Discussing highlights of wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan during the 20th century

At the turn of the 20th century the area covered by what became the province of Saskatchewan was considered, by aboriginal people and European settlers alike, as a wildlife mecca where hunting opportunities and natural landscapes abounded. Historic documentation of what happened to this unique part of Canada has been only in small bits and pieces.

Wayne Pepper’s book, Conserving the Legacy, Wildlife Conservation in Saskatchewan 1905 -2005 discusses highlights of wildlife conservation efforts in Saskatchewan through the one hundred years of the 20th century; a time of tremendous change on the landscape of Saskatchewan; a time of extinction of certain plants and animals and a time when many species and ecosystems have become “at risk” of extinction. He takes the reader through the early settlement days when much of the native prairie was ploughed and planted to cultivated crops and most wildlife was considered an obstacle to settlement if…