New hunting guide
The latest Saskatchewan Hunting and Trapping Guide has been released.
The guide is published annually to inform hunters and trappers of new regulations, resource programs, season dates and game bag limits.
A new elk hunting season in the northwest management zone allows hunters to take advantage of growing populations. Moose and white-tailed deer are healthy and additional moose licences and increased white-tailed deer bag limits will be available in some zones.
Slightly longer waterfowl seasons and expanded white goose hunting will help farmers with some crop damage. Poor reproduction and winter mortality will restrict bag limits of some upland bird species.
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South Devon election
The directors of the Canadian South Devon Association are: Bill Wilson, president; Stavert Elliot, first vice-president; Iver Skogstad, second vice-president; Leslie Fisher, secretary; George Danychuk and directors, Dennis Buziak, Laurence Diduck, Ralph McGregor, Barry Fraser and John Armstrong.
Seed Grower grants
The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association is continuing its national program to provide research grants for scientific investigations related to seed research.
Its areas of priority are seedling vigor and stand establishment, seed physiology, seed quality and purity.
A limited number of grants will be made annually for up to $10,000 per year, and may be renewable for an additional one to two years based on satisfactory performance and availability of funds.
Crops identified
Travellers on the TransCanada Highway between White Horse Plains, Man., and Austin, Man., will see crop identification signs again this year.
For the third consecutive year, the provincial agriculture department has created a crop identificaton corridor in which 70 different signs indicate the wide range of crops grown in the province.
Chambers of commerce in Portage, Elie and MacGregor are partners in the effort, as is the Canola Council of Canada and the Flax Council.
Agriculture minister Harry Enns describes the program as an inexpensive way to get the travelling public to appreciate the scope of agriculture in the province.
