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Key Contact Information for Landowners

Sturgeon River Plains Bison Stewards

Gord Vaadeland
(Executive Director)
306-469-2356
gord@bisonstewards.ca

Becky Gillespie
(Field Technician)
306-469-2400
rebekahg333@gmail.com

Angela Vaadeland
(Management Planning Coordinator)
306-469-2146
management.plan@bisonstewards.ca

Volker Schmid
(Intern - Rottenburg University, Germany)
306-469-2423
volker.schmid85@gmx.de

Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Big River Field Office

Al Hrynkiw and Glenn Honig
(Conservation Officers)
306-469-2520

Prince Albert National Park Sturgeon Crossing Station

Joanne Reimer
(Resource Conservation)
306-469-4412

 
 

Management Planning Underway!

The development of the Sturgeon River Plains Bison Management Plan is underway, led by the Sturgeon River Plains Bison Stewards, Prince Albert National Park and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment.

The next meeting/workshop for the Sturgeon River Plains Bison Management Plan will be held at the Big River Community Center, Big River, SK on December 6, 2011 from 10AM to 3PM.

In addition to the Stewards, PANP and the Sask MOE, confirmed participants in the process to date include the Rural Municipalities of Big River, Canwood and Shellbrook, Big River First Nation, Ahtahkakoop First Nation, Métis Nation of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert Grand Council, Nature Conservancy Canada, Wildlife Conservation Society, Nature Saskatchewan, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, National Wildlife Refuge Association, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation, Canadian Bison Association, Waskesiu Wilderness Region Destination Marketing Organization, Big River and Area Forestry Committee and the Parkland Agri-Environmental Group Plan.

For more information on the process and how you can participate, please contact us at management.plan@bisonstewards.ca or follow us on facebook.

Relevent Documents

October 4, 2011 Meeting Minutes

IUCN Bison Status Report

June 20, 2011 Meeting Minutes

On Private Land Presentation

Bison History and Research Presentation

Bison Disease Presentation

May 16, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Suggested Management Plan Sections

March 15, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Terms of Reference

Bison Management Plan Presentation

 
 

Photo courtesy Miguel Segur

Bull

Photo courtesy Guy Lundstrom Photography

Education Group

Photo courtesy of Gord Vaadeland and Saskatchewan Boreal Forest Learning Center

Bison Tracking in Prince Albert National Park

Photo courtesy of John Murray and Saskatchewan Boreal Forest Learning Center

Trecking for Bison on Horseback in Prince Albert National Park

Photo by Gord Vaadeland, courtesy of Sturgeon River Ranch

 
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