The Search For the Missing Linden

“To respect a mystery is to make way for the answer.”
― Criss Jami

There are special bio-blitzes or eco-quest days coming up, but if you wish to be a detective an conduct your own bio-blitz using iNaturalist when you are free, that is fine as well. On these days, people will be trying to solve the mystery – The Search for the Missing Linden.

So where is it? Where is the Linden Tree? A prize worth $50 retail is offered to whomever finds the Linden Tree, and sends in the GPS coordinates to friendsafforestation@gmail.com for confirmation!

In 1984, the people of Saskatoon started the Richard St. Barbe Baker Foundation with an aim “to assist non-government organizations by offering them administrative, technical, and education assistance related to forestry and trees – focusing on Canada and developing countries”.

Further to this the foundation had three objectives as follows.

1. In cooperation with individuals and non-governmental organizations, to promote, support and undertake non-profit tree planting projects in Canada and worldwide;
2. To develop educational materials related to tree planting and forestry for use in both developed and developing countries;
3. To commemorate the name and works of the late Richard St. Barbe Baker.

On June 4 and 5, 1984 – also celebrating World Environment Day – Saskatoon hosted the founding conference of the Richard St Barbe Baker foundation. The conference was to promote the wise use and conservation of the world’s tree resources.

Now, then as part of the aforementioned conference ceremonies, a Linden tree, Tiliaceae, was planted at two locations in Saskatoon; Diefenbaker Center and at the west side entrance of Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area.

“Those who dare seek, shall find what they are seeking for.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

So where is it? Where is the Linden Tree? A prize worth $50 retail is offered to whomever finds the Linden Tree, and sends in the GPS coordinates to friendsafforestation@gmail.com for confirmation!

We have four planned meet ups on the west side of Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area to search for the Linden Tree.

Aug 1 meet at Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area GPS
52.102562, -106.788275 West Side

Aug 22 meet at Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area GPS
52.102562, -106.788275 West Side

Sep 12 meet at Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area GPS
52.102562, -106.788275 West Side

Description of the family as follows:

BASSWOOD Tilia americana, Linnaeus FAMILY AND GENUS DESCRIPTION- The Linden family. Tlliaceae, comprises about 35 genera with probably 175 species found in temperate and tropical regions. The members consist of trees, shrubs, and a few herbs. One genus, Tilia, alone has tree representatives in North America. This genus comprises about 20 species here 8 of which are native to North America.

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  Linden Tree Linnaeus family

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  Linden Tree Linnaeus family

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  Linden Tree Linnaeus family

BASSWOOD. Tilia americana, Linnaeus. FAMILY AND GENUS DESCRIPTION-The Linden family. Tiliaceae, its leaves are pubescent and grayish-green beneath leaves with green and smooth lower surfaces. Trunk straight, clean, with little taper.

BARK-On young stems dark gray and smooth.

TWIGS-Smooth or very finely hairy, shining:, bright red; second year olive, olive-red, usually zigzag, mucilaginous if chewed, characteristic blunt conical masses with intervening lighter colored areas are present.

BUDS-deep red. Unsymmetrical buds alternate: terminal bud absent; ovoid. 2-ranked, stout, often out in June. Perfect, regular, sweet, fragrant, cymose clusters. The long peduncle which bears the flowers is united for about half its length with a conspicuous green bract. white flowers arranged in drooping clusters attached to a green bract

FRUIT-A woody, spherical, nut-like drupe about the size of a pea. Occurs singly or in small cluster with a common stalk attached to a leafy bract and often persisting far into winter.

WOOD-Diffuse-porous; rays distinct, but colorless; light, soft, compact, moderately strong light brown to nearly white, fine in texture; little difference between spring wood and summer wood Weighs 28.20 lbs. per cubic foot.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS—The Basswood. also known as Linden, Lime-tree, Whitewood Beetree. Whistle-wood, and Lynn, large, firm un- equally based leaves with green and smooth lower surfaces, by its smooth bright red twigs, by its alternate, deep red, unsymmetrical buds with 2-3 visible scales, by its white flowers arranged in drooping clusters attached to a green bract, and by its woody spherical nut-like drupe about the size of a pea attached to winged bracts. The dark funnel-shaped areas In the inner bark alternating with lighter areas as seen in a cross-section of a twig are characteristic. The smooth dark gray bark of younger stems and the thick longitudinally-furrowed bark on older trunks are distinguishing features.

HABITAT—Rarely grows in pure stands, but usually mixed with other hardwoods. Prefers rich soils in bottomlands. It can endure considerable shade. It suffers little from windfall but occasionally from windbreak upon exposed situations.

PROPAGATION OF THE SPECIES— Seeds or seedlings may be, planted. If seedlings are used, they should be planted early in spring before growth starts. The tree sprouts from stump very freely. It grows rapidly, produces beautiful sweet smelling flowers, and is rarely attacked by fungi. It is one of our most attractive ornamental trees.

WHITE BASSWOOD Tilia heterophylla, —Usually 150-100 ft. high but may reach a height of 90 ft. with a diameter of 41 feet. It becomes as thick but not so high as the Common Basswood. Trunk -straight, clean, slightly tapering. Crown dense, broad, rather rounded.

BARK—Similar to that of the common Basswood

ETC for 8 species in North America

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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

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“Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario & Former UN Under Secretary General, UNEP – This biography of pioneering conservationist and environmental campaigner Richard St. Barbe Baker is in part a tribute to a remarkable man, and in part a guidebook for re-energizing our collective efforts to walk more lightly on Earth. In taking the reader through his life and career, Paul Hanley leaves no stone unturned: thoroughly researched chapters detail the depth and breadth of St. Barbe Baker’s activities to stave off deforestation and ecological degradation. I have no doubt this volume will inspire people everywhere to follow his example.” Her Honour Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Her Honour Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

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Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker reminds us that a sustainable future, one of inclusive prosperity, environmental stewardship, & cultural cohesion, is not beyond our reach Her Honour Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

 

Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens in Winter copyright Julia Adamson

“As long as recorded history, generations have successfully competed with their predecessors in their efforts to devise quicker, vaster, and more permanent methods of destruction and exploitation.  Science divorced ethics is like a mind which in its blind self-sufficiency has torn itself away from the heart and man’s downhill race to total destruction can only be halted by immediate, courageous and resolute action.

And who will take this action?  The world is sick indeed and needs a Divine Physician. If either of the great powers presses the wrong button to-morrow it will be too late.  This generation may either be the last to survive in any semblance of a civilized world, or it will be the first to have the vision, the daring, and the greatness to say, “I will have nothing to do with this destruction of life; I will play no part in this devastation of the land, skinning it alive by removing virgin tree cover; I am destined to live and work for peaceful construction, for I am morally responsible for the world of to-day and to the generations of to-morow.”

“TWAHAMWE” is our motto.  ‘Let us pull together’, and let us give our active support to all efforts of desert reclamation by tree-planting.”  from the Richard St. Barbe Baker’s Condensed Sketch of Richard St. Barbe Baker’s Life in the University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, Richard St. Barbe Baker fonds, MG 71

 

 

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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

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′
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
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“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

 

“We forget that we owe our existence to  the presence of Trees.   As far as forest  cover goes, we have never been in such a  vulnerable position as we are today.  The  only answer is to plant more Trees – to  Plant Trees for Our Lives.” Richard St. Barbe Baker

 

Learn more about St. Barbe

“Never start upon an undertaking until you are sure it is practicable and ought to be done, and then let nothing stand long in the way of accomplishing that undertaking. It is better to deserve success than to have it; few deserve it who do not attain it.”

“There is no failure in this country for those whose personal habits are good, and who follow some honest calling industriously, unselfishly, and purely. If one desires to succeed, he must pay the price—work!”

In order to succeed, a man must have a purpose fixed, then let his motto be victory or death.

—Henry Clay.

This quotation is very similar to the thoughts of the great humanitarian and forester, St. Barbe, ” Anticipate Success.  Let us heal the naked scars in the earth and restore her green mantle.  Let us set our Earth family in order.”~Richard St. Barbe Baker

If you are intrigued to learn more about this amazing fellow, Richard St. Barbe Baker, please visit the University of Saskatchewan library  Archives and Special Collections room.  F Hutchinson prepared a guide to the Richard St. Barbe Baker papers held at the University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections Murray Library~ 4th floor. The archivists are most helpful to learn more about the humanitarian and forester, St. Barbe.  As well, A guide to the Richard St. Barbe Baker Papers of Dr. Richard St. Barbe Baker is online as a complete pdf file, compiled by Glen Makahonuk, International Tree Foundation in 1978.

These two guides help the researcher find easily and readily the several and diverse papers submitted from the estate of Richard St. Barbe Baker. Newspaper clippings contain biographies about St. Barbe, and timely news events pertaining to St. Barbe’s world crusade to save and plant forests everywhere. St. Barbe’s passing 9 June 1982 was marked in newspapers around the world, telegrams, obituaries and newspaper articles wrote memoriams in honour and in tribute of this great man. It is fascinating to read the correspondence received by St Barbe from around the world pertaining to St. Barbe’s world wide travels, engagements and forestry efforts on an international level. Several personal papers attest to St. Barbe’s conviction as both a vegetarian, and a member of the Baha’i faith. St. Barbe was quite prolific publishing over 23 books. Published and unpublished manuscripts can be located within these archival collections such as; “Trees for Health and Longevity” and “Tall Timber” Tall Timber has biographical sketches of over 250 notable personnages whom St. Barbe knew. Many images and photos are included marking St. Barbe’s events, colleagues, friends and family members. Several interviews, published lectures, television and radio broadcasts, appointment books, and visitor books mark the collection. Fascinating accounts of two major St. Barbe initiatives, the Sahara Reclamation Project and the Redwoods programme are contained in the papers. The international organisation “Men of the Trees” formed in 1922, and within the archival collection are several Trees and Life – Journals from the Men of the Trees organization ~ as well as several editions of the Tree Lover’s Calendar. Not only papers and letters are included, but film, video, audio material, and a board game mark the collection as well. On June 4 and 5, 1984, the Founding Conference of the Richard St. Barbe Baker Foundation was held at the University of Saskatchewan.

It is also of note, that as St. Barbe was awarded the honourary Doctor of Laws by the University of Saskatchewan, the arrangements, and speeches of the event are very fitting.

Other archival collections also make reference to St. Barbe, such as those submitted to the archives by President Walter Murray or the Chapman files. For instance, by perusing both the St. Barbe papers, and the Murray archival collection, the correspondence at both ends between the two men can be ascertained.

Searching the University of Saskatchewan online library collection, there are 199 results for Richard St. Barbe Baker. Among these are many biographies written of St. Barbe and published in journals and can be found at the University of Saskatchewan Library.

Additional information is in the Government Publications Stacks such as “Man of the trees : Richard St. Barbe Baker” written by the Canadian Forestry Service, Hugh Locke and the Richard St. Barbe Baker Foundation. 1984.

Man of the trees : selected writings of Richard St. Barbe Baker was compiled by Karen Grindley in about 1989.

A man of the trees. Edward Goldsmith interviewing Richard St. Barbe Baker, Coevolution Quarterly, no. 25. 1980. features a published interview.

“Richard St.Barbe Baker,OBE was born on the 9th October 1889 in West End. He was a forestry adviser and silviculturist and Founder of the Men of the Trees in 1922. This organisation is now known as the International Tree Foundation…

For the remainder of his life Barbe Baker travelled extensively around the world, … and stimulated a new world-wide direction for forest conservation. “source

When one finishes the perusal of the life of Richard St. Barbe Baker, they feel a thrill of unbounded admiration. He was a worthy example for our youth to imitate.  Contemplating the humility of St. Barbe’s origin, and contrasting therewith the variety and extent of his works and his words, the mind is filled with admiration of the man.

 

Photo of Richard St. Barbe Baker Courtesy: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, Richard St. Barbe Baker fonds, MG 71

Colorado Blue Spruce. West Swale ichard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. Saskatoon, SK, CA Winter

Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. Chappell Marsh. West Swale Wetlands. Saskatoon, SK, CA

 

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

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′
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

Facebook Group Page: Users of the George Genereux Urban Regional Park

Facebook: StBarbeBaker

Facebook group page : Users of the St Barbe Baker Afforestation Area

Facebook: South West OLRA

Twitter: StBarbeBaker

Please help protect / enhance your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail)

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!

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What was Richard St. Barbe Baker’s mission, that he imparted to the Watu Wa Miti, the very first forest scouts or forest guides?  To protect the native forest, plant ten native trees each year, and take care of trees everywhere.

“We stand in awe and wonder at the beauty of a single tree. Tall and graceful it stands, yet robust and sinewy with spreading arms decked with foliage that changes through the seasons, hour by hour, moment by moment as shadows pass or sunshine dapples the leaves. How much more deeply are we moved as we begin to appreciate the combined operations of the assembly of trees we call a forest.”~Richard St. Barbe Baker

 

 

“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.