Resources
Birds Canada has developed a guide for Prairie Landowners. This guide compiles the financial incentives and other programs available to preserve, enhance, or restore Prairie habitats across the prairies, into a one-stop source of information. This guide will make it easier for landowners and producers to access these programs and take conservation action.
Find the Grasslands Incentives Guide here.
Birds Canada's Climate and Biodiversity Friendly Production Practices - Resource Guide
SK PCAP & Affiliate Resources
Guide to Habitat Attributes by Ecosite for Multiple Species at Risk Final
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes: Swift Fox
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes: Monarch
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes: Little Brown Bat
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes: Chestnut-collared Longspur
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes: Baird's Sparrow
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes: Piping Plover
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes for Northern Leopard Frog
Guide to Managing for Optimal Habitat Attributes for Loggerhead Shrike
Prairie - Manage it Today to Appreciate for Tomorrow
NOW available in French! Native Prairie - Manage it Today to Appreciate it Tomorrow - FRENCH VERSION
*for a high resolution version, contact SK PCAP
Updated 2015 - Saskatchewan Rangeland Ecosystems: Ecosite Guide
- Ecoregions & Ecosites
- Soil Series Table Soil Series Table (Excel file)
- Map Unit Table Map Unit Table (Excel file)
- Communities on Loam Ecosites
- Communities on Sand & Sandy Loam Ecosites
- Communities on Clay Ecosites
- Communities on Solonetzic Ecosites
- Communities on Gravelly Ecosites
- Communities on Dune Ecosites
- Communities on Thin Ecosites
- Communities on Badlands Ecosites
- Communities on Overflow & Subirrigated Ecosites
- Communities on Meadow & Marsh Ecosites
- Communities on Saline Ecosites
- Ecosites and Communities of Forested Rangelands
If you would like a copy of the GIS files for the ecoregion and/or ecosite map(s), please contact Geomatic Services, Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), at (306) 933-5400 or by e-mail at info@src.sk.ca.
Saskatchewan Grassland & Riparian Health Assessment Field Books
Rangeland Health Assessment Field Workbook - Native Grassland and Forest
Rangeland is land supporting indigenous or introduced vegetation that is either grazed or has the potential to be grazed and is managed as a natural ecosystem, including grassland, grazeable forestland, shrubland, pastureland and riparian areas. This workbook contains sections on native grassland and forest range health assessment methodology. It is intended as a tool for livestock producers, resource managers, agency staff, energy companies, protected area managers and anyone with an interest in the conservation and maintenance of rangeland plant communities to assess rangeland health and use rangeland in a sustainable manner.
- Native Grassland and Forest Workbook (Red)
- Native Grassland Worksheet (hydrologic function)
- Native Grassland Worksheet (veg status)
- Forest Worksheet - Indicator Method (hydrologic function)
- Forest Worksheet - Indicator Method (veg status)
- Forest Worksheet - Quantitative Method (hydrologic function)
- Forest Worksheet - Quantitative Method (veg status)
Riparian Health Assessment Field Workbook - Lakes, Slough & Wetlands and Streams & Small Rivers
Healthy, functional riparian areas provide an array of goods and services for landowners and society as a whole. This workbook contains a methodology for assessing the health of lotic riparian areas (i.e. riparian areas adjacent to flowing water). It was written for those people who can most effectively influence riparian areas with their management - landowners, livestock producers, farmers, agency staff and others who use and value these green zones.
- Lakes, Sloughs and Wetlands Workbook (Blue)
- Lakes, Sloughs and Wetlands Worksheet
- Streams and Small Rivers Workbook (Green)
- Streams and Small Rivers Worksheet
Hard copies of the three field books are available by contacting the SK PCAP Office at (306) 352-0472 or pcap@sasktel.net.
Partner & Affiliate Resources
- Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada:
- Ducks Unlimited Canada:
- What do wetlands do?
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - The Impact of Wetland Loss Fact Sheet
- Ducks Unlimited Canada_Contribution to EG&S
- Ducks Unlimited Canada Flex Farm Program and EG&S
- The Value of Natural Capital in Settled Areas of Canada
- Wetlands Help Fight Climate Change
- Wetlands Help Provide Clean Water
- Government of Saskatchewan - Oil and Gas Exploration and Development in Saskatchewan: Please contact the applicable Government of Saskatchewan ministry or agency for additional information.
- Ministry of Agriculture:
- Ministry of Energy and Resources
- Integrated Resource Information System: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/agriculture-natural-resources-and-industry/oil-and-gashttps://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/agriculture-natural-resources-and-industry/oil-and-gas/oil-and-gas-licensing-operations-and-requirements/integrated-resource-information-system-iris
- Ministry of Environment:
- Environmental Assessment: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/environmental-protection-and-sustainability/environmental-assessment
- Hunting, Angling and Biodiversity Information of Saskatchewan (HABISask) Application:http://biodiversity.sk.ca/HABISask.htm
- Water Security Agency:
- For Rural Municipalities:
- Ministry of Government Relations: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/municipal-administration/community-planning-land-use-and-development
- Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan Inc.:
- Rare Plants & Ranchers
- Assessment of the Native Plant Materials Industry in Western Canada & the Northern United States - Results from the Providers & Users of Native Plant Materials - FINAL REPORT
- Nature Saskatchewan:
- has a list of resources for stewards available here.
-Agriculture & Biodiversity: The Value of Biodiversity to Farming on the Prairies
-Agriculture & Biodiversity: The Value of Biodiversity to Ranching on the Prairies
-Agriculture & Biodiversity: Biodiversity Benefits - Companion Sheet
-A Pocket Guide to the Rare Plants of Southern Saskatchewan
- has a list of resources for stewards available here.
- Saskatchewan Forage Council (To obtain copies of either documents, please call (306) 867-8126 or office@saskforage.ca):
- - Forage Seed Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) for Invasive Plant Species Factsheet
- Grazing Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) for Invasive Plant Species Factsheet
- Hay Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) for Invasive Plant Species Factsheet
- Riparian Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) for Invasive Plant Species Factsheet
- Saskatchewan Invasive Plant Species Identification Guide
- Common Range Plants in Northern Saskatchewan
- Common Range Plants in Riparian Areas
- Common Range Plants of Southern Saskatchewan
- Common Seed Plants in Forage and Reclamation
- Establishment of Perennial Native Grass Species in the Black Soil Zone of MB and SK
- Forage U-Pick Tool: An interactive Dryland Forage Species Adaptation program has been developed to assist land managers in selecting the correct forage species best suited to their land. Information can be accessed by defining specific criteria including, but not limited to, soil zone, salinity, desired use and timing of use, soil texture, stand longevity and soil pH. Forty-five species, both tame and native, are included.
- Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan:
- Conservation Easement Fact Sheet
- Ecological Goods & Services: What you need to know
- University of Regina - Canadian Plains Research Center - Water & Wetland Plants
- Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation
- Game Management Plan White Paper
- South of the Divide Conservation Action Plan (SODCAP)
- Vegetation Heterogeneity Indicators for Sprague's Pipit Habitat
- Environmental Benefit Index (EBI) for Sagebrush/Greater Sage Grouse Habitat
- Grass Banking Fact Sheet
- Habitat Management Agreement Fact Sheet
- Habitat Restoration Information Fact Sheet
- Niche Product Branding Fact Sheet
- Results Based Conservation Agreement Fact Sheet
- Term Conservation Easement Fact Sheet
- South of the Divide (SoD)
- South of the Divide Access Authorization & Field Researcher Protocol - The South of the Divide Access Authorization & Field Work Protocol was written with input from, and at the request of, the SoD Stakeholder Committee, a group of over twenty organizations that have been working with the federal-provincial Steering Commitee on the South of the Divide multi-species Action Plan Project, over the past three years. This protocol was created to foster better understanding and communication between all user groups in the SoD area, in order to protect the long-term ecological health of the grassland for the people and wildlife that live there. - University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources
- In 2014-15, SK PCAP mentored a fourth year Renewable Resource Management Class who was investigating the loss of native prairie on a rural municipality level and the implications of such loss.
- Read the report here: Implications of Native Prairie Conversion in a SK Rural Municipality
General
- Cultivating Our Roots - Growing Authentic Prairie Wildflowers and Grasses by Nora Stewart
- Colin's Virtual Herbarium
- Internet Bird Collection
Saskatchewan Species at Risk Beneficial Management Practices Fact Sheets
- Species At Risk Beneficial Management Practices Fact Sheet for the Burrowing Owl, Loggerhead Shrike and Piping Plover
- Species At Risk Beneficial Management Practices Fact Sheet for the Ferruginous Hawk and Sprague's Pipit
Saskatchewan Species at Risk Beneficial Management Practices Presentation Templates
- Burrowing Owl Presentation
- Ferruginous Hawk Presentation
- Greater Sage-grouse Presentation
- Loggerhead Shrike Presentation
- Piping Plover Presentation
- Sprague's Pipit Presentation
- Swift Fox Presentation
- Western Spiderwort Presentation
Visit the Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre for species distribution maps of the Burrowing Owl, Ferruginous Hawk and Western Spiderwort.