A compilation listing of species of concern to date in the Afforestation Areas compiled from the sources provided below. Numbering close to 60 species at risk.
A compilation listing of the tree species to date in the Afforestation Areas including the 10 planted or afforested tree species when the afforestation areas were started as tree nurseries, including one noxious invasive tree species, and the other 39 tree species coming naturally and mostly native.
Richard St Barbe Baker Afforestation Area Natural Area Management Plan by WSP
Environmental Dynamics Inc. EDI natural area screening study
City of Saskatoon West/Southwest Sector Natural Area Screening Study Golder Associates
A diversity of ecosystems such as wetlands, native aspen bluffs, meadows, ecotones similar to the boreal forest come to view in these prairie man-made forests on the prairies which are semi-wilderness habitats referred to as laboratories in ecological succession.
iNaturalist Richard St. Barbe Baker Project Page -a variety of organism species
iNaturalist George Genereux Project Page-a variety of nature organism species
Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Profile
eBird Hot Spots– birds spotted mainly by the Saskatoon Nature Society
Approved Richard St. Barbe Baker Site Enhancements starting this fall. 2024