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This
project will secure, enhance, and manage wetland and upland habitats
in the Key Program Areas of the Missouri Coteau including the Chaplin/Old
Wives/Reed Lake Complex, the Souris River Basin including the Moose
Mountain Uplands, and the Manitou Lake region of the Cutknife Uplands.
Other areas include the Quill Lakes watershed, and the Qu'Appelle
River basin including Fairy Hill Marsh. Securing ( 480 acres through
transfer of title) and enhancing (650 acres through cropland conversion,
and 410 acres through establishment of grazing systems and water
development) wetland and upland habitats for waterfowl and grassland
birds will improve and protect native prairie and shoreline habitats
for migratory bird species, species at risk, and associated endemic
plant and animal biodiversity. SWA will monitor, assess and manage
82,500 acres of existing NAWMP Prairie Shores-secured lands. SWA
will protect and improve privately managed lands (16,800 acres)
through stewardship initiatives aimed at native prairie and wetland/riparian
habitat protection and enhancement. Improved native pasture and
riparian condition, and conversion of marginal cropland to perennial
forage will protect and improve source water quality. Management
of existing SWA lands will be monitored to maximize habitat and
biological benefits for upland nesting waterfowl and other migratory
birds.
Activities will focus on the Key
Program Areas of the Missouri Coteau, including Chaplin/Old Wives/Reed
Lake Complex, the Souris River Basin, including the Moose Mountain
Uplands, and the Manitou Lake region of the Cutknife Uplands. Other
areas include the Quill Lakes watershed, and the Qu'Appelle River
basin, including Fairy Hill Marsh. All areas fall within the Prairie
Potholes Bird Conservation Region.
The
final project
report is now available (pdf - 740kb).
For more
information on this project, please contact Bob Carles, Vice-President
Stewardship, Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, Regina, Saskatchewan.
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