Our Forest Returns Saskatoon

  7 Events. 2 Months. 1 Incredible City full of Nature Connections. 🌳 ✨ Spring has officially sprung in Saskatoon, and we are inviting YOU to let nature be heard! From the digital discovery of the City Nature Challenge to the heartfelt steps of Jane’s Walk, there is a place for everyone in the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area.   Check out what’s coming up: 📸 APRIL 24-27: City Nature Challenge 2026 Help Saskatoon become the most biodiverse city in the world! Grab your smartphone, download iNaturalist, and join us for: April 24 (6:30 PM): Evening in the Trees Walk April 25 (2:00 PM): Nature, Noticing & Renewal at the Memorial Healing Forest Site April 26 (2:00 PM): Urban Wild at George Genereux Park April 27 (6:30 PM): Life Beneath the Surface (Pond Dipping!) 🚶 MAY 1-3: Jane’s Walk Saskatoon Join us for "Forest, Memory, and the City We Choose to Build." We’ll share stories of urban planning, ecology, and the proposed Memorial Healing Forest in honour of the H...

  ✨ "The universe is a heritage, not a luxury." ✨ As the sun sets this Monday, April 13, we invite you to look up. It is the start of International Dark Sky Week, and Saskatoon holds a secret in its southwest corner. 🌌 Beyond the city’s amber glow lie two of our greatest local treasures: the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area and George Genereux Urban Regional Park. Here, the "second sun" of streetlights fades, and the ancient cathedral of the night takes over. In these shadows, a wild Saskatchewan nightlife thrives: 🦇 The Sentinels: Endangered Little Brown Myotis and Northern Long-eared Bats navigate the West Swale wetlands in a rhythmic, nocturnal dance. 🐸 The Choir: A symphony of life in the swale that depends on true darkness to survive and thrive. sparkle The River of Fire: The Milky Way, visible not as a smudge, but as a frosted masterpiece casting shadows on the forest floor. Darkness isn't just the absence of light—it’s a biological necessi...