Designated Area Type |
Definition |
Provincial Lands |
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| Wildlife Refuge | Created under The Wildlife Act. Constituted as areas for the protection, propagation, perpetuation, management, control, regulation and/or enhancement of wildlife and its habitat. These sites restrict hunting and destroying or altering any wildlife or their habitat. |
| Game Preserve | Created under The Wildlife Act. Established to stabilize or increase wildlife populations in localized areas through propagation, management, control, regulation or enhancement. Game preserves encourage recreational activities compatible with wildlife and habitat protection objectives (e.g. bird watching, photography). |
| Fish and Wildlife Development Fund | Created under The Natural Resources Act. Lands purchased for conservation purposes using funds derived from a portion of all Saskatchewan hunting and trapping licences. These lands aim to provide the best possible wildlife habitat year-round for the greatest number of species. |
| Special Management Area |
Recognized under The Provincial Lands Act, 2016. Provincial Crown lands managed to:
They allow traditional land use activities such as hunting, trapping, commercial fishing, outfitting and personal recreation. |
| Representative Area Ecological Reserve | Created under The Ecological Reserves Act and The Provincial Lands Act, 2016. These provincial Crown lands protect ecologically representative areas of Saskatchewan's ecoregions and are selected to represent specific enduring features (i.e. specific soil attribute combinations based on soil development, parent material, surface form, and slope). |
| Ecological Reserve | Created under The Ecological Reserves Act and The Provincial Lands Act, 2016. These provincial Crown lands sustain or are associated with unique or representative parts of the natural environment, including water, land, plants and wildlife. They preserve natural areas, protect genetic resources, provide areas for scientific research and the exercise of Treaty and Aboriginal rights. |
| Provincial Pasture and Crown Pasture | Managed under The Provincial Lands Act, 2016. Blocks of Crown land assembled to provide supplementary grazing for livestock producers while ensuring environmental and agricultural sustainability of the land. Crown Pasture includes former Federal Community Pastures that are now administered and leased by the Ministry of Agriculture. |
| The Wildlife Habitat Protection Act | Designated under The Wildlife Habitat Protection Act. Multiple-use provincial Crown lands, which provide seasonal or year-round habitat critical to wildlife survival, including rare and endangered species. These lands are located primarily in the agricultural and forest fringe regions of Saskatchewan. |
| Historic Park | Created under The Parks Act. Designed to preserve and interpret prehistoric or historic resources representative of themes and events that have contributed to Saskatchewan's history. They also provide opportunities for outdoor recreational activities that are largely dependent upon a historic setting. |
| Natural Environment Park | Created under The Parks Act. Relatively large natural tracts of provincial Crown land that protect representative and unique landscapes. They aim to provide outdoor recreational activities consistent with protecting natural landscapes. |
| Protected Area | Created under The Parks Act/em>. Designated provincial Crown lands that offer maximum protection to important, rare or fragile resources, either natural, historic or archaeological. |
| Recreation Park | Created under The Parks Act. Provide opportunities for intensive outdoor recreational activities in a natural setting. |
| Recreation Site | Created under The Parks Act. Small areas of Crown land developed to take advantage of a recreational activity or facility, such as a campground, picnic area or lake access point. They are also designed to complement the provincial park system through the possible protection of natural environments within these sites. |
| Wildness Park | Created under the provincial Parks Act. Preserve large and remote tracts of undisturbed Crown land in a natural state and allow low intensity and non-mechanized wilderness recreation. Wilderness parks aim to protect representative areas of the province's major ecoregions for present and future generations. They also protect a self-sustaining piece of the environment and allow the continuation of natural processes by minimizing human interference. |
| Water Security Agency Lands | Created under The Water Security Act. These lands are managed to protect water quality, reduce flood and drought damage, protect aquatic habitat, and ensure safe drinking water and wastewater treatment. |
Federal Lands |
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| Migratory Bird Sanctuary | Bird sanctuaries are established under the Migratory Bird Convention Act and administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. Areas set aside for special protection of migratory birds, their nests, eggs and habitat. |
| National Wildlife Area | Created under the Canada Wildlife Act. Federally owned lands that protect migratory birds and other wildlife, as well as their habitat. |
| National Park | Federally owned lands administered by Parks Canada designed to protect natural resources and natural processes through the maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity. National parks are dedicated to present and future Canadians for their benefit, education and enjoyment. |
Private Conservation Lands |
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| Private Conservation Lands | Includes privately owned lands managed by non-governmental organizations through fee simple ownership or privately owned lands with conservation easements and Crown conservation easements. |