As a key step in its shift to a results-based approach to environmental regulation, the Ministry of Environment is pleased to offer the draft Saskatchewan Environmental Code, the first of its kind in Canada, for public review.

Saskatchewan is adopting a new, results-based model for environmental regulation that will improve protection of the environment, while promoting innovative new tools in environmental management, including the Saskatchewan Environmental Code.

Your Big Game Draw history may be reviewed at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment's Big Game Draw website by selecting the following link: https://secure.gov.sk.ca/biggame/default.asp

Information regarding the 2012 Big Game Draw and information for 2012 Canadian resident white-tailed deer season will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

The Go Green Fund is a financial commitment from the Government of Saskatchewan to assist Saskatchewan's people, communities, non-government organizations and businesses address the province's most important environmental issues. Funding information and ways to Go Green can be found here.

The single most significant environmental challenge facing the globe and citizens of the earth is the changes in our climate that are occurring as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. The Government of Saskatchewan is committed to finding solutions to the environmental challenges facing our province, our country and our planet.

A North Battleford area resident, Carlin Nordstrom, has been convicted of unlawfully importing and exporting wildlife into and out of Saskatchewan and has been fined a total of $40,902 under The Wildlife Act and the federal Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act in provincial court in North Battleford.

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing Go Green funding for three new projects that address the Fund's priority areas of biodiversity, education and awareness, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and water conservation. Additional projects are currently being negotiated for Go Green funding in 2011-12.

The Ministry of Environment has contracted with a Saskatchewan nursery to grow and store 2.5 million tree seedlings, all destined for planting projects in the Provincial Forest.

The Ministry of Environment has extended a contract for mountain pine beetle surveys due to a higher than expected number of infested trees found in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment reminds everyone who ventures out on Saskatchewan's frozen lakes to enjoy a day of ice fishing to fish responsibly and safely.

The Ministry of Environment is initiating a public review of the draft Saskatchewan Environmental Code. This is the next key step in implementing a new results-based approach to environmental regulation.

A small piece of Saskatchewan will soon become part of Canada's most famous sailing ship.

Saskatchewan will be contributing $150,000 to the fight against mountain pine beetle in Alberta.