) Ltd, ISBN 0-01-329043-4, ISSN 0261-0701, retrieved July 8, 2019

‘Green Survival’ Time, Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Sentinel and Enterprise. Republished online by Newspaper Archive, May 3, 1977, retrieved July 11 2019

Liddell, Ken (November 11, 1978). “Ken Liddell’s Column”. The Calgary Herald.

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form Sherman Nursery Company Historic District Charles City Iowa (PDF), NPS Form 10-900 OMB 1024-0018, National Park Service, National Office, Washington, DC: United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service, 2014, retrieved July 11 2019

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“You can gauge a country’s wealth, its real wealth, by its tree cover…A country’s very poor that doesn’t have trees.” ~Richard St. Barbe Baker

Trees longevity

“Trees have no brains or nerves and instead run their entire lives with the aid of a remarkably short list of chemical agents: just five basic hormones, plus a handful of pigments and a miscellany of other materials, through which they convey information to others of their own species or to other organisms, including those that would attack them….The chemistry of animals, by which they coordinate their lives and communicate with others, is at least as complicated-yet they have nerves and brains as well. But then, a tree might ask, why bother with brains and all the expense and angst that go with them, when you can run your life just as well without?” ~Tudge, Colin. Page 267

“Actually, it doesn’t make evolutionary sense for trees to behave like resource-grabbing individualists… They live longest and reproduce most often in a healthy stable forest. That’s why they’ve evolved to help their neighbors.” Suzanne Simard,a professor of forest ecology University of British Columbia in Vancouver

Bibliography.

Read more Tudge, Colin. The Tree. A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter. Crown Publishers. New York. ISBN 13:978-1-4000-5036-9 ISBN 10:1-4000-5036-7 2006.

Read more: Do Trees Talk to Each Other? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/#0tof3RLaXxD0CsYu.99 Richard Grant Smithsonian Magazine March 2018

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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.

“I believe in the Oneness of Mankind and all living things and the interdependence of each and all.” 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

Fire Prevention Week

Fire. File Photo. 2016 Spring Fire Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. Saskatoon, SK CA

This is currently National Fire Prevention Week – October 6 – 12, 2019. For this year’s theme, it is “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!”

Pass on the word, and help to provide educate and awareness to everybody about the small but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe.

Autumn is typically a dry time of the year with plentiful dead and dry leaves scattered on the ground at the afforestation areas. Not only is not having open fires a good practice all year round in the afforestation areas, but it is of paramount importance not to have fires in the autumn. The residences of Cedar Villa Estates, and Montgomery Place neighbourhood are adjacent to the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation area as are the Saskatoon Italian Centre, and the freight and passengers of the adjoining Canadian National Railway Chappell Yards.

Not only that, but there is an increase in users to the afforestation areas, and in a forest, a simple fire can get out of control, and have devastating consequences as a wildfire. Please be careful out there, abide by the City of Saskatoon’s bylaws. Please provide the necessary education and awareness to all users of the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation area and George Genereux Urban Regional Park to help to honour City Council’s mandate to preserve the afforestation areas in perpetuity. One way to respect the integrity of the forest is to prevent fires.

The Saskatoon Fire Department is promoting Fire and Life Safety tips, using social media throughout the week. Check it out https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Staying-safe/Preparedness/Fire-Prevention-Week

Fire Prevention Day October 9 — National Fire Prevention Week – October 6 – 12, 2019

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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.

“I believe in the Oneness of Mankind and all living things and the interdependence of each and all.” Richard St. Barbe Baker

Many happy returns!

Dr Richard St. Barbe Baker, O.B.E., Hon. L.L.D. (Sask), F.A.I.L., For, Dip. Cantab. (St. Barbe) 9 October 1889 – 9 June 1982. Today is St. Barbe’s birthday! It is the 129th anniversary of St. Barbe’s birthdate. October 9 means he is a Libra. What is known about persons who are born under this horoscope sign? … Continue reading “Many happy returns!”

Dr Richard St. Barbe Baker, O.B.E., Hon. L.L.D. (Sask), F.A.I.L., For, Dip. Cantab. (St. Barbe) 9 October 1889 – 9 June 1982.

Today is St. Barbe’s birthday! It is the 129th anniversary of St. Barbe’s birthdate. October 9 means he is a Libra. What is known about persons who are born under this horoscope sign?

Libra Horoscope: Zodiac Sign September 23 – October 23 Tree Libra Sign Tree of Life Libra — Libra Horoscope: Zodiac Sign September 23 – October 23

Rowan Tree (Sensitivity) – October 04 to October 13
Characteristics: Full of Charm, cheerful, gifted without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, unrestful, good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive. From LagoSmart

Photo of Richard St. Barbe Baker Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections,

E. E. Cummings born October 14, 1894 [a fellow Libran]
what if a much of a which of a wind

what if a much of a which of a wind
gives the truth to summer’s lie;
bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun
and yanks immortal stars awry?
Blow king to beggar and queen to seem
(blow friend to fiend: blow space to time)
-when skies are hanged and oceans drowned,
the single secret will still be man

what if a keen of a lean wind flays
screaming hills with sleet and snow:
strangles valleys by ropes of thing
and stifles forests in white ago?
Blow hope to terror; blow seeing to blind
(blow pity to envy and soul to mind)
-whose hearts are mountains, roots are trees,
it’s they shall cry hello to the spring

what if a dawn of a doom of a dream
bites this universe in two,
peels forever out of his grave
and sprinkles nowhere with me and you?
Blow soon to never and never to twice
(blow life to isn’t:blow death to was)
-all nothing’s only our hugest home;
the most who die, the more we live

The Curious Events Day is celebrated annually on October 9.

Fire Prevention day is commemorated every year on October 9.

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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.

“I believe in the Oneness of Mankind and all living things and the interdependence of each and all.” Richard St. Barbe Baker

Autumn

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.”

~Robert Frost a beautiful autumn quotation for today!

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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 it the ‘skin’ of the earth, for without it there can be no water, and therefore, no life.~Richard St. Barbe Baker

It is not a farce.…”To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.” ~Terry Tempest Williams

“Clearly, human pressure is exerting a sudden and cataclysmic impact on much of this province, if viewed in the time-frame of evolution and geology to which the rhythms of ecosystems are tuned. The groundswell of environmental concern taking shape among us, its citizens, results in public pressure for new and stronger strictures on human exploitation and desecration…Such action is needed as the embodiment of an ethical responsibility to the land and living things, for our own well-being as well as for that of all other species.” Theberge, 1989. P.376

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