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Brochure Ants Dandelion

Calendar for Garden Care

Fact Sheet 10 Tips Healthy Garden

Fact Sheet Aphids Ants

Fact sheet Bellflower

Fact Sheet Creeping Charlie

Fact Sheet Dandelions

Fact Sheet Fairy Rings

Fact sheet Pesticides and Human Health

Fact Sheet Problem Plants Garden

Fact Sheet tent caterpillars cankerworms

Fact Sheet Wasps

Factsheet Quackgrass Chickweed

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Spruce Budworm and Pesticides

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Parks Canada to Spray Waskesiu Town Site for Spruce Budworm

by Allyson Brady

For some time now, the Saskatchewan Environmental Society has been contributing to and monitoring developments of the Prince Albert National Park’s new management plan and the Vegetation Management Strategy for the townsite of Waskesiu. During the past year, a savage debate has . . . → Read More:

Spruce Budworm in Prince Albert Park

Spruce Budworm in the Prince Albert National Park

In 2002 and 2003, a savage debate raged over whether or not Parks Canada should spray pesticides in the Waskesiu townsite in order to kill a naturally occurring forest insect, the spruce budworm.

Parks Canada had initially announced that they would not be spraying pesticides in the . . . → Read More:

Dandelions: 5 Steps to Healthy Lawns

Be pesticide free by following these five steps to rid your lawn of dandelions.

1. Relax!

No one ever died from dandelions. However, Saskatchewan has the highest rate of acute pesticide poisoning fatalities in Canada. Just spraying your lawn can

cause a serious health crisis for a neighborhood child with asthma.

2. Pick!

Simply picking . . . → Read More: