Get outside this October and take notice of the variety of life around you! Help One School One Farm raise awareness and funds for our important work to increase biodiversity. Sign up as an individual, a classroom, as an office staff, create a pledge page on Canada Helps for yourself or your team, raise funds, and go backpacking for an afternoon, a day, or several days!
Sign up or donate on Canada Help’s Backpacking 4 Biodiversity page.
Unsure about going for a hike on your own? Join us for a series of hikes in and around Saskatoon where we take some time to notice the variety of life around us. Hikes will be led by board member Andrew Johnson, an arborist and avid hiker. Feel free to join Andrew’s fundraising team, the Saskatoon River Rompers. All are welcome!
For teachers – if you would like to bring Backpacking for Biodiversity into your class, check out the lesson plan.
The Hikes:
- Sat Oct 12, 10am – Meewasin Park to Chief Mistawasis bridge. About 5km
- Sat Oct 19, 10am – Beaver Creek Conservation Area. About 6km
- Sat Oct 26, 10am – Cosmopolitan Park to Devil’s Dip. About 4km
The Hike Details:
- Wear appropriate footwear. We will be walking on dirt paths, sometimes on a slope and in possibly wet conditions.
- On all hikes, there are spots where those wanting a shorter hike could exit the trail system and be picked up, although it may be a steep climb to get there.
- You don’t have to RSVP, but if you want to let me know you’re coming, send an email to hike@oneschoolonefarm.com by the day before the hike and include your name and cell number. This way I know to wait for you and can text to see where you’re at. Otherwise we’ll be departing within 5-10 minutes of the posted times and you’ll have to catch up!
- There is no charge for these hikes, but this is a fundraiser to help fund OSOF’s work facilitating the planting of eco-buffers and prairie strips! Please consider donating or joining a fundraising team and fundraising on Canada Helps
Sat Oct 12, 10am – Meewasin Park to Chief Mistawasis bridge. About 5km
Along this stretch of riverbank there is a fascinating transition in the vegetation. Can you see it and figure out why?
Meet in the North-East corner of Meewasin park, near the wastewater treatment plant.
Sat Oct 19, 10am – Beaver Creek Conservation Area. About 6km.
A chance to walk through a variety of landscapes, including native prairie and riparian habitats. What do the transitions between landscapes look like?
Meet in the Beaver Creek Conservation Area Visitor’s Parking Lot. See also: Trail Map (pdf)
Sat Oct 26, 10am – Cosmopolitan Park to Devil’s Dip. About 4km round trip.
Notice the changes in vegetation as we walk through semi-naturalized park space, a riverbank restoration project, and a stretch of unmaintained riverbank (where a surprise awaits!).
Meet at the Pioneer Cairns in Cosmopolitan Park, by the Broadway bridge on Sask Cr.
