Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc.

•The Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. publishes newsletters posters pamphlets YouTube videos & maintains social media accounts https://linktr.ee/friendsareas websites as outreach tools on environmental education networking events & issues; • Programs included development of a GPS based interpretive Prairie Forest Guide Digital Wayfinding smartphone app to enhance the appreciation of the cultural background & ecology of the afforestation areas to support a self guided tour format; •Align our activities & community action with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals the International Decade of Indigenous Languages the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration UN Decade on Healthy Aging Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development; •Conduct educational heritage & nature place-based interpretive walks; •Speak at public hearings meetings conferences on issues relevant to the afforestation areas; •Work in partnership with businesses community green groups & various levels of Government to increase and enhance environmental education ecological restoration community development principles alongside CPTED approach strategies; •Provide programming & publication in magazines & conventional main stream media - newspaper radio & TV; •Maintain an archive of heritage materials related to the afforestation areas; •Create research reports and information for the general public; •Photo-documentation of the greenspace landscapes flora and fauna; •Proclamation of National Forest Week flag raising ceremony in September with virtual and in-person events; •Conduct Bio-blitzes via iNaturalist to create a natural areas inventory and report invasive species and species at risk; •Secure and install benches and bird watching stations; •Volunteer and member recruitment; •Further growth of our youth network in rewarding water assessment place-based learning and heritage events; •Organize the 'clean green community scene' volunteer clea