Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc.
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Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestion Areas is a non profit environmental charity formed to protect & raise awareness about the 326 acre Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area & 148 acre George Genereux Urban Regional Park. Come to Nature Come to Life!
youtu.be/QB53kUhO_hM You can't change winter, but the moment you walk into it, you realize the forest already did! friendsareas.ca
Winter walks, unforgettable sights. Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
youtu.be/QB53kUhO_hM You can't change winter, but the moment you walk into it, you realize the forest already did! friendsareas.ca
You tell yourself winter is something to get through.
Stay warm. Stay inside. Wait it out.
But part of you knows that’s not it
The forest doesn’t rush you—it holds you.
There’s a moment, standing among trees in winter,
when you realize what you’ve been missing all along.
youtu.be/yJFTyxZrZWc
Stay warm. Stay inside. Wait it out.
But part of you knows that’s not it
The forest doesn’t rush you—it holds you.
There’s a moment, standing among trees in winter,
when you realize what you’ve been missing all along.
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Enter Winter Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas.
YouTube video by Friends Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc
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December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You tell yourself winter is something to get through.
Stay warm. Stay inside. Wait it out.
But part of you knows that’s not it
The forest doesn’t rush you—it holds you.
There’s a moment, standing among trees in winter,
when you realize what you’ve been missing all along.
youtu.be/yJFTyxZrZWc
Stay warm. Stay inside. Wait it out.
But part of you knows that’s not it
The forest doesn’t rush you—it holds you.
There’s a moment, standing among trees in winter,
when you realize what you’ve been missing all along.
youtu.be/yJFTyxZrZWc
🌿 A Prairie Reclamation
HUMBOLDT BRONCOS MEMORIAL FOREST
📩 Media Contact Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Email: [email protected] Website: friendsareas.ca A Journey Into a Living Prairie Sanctuary of Memory, Ecology, and Renewal youtu.be/K0gzb_xt-xM?... via @YouTube
HUMBOLDT BRONCOS MEMORIAL FOREST
📩 Media Contact Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Email: [email protected] Website: friendsareas.ca A Journey Into a Living Prairie Sanctuary of Memory, Ecology, and Renewal youtu.be/K0gzb_xt-xM?... via @YouTube
Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🌿 A Prairie Reclamation
HUMBOLDT BRONCOS MEMORIAL FOREST
📩 Media Contact Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Email: [email protected] Website: friendsareas.ca A Journey Into a Living Prairie Sanctuary of Memory, Ecology, and Renewal youtu.be/K0gzb_xt-xM?... via @YouTube
HUMBOLDT BRONCOS MEMORIAL FOREST
📩 Media Contact Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Email: [email protected] Website: friendsareas.ca A Journey Into a Living Prairie Sanctuary of Memory, Ecology, and Renewal youtu.be/K0gzb_xt-xM?... via @YouTube
❄️✨ Step Into Winter Wonder! ✨❄️
—it’s something we can truly enjoy.
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#WinterCityYXE #Saskatoon #BirdWatching #WinterWalking #NatureLovers #HoarFrostMagic #ForestEscape #ExploreSaskatoon
—it’s something we can truly enjoy.
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#WinterCityYXE #Saskatoon #BirdWatching #WinterWalking #NatureLovers #HoarFrostMagic #ForestEscape #ExploreSaskatoon
Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
friendsareas.ca
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
❄️✨ Step Into Winter Wonder! ✨❄️
—it’s something we can truly enjoy.
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#WinterCityYXE #Saskatoon #BirdWatching #WinterWalking #NatureLovers #HoarFrostMagic #ForestEscape #ExploreSaskatoon
—it’s something we can truly enjoy.
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#WinterCityYXE #Saskatoon #BirdWatching #WinterWalking #NatureLovers #HoarFrostMagic #ForestEscape #ExploreSaskatoon
🌍 Big news! Prince George, Vice Chair of Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, is heading to UNEA-7 in Nairobi 🇰🇪 (Dec 8–12)!
Theme: Advancing Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Planet 🌿
Proud to see Saskatoon represented globally! 💚FRIENDSAREAS.CA
#UNEA7 #YXE #ClimateAction 🌳
Theme: Advancing Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Planet 🌿
Proud to see Saskatoon represented globally! 💚FRIENDSAREAS.CA
#UNEA7 #YXE #ClimateAction 🌳
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🌍 Big news! Prince George, Vice Chair of Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, is heading to UNEA-7 in Nairobi 🇰🇪 (Dec 8–12)!
Theme: Advancing Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Planet 🌿
Proud to see Saskatoon represented globally! 💚FRIENDSAREAS.CA
#UNEA7 #YXE #ClimateAction 🌳
Theme: Advancing Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Planet 🌿
Proud to see Saskatoon represented globally! 💚FRIENDSAREAS.CA
#UNEA7 #YXE #ClimateAction 🌳
🌍 Voices from the Afforestation Frontlines presents:
Sustainable Human–Animal Interactions Panel
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Sustainable Human–Animal Interactions Panel
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Voices from the Afforestation Frontlines: Sustainable Human–Animal Interactions
In a world that grows louder with human industry and quieter with the fading calls of the wild, there are still voices—clear, compassionate, and resolute—rising to speak for those who cannot speak …
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November 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🌍 Voices from the Afforestation Frontlines presents:
Sustainable Human–Animal Interactions Panel
🗓 Nov 3 | 🕙 10 AM EST stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/v...
Sustainable Human–Animal Interactions Panel
🗓 Nov 3 | 🕙 10 AM EST stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/v...
youtu.be/d0WEfiD4uyk When we bring children into nature, something powerful happens — they remember that they are part of it. This year, thanks to the incredible support of SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SaskTel, and the Saskatoon Nature Society, students Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Together for Nature: Inspiring Youth Through the Forest
YouTube video by Friends Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc
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October 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
youtu.be/d0WEfiD4uyk When we bring children into nature, something powerful happens — they remember that they are part of it. This year, thanks to the incredible support of SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SaskTel, and the Saskatoon Nature Society, students Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
🚨 Saskatoon Declares Ecological Emergency: Dutch Elm Disease 🚨
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🔗 Learn more: Guardians of the Elms – Saskatoon’s Ecological Emergency
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🔗 Learn more: Guardians of the Elms – Saskatoon’s Ecological Emergency
September 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🚨 Saskatoon Declares Ecological Emergency: Dutch Elm Disease 🚨
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🔗 Learn more: Guardians of the Elms – Saskatoon’s Ecological Emergency
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🔗 Learn more: Guardians of the Elms – Saskatoon’s Ecological Emergency
🌿 Wetlands Appreciation Week is coming! 🌊
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#WetlandsAppreciation #ThrivingTogether #SaskatchewanNature #WestSwale #ChappellMarsh
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#WetlandsAppreciation #ThrivingTogether #SaskatchewanNature #WestSwale #ChappellMarsh
Still Waters Run Deep: Wetlands and the Quiet Work of Survival
Out in the long grass of August, where the sun presses its heat into the soil like a branding iron and the wind moves with the low groan of age, Saskatchewan’s wetlands are still doing their quiet …
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August 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🌿 Wetlands Appreciation Week is coming! 🌊
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#WetlandsAppreciation #ThrivingTogether #SaskatchewanNature #WestSwale #ChappellMarsh
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#WetlandsAppreciation #ThrivingTogether #SaskatchewanNature #WestSwale #ChappellMarsh
🌍✨ From the Niger Delta to Saskatoon to the world stage! ✨🌍
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Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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July 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🌍✨ From the Niger Delta to Saskatoon to the world stage! ✨🌍
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youtu.be/IwNoWMR3x0E How much do YOU know about nature, biodiversity, and climate action?
Ready to Go Wild with Nature Knowledge?
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July 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
youtu.be/IwNoWMR3x0E How much do YOU know about nature, biodiversity, and climate action?
Saskatoon’s future is in your hands! The City is updating its Climate Action Plan—and your voice matters. Take the survey by August 29, 2025 and enter to win a $50 gift card! Together, build a greener, healthier, more sustainable city Start here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/climatepla...
July 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Saskatoon’s future is in your hands! The City is updating its Climate Action Plan—and your voice matters. Take the survey by August 29, 2025 and enter to win a $50 gift card! Together, build a greener, healthier, more sustainable city Start here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/climatepla...
Your Voice, Your Climate, Your Future Saskatoon climate plan update needs you. www.surveymonkey.com/r/climatepla...
July 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Your Voice, Your Climate, Your Future Saskatoon climate plan update needs you. www.surveymonkey.com/r/climatepla...
🌼🐝 Celebrate Pollinators in Saskatoon! 🐝🌼
#ComeToNatureComeToLife 🌸
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#ComeToNatureComeToLife 🌸
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Buzz and Bloom: Celebrating Pollinators, Native Plants, and Community Action in Saskatoon
It’s time to go wild for wildflowers—and the insects that keep our ecosystems humming. As Pollinator Week 2025 June 16–22 approaches, Saskatoon is already buzzing with anticipation for a joyful, na…
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May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🌼🐝 Celebrate Pollinators in Saskatoon! 🐝🌼
#ComeToNatureComeToLife 🌸
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#ComeToNatureComeToLife 🌸
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🌿🚶♀️ WALKING THROUGH TIME & TERRAIN — TODAY! 🚶♂️🌿
Hey #YXE friends! If you’re craving connection with nature, history, and community, come the Jane’s Walk Festival event today, May 3 at 1:00 PM at breathtaking Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area!
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Hey #YXE friends! If you’re craving connection with nature, history, and community, come the Jane’s Walk Festival event today, May 3 at 1:00 PM at breathtaking Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area!
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Jane's Walk Saskatoon
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May 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🌿🚶♀️ WALKING THROUGH TIME & TERRAIN — TODAY! 🚶♂️🌿
Hey #YXE friends! If you’re craving connection with nature, history, and community, come the Jane’s Walk Festival event today, May 3 at 1:00 PM at breathtaking Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area!
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Hey #YXE friends! If you’re craving connection with nature, history, and community, come the Jane’s Walk Festival event today, May 3 at 1:00 PM at breathtaking Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area!
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🌿 Nature’s got jokes—and you’re invited to laugh along! 😄
Join the City Nature Challenge YXE from April 25–28 and help document Saskatoon’s wild side. stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
📲 Get the app
📍 Explore outside
📸 Snap & share
#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #NatureIsWeird
Join the City Nature Challenge YXE from April 25–28 and help document Saskatoon’s wild side. stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
📲 Get the app
📍 Explore outside
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#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #NatureIsWeird
City Nature Challenge: Discovering Nature’s Quirky Side
There’s no better way to spend a weekend in April than diving into the wild, unpredictable world of nature—and the City Nature Challenge (CNC YXE) offers just the perfect excuse to do so. Fro…
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April 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🌿 Nature’s got jokes—and you’re invited to laugh along! 😄
Join the City Nature Challenge YXE from April 25–28 and help document Saskatoon’s wild side. stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
📲 Get the app
📍 Explore outside
📸 Snap & share
#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #NatureIsWeird
Join the City Nature Challenge YXE from April 25–28 and help document Saskatoon’s wild side. stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
📲 Get the app
📍 Explore outside
📸 Snap & share
#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #NatureIsWeird
stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/c... National Tourism Week 2025 (April 7-11)
“Come With Me, This Gentle Way”
“Come With Me, This Gentle Way”(for National Tourism Week 2025 April 7-11) Come with me—the path is not hurried.It winds gently where the city sighsinto woods, into wild,into the song o…
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April 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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🌿🐦 Get Ready for a Hilarious & Heartwarming Nature Adventure! 🦋🌻Join us for the City Nature Challenge (CNC YXE)
#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge #NatureFun #Saskatoon #GoOutside #ExploreNature #CitizenScience #WildlifeWonders 🌿🦋
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#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge #NatureFun #Saskatoon #GoOutside #ExploreNature #CitizenScience #WildlifeWonders 🌿🦋
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Get Ready for a Hilarious and Heartwarming Nature Adventure
Get Ready for a Hilarious and Heartwarming Nature Adventure with iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge! Here’s a sneak peek of some of the funniest and most entertaining nature observations you…
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April 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🌿🐦 Get Ready for a Hilarious & Heartwarming Nature Adventure! 🦋🌻Join us for the City Nature Challenge (CNC YXE)
#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge #NatureFun #Saskatoon #GoOutside #ExploreNature #CitizenScience #WildlifeWonders 🌿🦋
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#CNCYXE #iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge #NatureFun #Saskatoon #GoOutside #ExploreNature #CitizenScience #WildlifeWonders 🌿🦋
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🌿🐾 Amazing Wildlife Sightings in Saskatoon! 🦌❄️https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/wild-encounters/
March 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🌿🐾 Amazing Wildlife Sightings in Saskatoon! 🦌❄️https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/wild-encounters/
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming Jane’s Walk Festival event: “Walking Through Time and Terrain”
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Walking Through Time and Terrain - Jane's Walk Saskatoon #saskatoon #nature #biodiversity #birds
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March 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming Jane’s Walk Festival event: “Walking Through Time and Terrain”
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janeswalkyxe.org [email protected] #JaneWalk #Saskatoon #Community #Nature #Urbanism #CityBuilding #EnvironmentalAwareness
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🌲🐾 Help Us Name Our Local Moose! 🦌🎉
Join the #NameTheMoose contest and be a part of preserving our local wildlife! 🌿🌳 stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/h...
#MooseSafety #WildlifeConservation #SaskatoonWildlife #NameTheMoose #mooseencounters
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#MooseSafety #WildlifeConservation #SaskatoonWildlife #NameTheMoose #mooseencounters
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🌲🐾 Help Us Name Our Local Moose! 🦌🎉
Join the #NameTheMoose contest and be a part of preserving our local wildlife! 🌿🌳 stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/h...
#MooseSafety #WildlifeConservation #SaskatoonWildlife #NameTheMoose #mooseencounters
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🚨 Hilariously Incorrect: Bullying Edition 🚨
#HilariouslyIncorrect #Bullying #GossipGame #StopTheRumors #KindnessMatters #TelephoneGame #spreadpositivitynotnegativity #SpreadPosivity #spreadhappiness stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/c...
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Charming, Hilarious, and Sometimes Impossible: The Art of Bullying—Hilariously Incorrect Edition
Ah, bullying. It’s that time-honored tradition we all know so well. And by “know so well,” we mean, of course, it’s the charming, hilarious, and sometimes downright impossib…
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March 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚨 Hilariously Incorrect: Bullying Edition 🚨
#HilariouslyIncorrect #Bullying #GossipGame #StopTheRumors #KindnessMatters #TelephoneGame #spreadpositivitynotnegativity #SpreadPosivity #spreadhappiness stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/c...
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🌍💪 Hey #Changemakers, let's talk about something that affects ALL of us – gender-based violence.✨Let’s make a CHANGE together! 💪💖 stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/b...
#GenderEquality #SafeSpaces #SpeakOut #Mentorship #ZeroTolerance #RespectEachOther #LeadWithLove
#GenderEquality #SafeSpaces #SpeakOut #Mentorship #ZeroTolerance #RespectEachOther #LeadWithLove
Breaking the Silence: Creating Safe Spaces for All
Everyone deserves to grow up in a safe environment, free from fear or harm, both physically and emotionally. Unfortunately, society often fails to protect individuals, especially women, from violen…
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March 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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#GenderEquality #SafeSpaces #SpeakOut #Mentorship #ZeroTolerance #RespectEachOther #LeadWithLove
#GenderEquality #SafeSpaces #SpeakOut #Mentorship #ZeroTolerance #RespectEachOther #LeadWithLove
youtu.be/kmj4Cg9SCow 🌿🌍 Join Us for the City Nature Challenge 2025! 🌍🌿
🌍🌿 Happy Earth Month, everyone! 🌿🌍 City Nature Challenge CNC YXE 2025
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March 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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