All spring, we’ve been talking about native prairie grasslands and the push for their conservation. It’s a pleasure to have been able to join Ponteix School’s grade 10 science class this week on a field trip for the Adopt a Rancher pilot program as they learned about the science behind those conservation efforts.
Native prairie grasslands are more than 12,000 years old, but in only the last several hundred years, they’ve become greatly reduced due to human settlement and the extinction of the buffalo. Today the Prairie Conservation Action Plan aims to preserve what’s left of Saskatchewan’s grasslands.
Meanwhile, on this week’s episode, the makers of Wolf Cop hope for a revival of Saskatchewan’s film industry with its long-awaited premiere and the announcement it will soon start production on a sequel. It started with one man and a script and with the help of a national contest – and a million dollar budget, a full-length movie about a cop turned werewolf is now a household name in the province.
Over the past three seasons on Focus Saskatchewan, we’ve told these underdog – and under-wolf stories. We’ve won three national awards. It’s now time to extend a big thank you to all the contributions from Global Regina and Global Saskatoon to make this show possible.
We hope you continue watching through the summer for our Encore episodes:
June 21/22 – “Home Field”
June 28/29 – “Skating on Thin Ice”
July 5/6 – “Second Act”
July 12/13 – “100th Episode”
July 19/20 – “Saskatchewan Sound”
July 26/27 – “Women in the Legislature”
August 2/3 – “Lake Centre”
August 9/10 – “Shop Local”
August 16/17 – “Unique Saskatchewan Sports, including archery and disc golf”
August 23/24 – “The Farm in Focus”
August 30/31 – “Adopt-A-Rancher”
Have a good summer! We’ll see you next season!
Raquel and Derek
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