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Ag societies still going strong By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter
Agricultural societies are as important today as they’ve been in the past, according to Battlefords Agricultural Society’s executive director, Jocelyn Ritchie. The Battlefords Agricultural Society began in 1885, and is one of the largest in the region. Agricultural societies, Ritchie said, came about in the early 1880s “as a way for people to exchange innovative ideas,” and they progressed from there to hold “all kinds of different shows.” Agricultural societies these days continue a tradition of running country fairs and exhibitions. When asked if agricultural societies are less relevant today, Ritchie said she didn’t believe so. “There are still so many new innovations that are shared throughout some of the things we do,” Ritchie said. Last year, the society hosted Markus Weber of Landview Drones, as he gave a class on operating the machines, which are becoming an important piece of farm equipment. Safety is also a concern for ag societies, and the organizations host safety days. Kids attend for free and learn about farm safety, urban safety and chemical safety, Ritchie said. One change that has taken place over the years, Ritchie said, is people running their own wholesales, livestock shows and auctions and hosting them at their farms. “They used to come and we’d have several different days throughout the year and a lot of different auction sales on our facilities,” Ritchie said. Ritchie is the president of the provincial agricultural societies board and 80 separate communities have agricultural societies. Small country fairs have gained popularity recently, Ritchie said, particularly those in which sellers bring preserves and handiwork. The Battlefords Agricultural Society, according to Ritchie, has “one of the last surviving draft horse shows in the province, and we’re very proud of that.”
The show saw increased participants last year, Ritchie said. “We’re keeping that strong and alive and it’s very important to us,”
Ritchie said. Battlefords Agricultural Society memberships cost $25 per year, and Ritchie said the organization “is always looking for lots of
volunteers.” The Battlefords Agricultural Society’s facilities include the AgriVilla, a 4,800 square foot building available year round for
Battlefords Agricultural Society Executive Director Jocelyn Ritchie says agricultural societies originated as a way to exchange innovative ideas. Photo by Josh Greschner
rentals. It also houses the administration offices of the society. Facilities also include the AgriPlex building, available April to October for rentals. There are also barns and livestock show rings, a grandstand and chuckwagon track and a winter storage area. Upcoming events in-
clude an indoor community garage sale on May 4, Progressive Ag Safety Day Program on Friday, May 10 (the largest urban and rural safety and health education program for children in North America) and Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association races May 31 to June 2.
The 34th annual Agri-mex was held recently featuring 100 exhibits at the Agriplex and Agrivilla showing off the latest items for home and farm. According to the Battlefords Ag Society, Agri-mex is the largest show in the area and annually attracts over 5,000 people from a 160 km radius. Photo by John Cairns
Horse shows are part of the annual fair. File photo Northwest Territorial Days 2019 kicks off with a parade on Aug. 13 and events at the exhibition grounds run Aug. 14 to 16. General gate admission includes everything from the livestock shows (including a heavy horse show and light horse shows), commercial exhibits, yard acts, petting farm, grandstand performances, kids entertainment, demolition derby and more. File photo
The midway at Northwest Territorial Days 2019 will open each day at 1 p.m. and go until midnight. File photo
Professional chariot and chuckwagon races thrill audiences on the Battlefords Agricultural Society track. File photo
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Agri-mex 2019
This was from the opening day of Agri-mex on April 4 at the Battlefords Ag Society grounds. The 34th annual show ran through Saturday and features 100 exhibits at the Agriplex and Agrivilla showing off the latest items for home and farm. According to the Battlefords Ag Society, Agri-mex is the largest show in the area and annually attracts over 5,000 people from a 160 km radius. Photos by John Cairns
First resilience report measures province’s readiness for climate change The Government of Saskatchewan released its first climate resilience report recently, with measures that demonstrate how the province is increasing resilience to climate change. The report covers five key areas: natural systems, physical infrastructure, economic sustainability, community preparedness and human well-being. The Climate Resilience Measurement Framework, released in November 2018, is a commitment in
the province’s Prairie Resilience climate change strategy. This first report identifies targets, baselines, historical trends and the current status for 25 measures of resilience. The measures are classified in one of three ways: good (showing desired trend), fair (maintaining or mixed trend) or poor (undesirable trend). Fifteen resilience measures in the report are classified as good and are demonstrating anticipated trends. Most of the mea-
sures listed under natural systems and economic sustainability are in good standing, including the following: • Saskatchewan continues to sequester significant amounts of soil organic matter, an indicator of soil productivity and carbon sequestered in provincial soil. • We are increasing the number of culverts on the national highway system to meet a new provincial flood standard. This makes the province’s trans-
portation network more resilient to extreme weather events. • We are reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product, which indicates our industries are becoming more environmentally efficient and cost-effective. • We are increasing the area of Crown land with wildfire fuel management practices, which reduces the risk of wildfire to northern communities. Seven measures in the report are classified as fair, providing opportunities to reinforce the province’s resilience to climate change, including: • Efforts will continue to increase the amount of renewable energy sources as part of our provincial electricity mix, with a goal of up to 50 per cent of pro-
vincial electricity generation capacity from renewables by 2030. • We will increase the number of communities with active surveillance for mosquito- and tick-borne disease, both indicators of changing climates and conditions. • We will continue to look at options to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from government-owned buildings. “Resilience to a changing climate is just as important as reducing our own provincial emissions,” Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said. “Assessing and improving on these 25 measures will help people and communities across the province to cope with, adapt to and recover from the inevitable stresses of climate change
and extreme weather.” Duncan added, “The overall status of the measures is encouraging. This report indicates where we are demonstrating desirable results, and also where we may need to improve going forward to keep communities and families protected from the impacts of climate change.” The province will continue to track and annually report on the climate resilience measures to better understand Saskatchewan’s resilience to climate change, and to identify areas of further focus and improvement. The province’s first annual Climate Resilience Measurement Framework report and full Prairie Resilience climate change strategy are available at www.saskatchewan.ca/climate-change.
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German study finds high-intensity agriculture reduces number of butterfly species in adjacent areas by two-thirds Meadows adjacent to high-intensity agricultural areas are home to less than half the number of butterfly species than areas in nature preserves. The number of individuals is even down to one-third of that number. These are results of a research team led by Jan Christian Habel at the Technical University of Munich and Thomas Schmitt at the Senckenberg Nature Research Society. Germany is home to roughly 33,500 species of insects – but their numbers are decreasing dramatically. Of the 189 species of butterflies currently known from Germany, 99 species are on the Red List, 5 have already become extinct, and 12 additional species are threatened with extinction. Now a team led by Prof. Jan-Christian Habel of the Department of Terrestrial Ecology of the Technical
University of Munich and Prof. Thomas Schmitt, Director of the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg in Brandenburg, has examined the specific effects of the intensity of agricultural use on the butterfly fauna. The research team recorded the occurrence of butterfly species in 21 meadow sites east of Munich. Of these study sites, 17 are surrounded by agriculturally used areas, and four are in nature preserves with near-natural cultivation. They recorded a total of 24 butterfly species and 864 individuals in all study sites. Specialists among the butterflies were particularly dependent on near-natural habitats, while the more adaptable “generalists” were also found in other grassland sites. “In the meadows that
are surrounded by agriculturally used areas we encountered an average of 2.7 butterfly species per visit; in the four study sites within the nature preserves ‘Dietersheimer Brenne’ and ‘Garchinger Heide’ we found an average of 6.6 species,” adds Prof. Werner Ulrich of the Copernicus University in Thorn, Poland. “Our results show an obvious trend: in the vicinity of intensively cultivated fields that are regularly sprayed with pesticides, the diversity and numbers of butterflies are significantly lower than in meadows near less used or unused areas,” explains the study’s lead author, Prof. Dr. Jan Christian Habel of the Technical University in Munich. “Our study emphasizes the negative impact of the conventional, industrialized agriculture
on the butterfly diversity and shows the urgent need for ecologically sustainable cultivation
methods. Additional field studies may aid in identifying individual factors responsible for
the insect die-back and in implementing appropriate countermeasures,” adds Schmitt in closing.
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Female chuckwagon driver makes history Amber L’Heureux’s father, a pony chuckwagon champion driver for many years, was instrumental in leading her to the sport.
Story and photos by Terry Villeneuve Meadow Lake Northern Pride
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Amber L’Heureux, the first female driver to compete in the CPCA, is interviewed by Lloydminster television sports reporter Josh Ryan of PrimeTime Local News. Photo by Terry Villeneuve
katchewan Pony Chariot & Chuckwagon Association circuit,” she added. “I kind of got thrown into it, but at that moment I knew I had the ability to do more than just sit halfway in the pack. From there I started looking to thoroughbred wagon racing. Dad retired from racing after the 2017 season and we sold off all the ponies last July and began focusing on the big wagons.”
Tarp auction raises huge dollars
Businesses of all sizes opened their coffers during the CPCA Finals Tarp Sale to the tune of $232,500. This is nearly $50,000 more than last year’s total of $183,500 for the same
number of drivers – 22. The average price was $10,568 while the highest selling wagon was Barry Hodgson’s, which went for $27,000. L’Heureux meanwhile, pulled in $10,000 from FDB Gravel Inc. of Flying Dust First Nation near Meadow Lake. “It was overwhelming and unbelievable,” L’Heureux said afterward. “I knew it was going to go well just because of the things I pre-arranged going into the sale with other sponsors. But when the bidding war broke out, I was in a bit of a shock standing on stage because I couldn’t see who was bidding on me near the
back of the room.” L’Heureux had been in conversation with potential sponsors prior to the sale who had different budgets. “As it turned out, I hadn’t even spoken with the folks from FDB Gravel before I went on stage,” she added. “The Meadow Lake area has been very good to me over the years because most of our pony race meets were near there.” There are 22 wagon drivers on the 2019 CPCA tour and the first stop will be in North Battleford May 31-June 2. The association’s finals is scheduled for Aug. 14-18 at the Lloydminster Exhibition Halstead Downs. Continued on Page 3
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At the CPCA Finals Tarp Auction Sale in Lloydminster, it was announced the firstever female driver, Amber L’Heureux, will compete on the 2019 Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association tour this summer. Continued rom Page 2
Tarp Auction Results
(total $232,500 • average $10,568) 1. Barry Hodgson, Wetaskiwin AB $27,000 2. Kris Molle, Chauvin AB $20,000 3/4. Lane Tournier, Blackfalds AB $17,000 3/4. Jamie Laboucane, St. Walburg SK $17,000 5. BJ Carey, Lloydminster AB $15,000 6. Louis Stanley, Frog Lake AB $14,000 7. Todd Baptiste, Cando SK $12,000 8/9. DJ King, Meadow Lake SK $10,500 8/9. Danny Ringuette, Bonnyville AB $10,500 10/11/12. Dale Mitsuing, Loon Lake SK $10,000 10/11/12. Chance Bensmiller, Dewberry AB $10,000 10/11/12. Amber L’Heureux, Glaslyn SK $10,000 13. Ray Mitsuing, Loon Lake SK $8,000 14. Dallas Dyck, Dewberry AB $7,500 15. Wayne Knight, St. Walburg SK $7,000 16/17. Rocky Bremner,
Glaslyn SK $6,500 16/17. Brad McMann, Chauvin AB $6,500 18/19. Robby Ethier, Grandora SK $6,000 18/19. Kirby Stanley, Meadow Lake SK $6,000 20. Eric Gladue, Rapid View SK $5,000 21. Kris Flanagan, Bonnyville AB $4,000 22. Preston Faithful, Frog Lake SK $3,000
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Amber L’Heureux, the first female driver to compete in the CPCA, was in the spotlight at the recent tarp auction where her outfit went for $10,000. Photo by Terry Villeneuve
Agribition unveils new pro-circuit rodeo for 2019 REGINA – Canadian Western Agribition has released the financial details of a successful year at its Annual General Meeting. CWA is reporting a profit of $190,671 from operations in 2018. “It’s important for
Agribition to continue to operate responsibly, and to ensure the show and the organization is sustainable in the long term,” says CWA President Bruce Holmquist. “We’re proud of the fact that we continue to add programming
and bring new visitors to Agribition while ensuring that we also grow and make improvements to the show.” The 2018 show saw improved attendance over 2017 and a record-high value of purchases from
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Healthy loons, healthy lake
You can help loons while enjoying your lake this summer The Canadian Lakes Loon Survey has been undertaken annually by volunteers coordinated by Bird Studies Canada since 1981. Monitoring this icon-
ic bird provides important information regarding the species as well as our environment. Marlies and Dieter Schoenefeld joined Bird
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“Healthy loons, healthy lake,” say long time Canadian Lakes Loon Survey volunteers Marlies and Dieter Schoenefeld. The Schoenefelds want more of us visiting lakes this summer to take part in the survey. Photo by Sandra Horvath
wanted to be part of an important survey, paddle our canoe, watch loons and have our observations included in research about bioindicators. What a pleasure that was. Paddle with a purpose,” they said. “More volunteers are needed to survey these birds at lakes across Canada. These data will be vital to determine if loons are in decline, holding steady or making gains,” says Kathy Jones, Canadian Lakes Loon Survey Volunteer Coordinator, Bird Studies Canada. No experience is needed to observe and report on the loon chicks at your local lake as a citizen scientist. The information collected will become part of the upcoming 40-year Loon Survey Report and is needed to give a true picture of the status of the Common Loon and the health of Canada’s lakes.
No experience is needed to observe and report on the loon chicks at your local lake as a citizen scientist. The information collected will become part of the upcoming 40-year Loon Survey Report. If you will be at a lake in Canada at least one day in each of June, July and August please sign up for the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey. Bird Studies Canada will provide you with a kit and will help you get started. To learn more visit birdscanada.org/loons or contact: Kathy Jones, Canadian Lakes Loon Survey Volunteer Coordinator, Bird Studies Canada volunteer@birdscanada.org 1-888-448-2473 ext. 124
For additional information on Canada’s Common Loons please visit: birdscanada.org/LoonFacts Bird Studies Canada is Canada’s leading national charitable organization dedicated to bird science and conservation. We offer many volunteer opportunities for both experienced birders and those who are interested in connecting with nature, birds and want to learn more. For information and to join Bird Studies Canada please visit birdscanada. org.
Agribition unveils new pro-circuit rodeo for 2019 Continued from Page 3 “Agribition’s strength continues to be its people,” says CWA CEO Chris Lane. “The exhibitors, volunteers, guests and sponsors that continue to help us build and maintain momentum is the key to stay-
ing relevant in agriculture.” CWA also announced Agribition will be home to the Maple Leaf Finals, a new professional circuit finals rodeo in Canada. The event will feature 10 of the top contestants in each of the seven major rodeo
events competing over four nights for over $100,000 in prize money. “Western culture has been a key piece of the foundation of Agribition for almost 50 years,” says Holmquist. “Rodeo has been a very important part
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What’s up with the wolves of Waskesiu Spring is great time of year to visit Prince Albert National Park. The park offers picnic facilities and serviced roads, making it easy to spend time outdoors. The backcountry offers untouched wilderness and solitude for those seeking a secluded experience in nature. April is also when wolves expand their packs with the birth of pups. Monitoring of collared Grey wolves is providing more knowledge about the wolf packs that roam the west section of Prince Albert National Park. This is one of the most exciting times of year, as the anticipated birth of wolf pups will expand the packs. Based on data gathered from 2013 to 2017, patterns that make up the life cycle of two wolf packs in Prince Albert National Park are becoming clearer. “Before the study we already had the alpha male and female from the Amyot pack collared and knew where her den site was,” said Joanne Watson a resource management officer at Prince Albert National Park. “During the study, we were able to collar more individuals from the Amyot and Lofthouse packs and get a good understanding of them.” Watson is stationed on the park’s west side. She’s led winter field studies to
examine the relationship between wolves and plains bison under the guidance of an ecologist and with the help of post-secondary students and volunteers. They have identified two packs and named them after locations – Amyot Lake and Lofthouse Trail – in the territory they each occupy. Geospatial Positioning System (GPS) collars from the individual wolves gave longitude and latitude points of the animals every hour allowing scientists to track their movements and begin to understand their behaviour through site investigation. Speaking about the Amyot alpha female, Watson said, “Like clockwork, in April, she went underground to have her pups. We knew this because we would stop getting any signals off of her GPS collar.” On one occasion after the wolves had vacated the Amyot den, Watson and a plains bison researcher from Université Laval hiked to the den site. “There are actually several dens in the same area that we think are used rotationally. Once the pups are a couple of months old, they are moved to a new den to get away from fleas or other parasites that have become bothersome in the whelping den. This particular site also had a rendezvous area,” Watson said.
One winter, so as not to bother the pack when the pups were young, Watson and a student followed GPS clues that had repeatedly showed up in the same spot and discovered a unique rendezvous site. “We hiked about 200 metres from our snow machines to the spot,” Watson said. “The cool thing about this one rendezvous site was that, just like a dog does with a bone, the wolves had dragged bones and skulls of all different animals into this small meadow to chew on them so it looked pretty cool and then we saw a wolf. It started to advance toward us but then stopped just in the tree line and watched us so we retreated to give
it space.” The rendezvous area is where the pack beds down during the warm summer months once the litter of four to six pups are old enough to venture aboveground. Through the four consecutive winters of studying wolves and plains bison, Watson said they discovered that the two identified wolf packs were primarily hunting moose and deer rather than bison. Watson said: “Since bison have been off the landscape for so long, that knowledge of how to hunt them was lost.” Bison were reintroduced by the province in the Thunder Hills area in 1969, but the animals mi-
grated south shortly after. Approximately six to 10 of those became established to form what is now referred to as the Sturgeon River plains bison herd. They live in and around the southwest side of Prince Albert National Park. “The Amyot pack has since learned how to hunt them again but we haven’t found any bison kills sites in the Lofthouse pack territory,” said Watson. Research has determined that it is the Amyot pack hunting the bison because there is a distinct border between the two packs’ territories marked by frequent urine, stool and scratch mark sites along the Lofthouse Trail. At times, they have discov-
ered the bodies of wolves along the territory line that showed signs of having been in a fight. “There are lots of turf wars. You can see evidence of it so we know that the packs generally stay on either side of that line,” said Watson. “The Amyot pack is in the south where they interact with bison 12 months of the year. The bison are only in the Lofthouse pack’s territory to the north during the winter months so they are not as familiar with them. Being around bison all year probably gave the Amyot pack time to consider how to hunt them.” Watson said that another reason the wolves might Continued on Page 8
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Conservation collaboration benefits greater sage-grouse CNW – With the release of 66 greater sage-grouse into the wild, the Calgary Zoo, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and Parks Canada, has significantly boosted one of Canada’s most endangered birds at a time when fewer than 250 remain in their habitat. This milestone release is the result of a five-year program by the Calgary Zoo, which is working in collaboration with NCC and Parks Canada, with funding support from the Governments of Canada and Alberta. “These are early days in the urgent effort to save this precious species, but what we have been able to accomplish so far has been truly remarkable,” says Dr. Axel Moehrenschlager, Director Conservation and Science, Calgary Zoo. “With the help of many partners, we have built an innovative, multi-year breeding and reintroduction program, which we hope will ensure this iconic prairie bird can flourish for generations to come.” Once common across the western prairie, an estimated 80 per cent of the greater sage-grouse population has disappeared over the past 30 years. Today fewer than 250 wild greater sage-grouse remain in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The birds were designated as endangered in Canada in 1998 under the Species at Risk Act. The loss, fragmentation and degradation of native grassland habitats are key reasons why the bird is endangered. Other factors are predation and the West Nile virus. Populations are limited to sagebrush grasslands. Greater sage-grouse recovery project: In 2014, the federal and provincial governments pledged funding to help protect greater sagegrouse, enabling the zoo to begin a dedicated conservation breeding and reintroduction program. The plan was based on recommendations from the international multi-stakeholder
Population and Habitat Viability Assessment Workshop for the greater sagegrouse in Canada. In 2016, the zoo announced the creation of Canada’s first-ever greater sage-grouse breeding facility: the Snyder-Wilson Family Greater SageGrouse Pavilion. Since then the zoo has established a healthy population of 54 grouse that make up the conservation breeding flock. In the fall of 2018, the Calgary Zoo released 66 birds at two protected locations. One of the sites, provided by Parks Canada, is in Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan. The other is on NCC conservation lands in southeast Alberta. NCC purchased this grassland property last year to provide a suitable environment in which to release sage-grouse. For the further protection of the birds, the exact release
locations are not being identified. The greater sage-grouse is one of 12 at-risk species that the Calgary Zoo is helping to restore and preserve in western Canada. The Snyder-Wilson Family Greater Sage-Grouse Pavilion is part of the Devonian Wildlife Conservation Centre, the Calgary Zoo’s 130-hectare (320-acre) offsite conservation facility. It is the only facility of its kind in Canada. Conservation organizations working together to protect species at risk: In 2018, the Calgary Zoo approached the Nature Conservancy of Canada about purchasing a conservation site in Alberta specifically for the purpose of releasing these endangered birds. The property acquired by NCC is located southwest of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. It is 60 hectares (150 acres) and situated between areas in which sage-grouse congregate in the spring, called leks. Here, males display courtship dances for females. The property is also near overwintering sites that have been used by wild greater sage-grouse populations in recent years. The project site is surrounded by intact Crown
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I think growing food is one of the most important skills we can gain. For those of us who don’t live on a farm, it gives us an appreciation of what goes into producing the food on our plates. And it’s something we can pass on to our children (eventually they’ll appreciate those hours of weeding). In addition, growing your own food doesn’t get more local than that, even if it’s just in a small garden patch in the back yard. Although I went to university to learn about agriculture (specifically horticulture), I feel I can always learn something new about producing food, in particular vegetables. That’s why I was pleased to see this year’s Prairie Garden (‘Western Canada’s only Gardening Annual’) with the theme, Growing Food. Contrary to public opinion, not everything worth knowing is on the interweb. This edition, like the previous 79, is filled with the experience of practitioners – people with dirt under their nails – from master gardeners, university professors, greenhouse growers, botanists, garden authors and bloggers, plant pathologists and, yes, backyard gardeners. I love fresh tomatoes,
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Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc), you know that root maggots can be a problem – for that, I refer you to Melanie Matheson suggestions. There are over 50 articles on topics like growing vegetables in clay or sandy soil, backyard beekeeping, fruit production, artichokes, perennial vegetables, horseradish, proper potato planting (have we been doing it wrong all these year?), and so much more. One thing I really love, that I think is new this year, is the recipes that follow many of the articles. The Prairie Garden is a ‘non-profit publication
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pc.gc/princealbert.ca and under the Nature and Science tab at: www.pc.gc.ca/ en/pn-np/sk/princealbert/ nature/bisons. Grey wolves are the largest wild member of the dog family (Canidae) and commonly referred to as the Timber wolf. A male wolf can weigh up to 70 kg, while the females typically are smaller, weighing up to 50 kg. The fur of grey wolves can vary from greys and blacks, to browns and reds, to almost pure white. The thick fur, with an outer layer of guard hairs and soft undercoat, helps wolves stay warm through the winter. The population of Grey wolves that roam in and out of the park boundary is estimated at 60 to 100. Wolves typically have a litter of four or five
pups, however only half of the pups reach adulthood. In the summer months, Parks Canada hosts Wolf Howl interpretive sessions where the public is encouraged to learn more about the animals. Visitors can call, listen and respond to the howls of wolves in Prince Albert National Park. Recent wolf sightings in the park include in the clearings and bogs along the Narrows Road, on Waskesiu Lake near Paignton Beach and along Highway 2, a few kilometres before the junction to Highway 264. Visitors can learn more about wolves by reading the outdoor interpretive panels at Rendezvous Ridge on the Boundary Bog self-guided hiking trail.
Continued from Page 6 not be hunting as many bison is because moose and deer tend to travel alone or in small groups that are easier to chase to exhaustion and kill while bison have a herd mentality. While the wolves can get bison to run, making them vulnerable, bison are more likely to circle the calves and stand their ground, working together to stave off an attack. They are larger and a more formidable animal for wolves to go after. Parks Canada continues to collar and track wolves in efforts to learn more about the large mammals. More information and photos about the plains bison and wolf research can be found online at www.
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Reminder of important agristability deadline Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister, David Marit, are reminding Saskatchewan producers that the deadline to enroll in the AgriStability Program is April 30. AgriStability is a lowcost risk management program offering financial assistance to producers who experience large margin declines due to production loss, adverse market conditions or increased costs. “AgriStability is an essential tool to help farmers manage risks and financial losses due to poor yields, low commodity prices, or rising input costs,” said Bibeau. “The federal government will continue to work closely with the Saskatchewan government to provide farmers with the tools and programs they need to help them manage significant risks that are beyond their capacity to manage.” “While Crop Insurance provides coverage for in-season crops, AgriStability provides further coverage for other risks to your farming income,” Marit said. “The programs work together to maximize your coverage, giving producers whole farm protection.” AgriStability accounts for a producer’s whole farming operation; not
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