Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

, Provincial Forests are designated as such by the

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, as per The Forest Resources Management Act. In 1930, the Saskatchewan Natural Resources Act gave the province control over forest resources within its boundaries. Before 1930, forests in Saskatchewan were under federal control, and many of the Provincial Forests listed below were classified as National Forests under the Dominion Forest Reserves Act.

Official List

The official list of Saskatchewan Provincial Forests can be found in The Forest Resources Management Regulations: * Canwood Provincial Forest * Fort à la Corne Provincial Forest *

Nisbet Provincial Forest The Nisbet Provincial Forest is a provincially protected mixed-wood forest surrounded by Aspen parkland in Central Saskatchewan, Canada. It consists of a north block north of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and a south block between Duck L ...

Northern Provincial Forest Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a r ...

Porcupine Provincial Forest The Porcupine Provincial Forest is a protected boreal forest in Canada which covers the Porcupine Hills on the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. __TOC__ History By the end of the 19th century, Eastern Canada had essentially run out of marke ...

* Torch River Provincial Forest

Northern Provincial Forest

From a legal perspective, all of the contiguous forestland in Northern Saskatchewan is one forest. In other contexts, several distinct forests are identified. *

Pasquia Provincial Forest Pasquia Hills are hills in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They are located in the east central part of the province in the RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 near the Manitoba border. The hills are the northern most in a series of hills called ...

* Suggi Lowlands Provincial Forest

Other Forests with Provincial Protection

The two laws in Saskatchewan that protect forestland are the Forest Resources Management Act and the Parks Act. The Forest Resources Management Act and Regulations are written so that the Parks Act is applicable whenever land area is defined in both laws. The Parks Act provides stronger protections for forests than the Forest Resources Management Act. For example, in

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, no trees can be cut without a permit, whereas in provincial forests, individuals can harvest

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and collect dead and fallen trees for fuelwood. The forests of the Cypress Hills and Moose Mountain are protected by the Parks Act, and are therefore provincially-protected, but the forests are not officially provincial forests.

Duck Mountain Provincial Forest The Duck Mountain Provincial Forest is located on the Saskatchewan / Manitoba border. The forest sits atop the Duck Mountains, which rise 200-500m above the surrounding prairie, and are part of the larger Manitoba Escarpment. Both Manitoba's D ...

is also protected in Saskatchewan by the Parks Act, and the Manitoba portion is classified as a provincial forest in that province.

Bronson Forest Bronson Forest Recreation Site is a provincial recreation area in the west-central region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The park covers of the Bronson Forest in the Rural Municipality of Loon Lake No. 561. It encompasses the head ...

, located between Paradise Hill and Pierceland, is not protected under the Forest Resources Management Act or the Parks Act, but the Protection of the Wild Ponies of the Bronson Forest Act prohibits any activities in the Bronson Forest that could negatively impact the

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References

{{Saskatchewan Forests Forests of Saskatchewan

Official List

Northern Provincial Forest

Other Forests with Provincial Protection

See also

References