Join us for 2020 Native Prairie Appreciation Week!
How to Experience and Learn about Native Prairie While Social Distancing During a Global Pandemic
Activities for 2020 include:
FREE Webinars Daily!!
June 15th at 12 PM CST – Native Prairie Appreciation Video Register here.
June 16th at 12 PM CST – Grassland and Forested Range Health Assessment Training Register here.
June 17th at 12 PM CST – Riparian Range Health Assessment Training Register here.
June 17th at 3 PM CST – Mapping Native and Tame in the Mixed Grassland Ecoregion using Machine Learning and Big Remote Sensing Data by Nasem Badreldin, SK Ministry of Environment. Register here.
June 18th at 12 PM CST – Into This World of Beauty by Candace Savage. Register here.
June 19th at 12 PM CST – Native Prairie Plant Identification and Quiz by Amanda Muller, U of S. Register here.
– Daily social media posts about the native prairie ecosystem and species at risk
– Voting for the best picture in the annual Native Prairie Photo Contest
– The announcement of the Youth Poster Contest Winner
– And more!
Social Media Photo Contest
Send us your best shot! And you may win a prize!
Photos must be about native prairie. The photo with the most votes on social media will win! Categories include: Best Native Prairie Wildflower, Best Prairie People on the Landscape, Best Wildlife in Action and Best Native Prairie Landscape.
2020 Native Prairie Photo Contest
Youth Native Prairie Poster Contest!
Thank you to everyone who participated! We had almost 100 submissions!
First Place in the 6 & Under Category: Clara McKay Selinger, Age 6 of Regina, SK
Runner-up in the 6 and Under Age Category: Kathleen Gallagher, Age 6 of Regina, SK
Winner of the 7-10 Age Category: Amelia Hanstock, Age 9 of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan
Runner-up of the 7-10 Age Category: Harlie McNeely
Winner of the 11 and Up Category: From Outlook High School
Runner-up of the 11 and Up Category: Ariana Bell, Age 12 of Gravelbourg, SK
Prairie Conservation Action Plan would like to sincerely thank the following organizations for their prize donations to our Native Prairie Appreciation Week Contests:
Grasslands National Park, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nature Saskatchewan, Prairie Wind & Silver Sage, Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre and Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. Thank you!