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STURGEON RIVER PLAINS
BISON STEWARDS
GRASSROOTS MANAGEMENT
OF A NATIONAL TREASURE
POST HOLE DIGGER
HISTORY OF THE STURGEON
RIVER PLAINS BISON HERD
• RELEASED IN 1969 NEAR MONTREAL LAKE, SK
• MOVED TO SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PRINCE ALBERT
NATIONAL PARK
• MOST WERE CAPTURED AND TRANSPORTED TO OTHER
AREAS
• ESTIMATED 6 TO 19 BISON REMAINED IN PARK
• HERD PEAKED AT 450, NOW ESTIMATED AT 325 ANIMALS
SOME FACTS
• CANADA’S ONLY FREE
RANGING HERD STILL
WITHIN HISTORIC PLAINS
BISON TERRITORY
• COMMITTEE ON THE
STATUS OF WILDLIFE IN
CANADA (COSEWIC)
DESIGNATED PLAINS
BISON AS THREATENED –
MAY 2004
• DENIED DESIGNATION
AS SPECIES AT RISK
UNDER SPECIES AT RISK
ACT IN 2005
AS TIME GOES ON
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE
SRPBS?
• ADDRESS CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES
• EDUCATION AND INFORMATION
• FACILITATE SOLID COMMUNICATION
4 MAJOR PARTNERS
• PRINCE ALBERT
NATIONAL PARK
• SASKATCHEWAN
MINISTRY OF
ENVIRONMENT
• STURGEON RIVER
PLAINS BISON
STEWARDS
• LOCAL
LANDOWNERS
OTHER PARTNERS
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PRINCE ALBERT MODEL FOREST
3 RURAL MUNICIPALITIES
BIG RIVER FIRST NATION
INNOVATIVE NATURAL RESOURCE
SOLUTIONS
PARKLAND AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUP PLAN
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
SOCIETY
AMERICAN BISON SOCIETY
CANADIAN WILDLIFE SERVICE
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
CANADIAN BISON ASSOCIATION
SASK. BOREAL FOREST LEARNING
CENTER
UNIVERSITE LAVAL
SASKATCHEWAN WATERSHED
AUTHORITY
LOCAL ECO-TOURISM OPERATORS
SRPBS PROGRAMS
• HAZING BISON OFF
SENSITIVE LAND
• DIVERSIONARY FENCING
• ENVIRONMENTAL FARM
PLANS
• LONG TERM
MANAGEMENT PLANNING
• “BISON TIMES”
NEWSLETTER
• “BISON ON THE EDGE”
CONFERENCE, JUNE 2010
• UPCOMING EASEMENT
PURCHASE PROPOSAL
JOINT EFFORTS
• “SAKAW MOSTOS” EDUCATION PROJECT
• BISON AND VEGETATION MONITORING
• PRESENTATIONS AND MEDIA
• 2008 ANTHRAX OUTBREAK
WHAT’S OUR FORMULA?
• COOPERATION
• BALANCE
• STRONG LOCAL INVOLVEMENT
• HANDS ON MANAGEMENT
• FACE TO FACE COMMUNICATION
• STAY WITH IT
FACES
OUR OFFICE
KEEP IT REAL
LEAVING A LEGACY
THANK YOU