00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.858986 CaOODSP 20240527135431 cr ||||||||||| 180712s1969 onca o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn-sn R65-8/6E-PDF Saskatoon wetlands seminar [electronic resource] : transactions of a seminar on small water areas in the prairie pothole region, held February 20 to 22, 1967, to mark the opening of the Prairie Migratory Bird Research Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Ottawa : Canadian Wildlife Service, Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1969. 262 p. : ill. Report series ; no. 6 Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "The significance of the small wetlands of the prairies as breeding grounds for North American ducks has long been recognized. While the journals of early travellers across the plains testify to the spectacle provided by countless flocks of waterfowl, it is only during the past two decades that systematic waterfowl censuses have provided precise data . We now know that the sIoughs and potholes of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and adjacent parts of the Dakotas and Montana are the breeding habitat for over two thirds of the continent's most sought-after ducks"--Introd. gccst Aquatic birds gccst Wetlands gccst Ecology gccst Conferences Canadian Wildlife Service. Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Saskatoon Wetlands Seminar (1967 ; Saskatoon, Sask. ) Report series (Canadian Wildlife Service) no. 6. (CaOODSP)9.858862 PDF 57.55 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/eccc/cw65-8/R65-8-6-eng.pdf