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Bringing pheasants back to the wild On Sept. 27, at the Viterra Elevator near North Battleford,the members of the Battlefords Wildlife Federation, students from local schools and Viterra employees released 43 pheasants into the wild. The students and staff of the schools incubated the eggs, Dan Konopelski raised the pheasants on his farm, and Viterra offered their property as the place to release and Ducks Unlimited gave their permission to release the birds on to their wetland. Also involved were the City of North Battleford, CN Railway and Battlefords District Co-op whose donations helped buy incubators and flight pens. This is a project the Wildlife Federation is spearheading to help bring back pheasants to the area and also to get students involved with giving back to nature, says organizer Cheryl Irvine. “This is an ongoing project for many years to come,” she says. Spencer Smith of Meridian Surveyors did a video from a drone of the release and anyone wishing to see it can go to Youtube and and search Battlefords Wildlife Federation Pheasant Release. Photos courtesy of the Battlefords Wildlife Federation
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Saskatchewan Horse Federation launches hall of fame Submitted The Saskatchewan Horse Federation has announced the launch of the Saskatchewan Horse Federation Hall of Fame, established to honour and celebrate Saskatchewan residents who significantly contributed to the growth and awareness of the role horses have played in the province’s culture, agriculture, industry and sport. Nominations for The SHF Hall of Fame are now being invited for individuals, couples, or families and, unique to the Hall of Fame, nominations for Saskatchewan’s horses acknowledge their role in the province’s history. Inductees may be nominated to recognize contributions to industry growth or animal welfare, accomplishments in breeding or equestrian sports, impact on early provincial agri-
cultural development, or to recognize the significance to First Nations Culture. Eligibility criteria and Nomination Forms are found at https://saskhorsehalloffame.ca/ Nominations close at midnight Dec. 31, 2019. “Horses were part of everyday life in years past and the SHF Hall of Fame proudly honors the people and horses that played a major role in Saskatchewan’s history,” says retired Veterinarian, Dr. Jim Sawatsky, SHF president-elect and committee chair of the Saskatchewan Horse Federation Hall of Fame. The 2019 selected nominees will be inducted at a celebration during the Federation’s 2020 annual general meeting next March in Regina. Further information: Pres. Elect, Jim Sawatsky, 306-231-7959 The Saskatchewan
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Saskatchewan celebrates Agriculture Month Agriculture Minister David Marit proclaimed October as Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan. Agriculture Month is an opportunity to recognize the contributions of the agriculture industry to our province and to increase consumer understanding of and trust in modern food production. Everyone is encouraged to celebrate by exploring their connection to food and food production through the theme, “Our Food Has a Story.” “Agriculture month is a time to highlight our connection to food and the role agriculture plays in the lives
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lence that is needed more than ever to overcome Leon Kochian, Cana- the daunting global chalda Excellence Research lenge of feeding 9.7-bilChair at the University of lion people by 2050,” said Saskatchewan, has won USask Vice-President Rethe 2019 Arrell Global search Karen Chad. “With Food Innovation Award for Leon Kochian’s research “global excellence in food pre-eminence and leadinnovation.” ership, supported by the Adjudicated by inter- Global Institute for Food nationally recognized sci- Security and our dynamentists, the award from the ic food security research Arrell Food Institute at cluster, we are poised to the University of Guelph provide transformative and recognizes global research sustainable research soluleaders who have made tions to help feed a growexceptionally significant ing world.” contributions to scientific As lead for the understanding that will im- ro ot s-soi l-m ic robiome prove food security for the research area at GIFS, planet. The award carries a Kochian’s work focuses $100,000 cash prize. on improving crop yields Kochian, associate di- by understanding the rector of the USask Global interactions between roots, yields for developed and Institute for Food Security the soil they live in, and developing nations.” and a faculty member in the the micro-organisms in the One of the world’s most USask plant sciences and soil. highly cited scientific soil science departments “Leon’s expertise and researchers, Kochian of the College of Agricul- leadership in roots and soil has been elected to the ture and Bioresources, is research is increasingly Agricultural Research internationally recognized valuable in a world with a Service Hall of Fame for cutting-edge plant root growing population threat- and was included on the systems research that aims ened by critical issues of Thomson Reuters’ 2018 to improve crop yields. His soil quality and fertility,” list of the World’s Most goal is to breed crops with said Steven Webb, exec- Influential Scientific healthier, more efficient utive director and chief Research Minds. FARM MACHINERY INDUSTRIAL root systems that can grow * executive officer ofEQUIPMENT GIFS. Kochian joined USask successfully in less fertile well-deserved award in 2016 from Cornell UniFULL & PARTIAL“This FARM DISPERSALS soils. will help shine more light versity and the U.S. DeHEAVY TRUCKS HARVEST EQUIPMENT “This award recognizes * on the important work he partment of Agriculture to the kind of scientific excelCARS TRUCKS * improve RV’S does to helpfor crop lead the USask CERC proVisit our* website upcoming auctions
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Study shows insecticides threaten survival of birds Submitted
New research at the University of Saskatchewan shows how the world’s most widely used insecticides could be partly responsible for a dramatic decline in songbird populations. The study is the first experiment to track the effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on birds in the wild. The study found that white-crowned sparrows who consumed small doses of an insecticide called imidacloprid suffered weight loss and delays to their migration — effects that could severely harm the birds’ ability to survive and reproduce. “We saw these effects using doses well within the range of what a bird could realistically consume in the wild—equivalent to eating just a few treated seeds,” said Margaret Eng, a post-doctoral fellow in the USask Toxicology Centre and lead author of
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the study. Eng’s collaborators on the research were biologist Bridget Stutchbury of York University and Christy Morrissey, an ecotoxicologist in the USask College of Arts and Science and the School of Environment and Sustainability. Neonicotinoids are the most commonly used class of agricultural insecticides. They are often applied as a seed coating or as a spray on most major crops world-
wide. Although the toxic effects of neonicotinoids were once thought to affect only insects, most notably pollinators such as bees, there is growing evidence that birds are routinely exposed to the pesticides, with significant negative consequences. “Our study shows that this is bigger than the bees — birds can also be harmed by modern neonicotinoid pesticides, which should worry us all,” said
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hours. That one dose also caused birds to stay 3.5 days longer, on average, at the stopover site before resuming their migration, compared to control birds. “Both of these results seem to be associated with the appetite suppression effect of imidacloprid. The dosed birds ate less food, and it’s likely that they delayed their flight because they needed more time to recover and regain their fuel stores,” said Eng. Because the researchers used controlled dosing, they were able to confirm a cause and effect between neonicotinoid exposures and delayed migration, not just a correlation that is more typical of field studies. In North America, three-quarters of bird species that rely on agricultural habitat have significantly declined in population since 1966. The results of the new study show a mechanism by which pesticides could be directly contributing to this dropoff. “Migration is a critical period for birds, and timing matters. Any delays can seriously hinder their success in finding mates
and nesting, so this may help explain, in part, why migrant and farmland bird species are declining so dramatically worldwide,” said Morrissey, senior author of the study. The three researchers examined the effects of neonicotinoids in a previous study using captive sparrows. The new research reinforces the weight loss effect seen in that 2017 study. Captive birds in the earlier study were also found to become disoriented as a result of neonicotinoid exposure. “We didn’t see that result in wild birds here,” said Eng. “In the real world, birds likely avoid migratory flight while recovering from the effects of the toxin.” Funding for the research published in Science was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program, the Kenneth M. Molson Foundation, the NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program, and a Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship in partnership with Bird Studies Canada.
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Recent bird sightings by an intrepid Turtleford-area photographer: a blue jay about to squawk, left; a robin disgruntled by the snow, right; and, centre, a quick glimpse of a bald eagle. Photos by Louise Lundberg
DUC and USask partner to advance wetland and waterfowl conservation in Canada Submitted Oct. 10, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the University of Saskatchewan announced a partnership to create the Ducks Unlimited Canada Endowed Chair in Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation — the first of its kind in Canada. The new research chair will teach and supervise students, co-ordinating education, research, and outreach to tackle the complex environmental challenges facing land, water and wildlife. The
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will open up exciting new opportunities for our faculty and student researchers, with a potentially huge impact on our environment.” Karla Guyn, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Canada and USask alumna (MSc and PhD in biology), is one of Canada’s leading conservation scientists. She is pleased that this chair will further the conservation science needed to address increasing pressures on wetlands and wildlife. This is especially important in the Prairie Pothole Region
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Guyn said USask’s location for the chair was selected over other Canadian universities. “It’s located in the heart of the Prairie Pothole Region, with easy access to the western boreal forest, another critical area for this research,” she said. Bob Clark, research scientist and USask adjunct professor in biology, has devoted his life to waterfowl and wetland conservation. “Although this chair will be focused on Canadian conservation issues, you cannot ignore
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