Our Forest Returns Saskatoon

📍 What would YOU do with $500—or a National Trust Membership? 🧭 Explore. Discover. Share your story. Join us Saturday, July 12, 2025 for Historic Places Days: Saskatoon Edition and take part in a real-world treasure hunt with a twist of history! 🌾 🗓 1:30–2:30 PM CST 📍 Meet at Tim Hortons, 230 Betts Ave 🔗 Event Cache: GCB8NY7 👉 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCB8NY7 In 2000, a humble container hidden west of Saskatoon sparked a movement. Sask-cache-one became Saskatchewan’s very first geocache—and the second in all of Canada. Today, it’s a digital time capsule waiting to be found. Later that day... 🗓 6:30 PM – Join us at Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area for another Historic Places Days tour! 🌿 📧 Contact: friendsafforestation@gmail.com 🔗 friendsareas.ca 🎉 Snap a photo. Share your VisitList. Enter the contests! You could win $500 or $2,500 ! 💡 This year’s theme: Makers from Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast – Honouring Arts, Crafts, and Storytelling....

 Picture this: You’re standing in a field, playing the classic “I spy with my little eye” game, and there it is—something red. Maybe it’s a flash of fiery color in the sky. Or a little critter with a crimson touch.    Red, it turns out, is everywhere in nature, and when you’re out in the wild, there’s a lot more to this color than just its appearance. Red is often linked to boldness and danger, but also to beauty, vibrancy, and sometimes a touch of mystery. When you think of red in nature, what comes to mind? Perhaps it’s a male woodpecker, rocking a bright red tuft atop its head. Or maybe it’s the lady beetle, decked out in its signature scarlet shell. How about the red and blue checkered beetle? It’s like a walking party on six legs. And we can’t forget the endless sea of red flowers—petals as rich as rubies, filling the air with a scent of spring and hope.    But hold on, there’s something even more mind-blowing waiting for you—have you ever seen the slime m...

  🎉🐞 Show Us Your SPOTS! 🐸🌿 #CNCYXE2025 Spotted a ladybug lately? Noticed a Northern Flicker’s speckled wings or a frog with funky dots? 👀 This Easter break, join us in celebrating Earth Month’s 55th birthday AND the 10th anniversary of the City Nature Challenge with a fun twist — spotting spots in nature! 📆 April 25–28, 2025 📱 Use the iNaturalist app to document anything wild with spots — insects, birds, fungi, plants, you name it! Even leaves with egg spots count! Whether you're in your yard, on the bus, or strolling through your neighbourhood park, your observations matter. ✨ FREE EVENTS happening in Saskatoon — come to one or come to all! 🐦 From beetles to birds, mushrooms to moose (okay maybe not spotted moose...), there’s biodiversity everywhere just waiting to be discovered by YOU. 📸 Snap it, record it, and upload it with tags #CNCYXE2025 and #spotty Let’s show the world Saskatoon’s spottiest side and celebrate spring the natural way! 🌼 🎉 Come ...

Nature. It’s a world filled with beauty, wonder, and, let’s face it, some downright hilarious moments. While you’re out exploring your local park or hiking along a winding trail, who knows what delightful, quirky, and downright silly observations you might make? With iNaturalist, nature walks have never been more fun. In fact, the app opens up a whole new world of hilarity and excitement, allowing nature enthusiasts like you to document the weirdest, wackiest, and most humorous discoveries you encounter. As we gear up for Earth Month’s 55th birthday and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the City Nature Challenge (CNC) from April 25-28, 2025, there’s no better time to join the fun. Whether you’re out exploring during Easter break (April 19–27) or enjoying some weekend relaxation, iNaturalist gives you the chance to document and share the bizarre and delightful organisms that inhabit the world around us. Hilarious, Cool, and Wacky Moments in Nature You Can’t Miss ...

  🌿 Gratitude Amidst the Wild 🌿 A heartfelt thank you to the volunteers and naturalists of the City Nature Challenge, whose quiet dedication brings us closer to the wonders of our land. From April 25-28, 2025, we’ll walk with you again, side by side, listening to nature’s whispers and caring for what we can never truly own. Thanks to SaskTel, SaskPower, SaskEnergy, the Saskatoon Nature Society, and “Wild About Saskatoon” for your unwavering support in making this vision a reality. Together, we help the pulse of life thrive. 🌱 https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/gratitude-amidst-the-wild/ #CityNatureChallenge #Gratitude #NatureLovers #Saskatoon #PoetryMonth #Volunteers #EnvironmentalStewardship #LoveForTheLand   Gratitude Amidst the Wild For the City Nature Challenge Volunteer s There are moments, fleeting, when the earth hums its quiet tune— a bird’s wing cutting through morning light, a leaf trembling on the edge of the breeze. In these moments, we ga...

  Gratitude in Action: Connecting with Nature and Community for the City Nature Challenge 2025 Tune into Rogers tv on “Community Shorts”, which repeats several times daily throughout the week or click; City Nature Challenge Saskatoon 2025 / UNEP accreditation Rogers tv Community Shorts As spring begins to stir, bringing with it the promise of renewal and growth, we find ourselves reflecting on the importance of connection—both to the land and to each other. It is in moments of collective effort, rooted in shared purpose, that we find the true essence of community. In this spirit, we would like to extend our deepest thanks to those whose contributions have made the City Nature Challenge Saskatoon 2025 a reality. At the heart of this effort is a singular, transformative opportunity: to connect with nature during the Spring Easter Break, to explore the wilds of Saskatoon, and to document the diversity of life that surrounds us. But the true beauty of this initiat...