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MOOSE JAW, SASKAT CHE WAN HOME T O T HE SNOWBIRDS!!
Not these kind of Snowbirds…. Although we have lots of these too!
MOOSE JAW, SASKAT CHE WAN HOME T O T HE SNOWBIRDS!! Not - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MOOSE JAW, SASKAT CHE WAN HOME T O T HE SNOWBIRDS!! Not these kind of Snowbirds. Although we have lots of these too! SNOWBIRDS!! SE HE T Saskatc he wan Wate r she ds Moose Jaw River Watershed Watershed stewardship is not
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Saskatc he wan Wate r she ds
Moose Jaw River Watershed
- Watershed stewardship is not just
about water, it’s also about the protection of all the land, flora and fauna, that is within that watershed.
- Watershed managers work closely
with Rural Municipalities and landowners as they are the ones that own, make decisions for, or manage the vast majority of the landscape.
- We implement projects and
partnerships at a grass-roots level engaging and communicating at multiple levels.
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BUMPER CROP OF GRAI N = BUMPER CROP OF GRAI N BAGS
MANAGI NG LARGE VOLUMES OF AGRI CULTURAL PLASTI CS I N SASKATCHEWAN
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E NVIRONME NT AL CONCE RNS
- Riparian area protection
- Prevention of soil
contamination from burning
- Protect “air shed”
- Buffer the rural and urban
relationship
- Landfill diversion
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ON-FARM MANAGEMENT OF AGRI CULTURAL PLASTI CS
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ON F ARM SIT E CONSOL IDAT ION
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ON F ARM AND SIT E CONSOL IDAT ION
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Producer Provincial Ministry
- f Agriculture
Provincial Ministry
- f Agriculture
Processor from Alberta Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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ISSUE S AT L ANDF IL L S
- Space to separate plastics
- Space to load plastics
- Co-mingled/contaminated plastics
- Signage to designate drop off area
- Equipment for managing onsite
and shipping
- Pest control
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SOL UT IONS
PROVIDE RANCHE S, F E E DL OT S, MUNICIPAL IT IE S, AUCT ION MART S AND RE T AIL OUT L E T S WIT H CL E AR PL AST IC BAGS F OR T WINE
- E
DUCAT ION ON HOW T O ROL L
- PROVIDE
T WINE F RE E OF CHARGE ON T HE GRAIN BAG ROL L E R
- ST
ORE ROL L S SO T HAT T HE Y SHE D WAT E R
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PE ST CONT ROL PL ANNING
RM 161 shop Shipping container Drop off area Sorting/shipping area
Legend
18-20 Bait stations Grain bags Roads
Deliveries will be received at the drop off area from farms then moved by the RM to sorting area. In order to avoid destroying bait stations they will be moved by the RM/PCO. Shipping will occur from sorting area.
Buildings
Fenced compound
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DE SIGNAT E ARE AS T O SE PARAT E PL AST ICS AND PL ACE SIGNAGE
GRAIN BAGS T WINE
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OPT IONS F OR SHIPPING
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SQUARE BAL E S F OR SHIPPING CONT AINE R
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PROGRAM RE SUL T S T O DAT E
- over 200 producers have participated
- some travelled over 200 kilometres
- all participants declared they would be willing to
participate again
- Approximately 750,000 lbs. of plastic collected since
March 2010
- Saskatchewan total volume of grain bags: approx.
1.5 million pounds
- Saskatchewan total volume of twine: approximately
45,000 pounds
- Hundreds of calls and inquires on project
- Plastic materials were accepted
- 600 producers were part of a survey across the
prairies (CleanFARMS)
- Focus group was formed in Saskatchewan
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NE W CHAL L E NGE S:
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bags be ing pur c hase d Cutting bags into var ious size s: issue s with baling plastic Stor age time of gr ain in the bags is quite var iable E quipme nt r e quir e d r
- lling in the fie ld afte r
gr ain e xtr ac tion Cost of r e - baling into squar e s for pr
- c e ssor
Mar ke t value Pr
- c e ssor
s No r e gulation F
- r
age r e pr e se ntative s not suppor tive of r e gulation of bale plastic s Size of r
- lling e quipme nt managing the size of the bags
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