By Ryan Young
Apr 5, 2021 4:14 PM
The Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation will be asking the Environment Minister about whether counter service can be re-instated at the Ministry of Environment offices where it was discontinued two years ago.
It was March of 2019 when the provincial government announced closing 19 offices to the public.
Darrell Crabbe understands that there is a 1-800 number and an online forum for conservation officer support, but he says what has been happening instead is a number of people are calling the non-government organizations with their queries instead, putting the onus on them to answer or direct their calls.
The Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation will be asking the Environment Minister about whether counter service can be re-instate.
By News Room
Apr 5, 2021 9:44 AM
The Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation will be asking the Environment Minister about whether counter service can be re-instated at the Ministry of Environment offices where it was discontinued two years ago.
It was March of 2019 when the provincial government announced closing 19 offices to the public.
Darrell Crabbe understands that there is a 1-800 number and an online forum for conservation officer support, but he says what has been happening instead is a number of people are calling the non-government organizations with their queries instead, putting the onus on them to answer or direct their calls.
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Now she’s been recognized at the provincial level for her skills. Jacobs took top spot in the wildlife category at the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation’s (SWF) annual photography contest, for a photo of a couple of pheasants in a field. The winner was revealed by the SWF recently. Mary Jacobs is a long-time photographer in the Estevan area. File photo She has finished second and third in the provincial contest previously, but has never taken top spot. “Every so often, a bunch of us would go out driving, looking for wildlife pictures, and this one day, we were driving down the road, and there was a group of pheasants that had crossed the road,” Jacobs told the Mercury.