SASKATCHEWAN
LAND AND ENVIRONMENT
Background
Information
Student Activities
Multimedia Items
(Photo Galleries, Movies, Interviews)
Related WWW Links
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Background
Information
- Surviving
a Dust Storm and Additional Resources on Erosion - excerpts
from a mother's first hand account of what it was like to
be on the prairie's alone when the violent storm hits.
- The
Regina Cyclone, June 1912
- The
Mystery of the Northern Lights -Ask three people to explain
the northern lights and you are likely to get three completely
different interpretations. Some favour scientific analysis,
others take a more spiritual view and still others will take
a view somewhere in between. The truth of the matter is that
while many of the mysteries surrounding the northern lights
have been unraveled by scientists, as many mysteries remain.
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- A
complete listing of articles is available in Background
Information.
Student
Activities
- Weather
Words
- An online crossword puzzle based on weather word definitions
from the Enivronment Canada website.
- Build
a Prairie - The prairie is one of North America's great
ecosystems and a vital habitat for many plants and animals.
Over 98% of the prairie has been lost in the past 150 years—but
some people are trying to bring it back, hectare by hectare.
Restoring a prairie is a great challenge, requiring knowlege
of biology, ecology, climatology, and even economics.
Multimedia
Items (Photo Galleries, Interviews, Movies)
CBC
- The Depression Years: "Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan,
there's no place like Saskatchewan; we sit and gaze across
the plain and wonder why it never rains…"
These
words from the song Saskatchewan were written during the 1930s,
when Westerners suffered from severe drought conditions for
almost a decade. In this 1958 radio clip from Assignment,
the hosts look back at the difficulties of the Depression-era
drought before playing this memorable ballad.
Related
WWW Links
Weather
- A
list by Environment
Canada of Canada's Worst Tornadoes including Regina, Saskatchewan
- June 30, 1912 - 28 dead, hundreds
injured.
- A
compilation of Saskatchewan
Weather Trivia by Environment Canada including cyclones,
dust storms, tornadoes, rainfall, etc. Likely a general link
in our Saskatchewan 100 site.
Crop
Circles - These two links outline the phenomenon of
Crop Circles and how Saskatchewan leads the country in reported
incidences. Virtual
Saskatchewan and Canadian
Crop Circle Research Network.
History
of Agriculture in Saskatchewan
History
of Forestry in Saskatchewan
History
of Mining in Saskatchewan
History
of Trapping in Saskatchewan
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