Local natural history societies played a crucial role in the establishment of Nature Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Natural History Society) in 1949. This longstanding relationship means that local societies are vital to the province's natural heritage community.
One way Nature Saskatchewan collaborates with local societies is through the Local Societies Support Program. Launched in 2004, the program initially focused on assisting local societies by providing speakers for their regular meetings.
Additionally, Nature Saskatchewan offers "start-up" support for any community interested in developing a local natural history society. If your community is interested, please contact the Nature Saskatchewan office for more information.
Box 30
Chaplin, SK
S0H 0V0
President: Lori Wilson
306-629-7832
The Fort Qu'Appelle Nature Society has monthly meetings with guest speakers from October to April. Other activities include the Christmas Bird Count, Spring Breeding Bird Survey, butterfly count, mushroom foray and many other nature activties as they come up.
Box 294
Balcarres, SK S0G 0C0
President: Keith Stephens
306-334-2862
Box 995
Indian head, SK
S0G 2K0
President: Irv Escott
306-695-3987 (H)
The Kelsey Ecological Society is named for Henry Kelsey, whose travels are commemorated on a Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society plaque on Highway 49/9, between Preeceville and Sturgis.
Members of the Kelsey Ecological Society unveiled the plaque on September 15, 2012 to officially commemorate Henry Kelsey’s travels through the area. The plaque is located on a large stone near the Lilian River, approximately one mile west of Sturgis.
The plaque reads:
In the summers of 1690-91 Henry Kelsey accompanying Cree and Assiniboine Indians is now believed to have passed this spot. Trekking from the north down the Etomami-Lilian Valley corridor across the nearby Assiniboine River and up unto the open plains.
He was the first European to see the Canadian Prairies. Until the 1926 discovery of the Kelsey papers in an Irish castle the location of Kelsey’s route was only conjecture. The papers provide historians the opportunity to re-write history and to assert persuasively that Henry Kelsey was here.
The Kelsey Ecological Society was formed by a group of nature enthusiasts in April 1997, as a Chapter of Nature Saskatchewan. Our primary purposes are to bring together those who are interested in the Natural World, and to promote Education, Observation, and Sharing of Nature’s Phenomena in our area.
The Kelsey Ecological Society sponsors guest speakers and field tours throughout the year, and meets on the third Wednesday of each month (except December and January) at 7:00 PM.
Box 549
Preeceville, SK
S0A 3B0
513 - 2nd Avenue West
Meadow Lake, Sask
S9X 1B2
Coordinator: Neil Marsh
EMAIL Meadow Lake 'Woodlanders' Junior Forest Wardens
President: Kim Clark
Phone: 306-747-3076
EMAIL
www.natureprincealbert.ca/index.html
Box 291
Regina, SK S4P 3A1
Contact:
Elaine Ehman
EMAIL
www.natureregina.ca
Meetings
Meetings held on the third Monday of each month, beginning at 7:30pm, except during the summer, and are open to the public. They are held at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, at Albert Street and College Avenue, in Regina.
Neudorf is located in east central Saskatchewan 20 minutes south west of Melville. The south end of Neudorf's Main Street runs directly to our aspen groves which contain about 15 km of walking trails. The western portion of the park is set aside as a bird sanctuary, hence the name " NEUDORF NATURE TRAILS & WILD BIRD SANCTUARY SOCIETY" We are primarily devoted to the information and education side of bird study. Our information site was opened in 2013 and consisted of a picnic area with a display of 24 plaques in a semi circle around the perimeter. Future development will be an enclosed billboard stage from which lectures can be delivered to the school children or evening sessions for all. We invite all interested persons to come to Neudorf and enjoy a walk in nature.
Box 938
Neudorf, SK
S0A 2T0
President: Keith Gerstner
EMAIL
306-748-2218
The goal of the Saskatoon Nature Society is to promote the appreciation of nature and encourage a deeper knowledge of it through observation, education, and sharing of experience. We support nature conservation and actively advocate for the preservation of plant and animal habitats in the Saskatoon area. We conduct field trips year round, offer outdoor experiences for Young Naturalists in partnership with the Saskatoon Zoo Society, and support a weekday field trip program for retiree members; offer free monthly public lectures on a wide range of topics September through April; staff information booths at major community events; sell a guide to nature viewing sites in the Saskatoon area; maintain a web site; and host a Facebook Page. We are an active partner in a coalition to preserve and protect urban wetlands and an important natural area known as the Northeast Swale; and we participate in Wild About Saskatoon, the coalition organizing the annual NatureCity Festival. Many of our approximately 500 members (as individuals and in families) are dedicated volunteers who make these activities possible and generate a strong voice for nature in the Saskatoon area.
Saskatoon Nature Society
Box 27013 Grosvenor Park
Saskatoon, SK S7H 5N9
President: David Forbes
EMAIL
https://saskatoonnature.org
Meetings
All meetings are open to the public and usually held in the Biology Lecture Theatre (Biology 106), Geology-Biology Complex, at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Check the website for the schedule.
634 1st Ave NE
Swift Current, S9H 2B9
President: Janet Payne;
EMAIL
Meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month, September to June; meetings start at 7:00 pm.
Meetings are held at the Swift Current Museum, 44 Roberts St. W.
Wild about Saskatoon builds broadly based community support for the conservation of biodiversity by bringing awareness and issues home to the urban landscape of Saskatoon. Our goal is to foster a civic culture in which the health of Nature is central to all our public and private decisions.
They work with more than 50 partner organizations to host the NatureCity Festival in the third week in May each year, offering an exciting range of outdoor experiences, workshops, speakers, citizen science projects, music, art, performance and more!
Wild about Saskatoon
c/o 302 Albert Avenue
Saskatoon, SK
S7N 1G1
www.wildaboutsaskatoon.org
Chair: Candace Savage
EMAIL
45 Darlinton St. E
Yorkton, SK
S3N 0C3
President: Geoff Rushowick
306-783-5898 (H)