The badlands in Grasslands National Park’s East Block provide spectacularly wild vistas. | Robin & Arlene Karpan photo

Grasslands park features three stunning scenic drives

Few places in southern Saskatchewan can match Grasslands National Park for scenic driving routes. Fall can be a great time to go, with fewer visitors and less busy campgrounds. We have also had some of our best wildlife sightings in the fall. The park has two blocks — the West Block dominated by the Frenchman […] Read more

Close-up of a burrowing owl named, "Bindi," perched on the gloved hand/arm of her handler at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.

Burrowing owl teaches about cattle

The Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program uses Bindi to show the public that grazing is environmentally important

Many urbanites don’t connect cattle farming with environmental preservation, even if they don’t see cattle as destructive. Few realize that cattle actually create the environment that endangered burrowing owls need to survive.