Protecting the Prairies

Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation

Andrea Olive

• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Year: 2023
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9780889779617
• Subtopic: Science & Technology Biographies
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Grasslands are among the richest, most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, and they are   crucial in the fight against climate change. Unfortunately, since 1970 Canada has lost more than 40 percent of its grasslands, and less than 15 percent of Saskatchewan’s grasslands exist today. The province has some of the highest CO2 and methane emissions per capita and virtually no environmental regulations. How did we allow the grasslands to become one of the most endangered ecosystems on Earth?
 
In some sense, the story of Saskatchewan fits rather neatly into the larger story of Western Canada, where politicians often care more about extraction and growing the economy while destroying the very things the economy depends on. But that isn’t the whole story.
 
Much like Canada’s universal health care, Saskatchewan is also the birthplace of some of the first provincial and national conservation laws, and home to an unsung and unlikely champion for the environment: a farmer with a twelfth-grade education and a really old van…
 
In Protecting the Prairies, Andrea Olive provides a history of wildlife and land conservation in Saskatchewan told through the life story of environmentalist, naturalist, farmer, and former Minister of Environment and Resource Management Lorne Scott. This is a book that challenges and inspires us to be stewards of the environment in our own backyards and communities, and above all, to never be complacent when it comes to protecting the natural world.
 

Table of contents

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• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1
• Humanity First
• Chapter 2
• The 1960s–70s: Birds First
• Chapter 3
• The 1980s: A Dam and Devine Decade
• Chapter 4
• The Early 1990s: From Politics to Politician
• Chapter 5
• The Late 1990s: High Tide of Conservation
• Chapter 6
• The Early 2000s: From Politician to Local Activist
• Chapter 7
• The 2010s: Missing the Trees and the Land
• Chapter 8
• Farming and the Future of Conservation
• Conclusion
• Postface
• Chronology of Lorne Scott
• Note on Sources
• References
• Index