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Geoscape Northern Saskatchewan
Geoscience for our Canadian Shield Community
How we use our land
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Environmental StewardshipUranium and its potential health risks to humans is taken seriously in our community. Mining companies, Federal Government and Provincial agencies monitor our land. In the last decade the Athabasca Working Group (AWG), Environmental Quality Committee (EQC), Community Vitality Monitoring Partnership Process (CVMPP), and public meetings combined to ensure safety to the land and our people.
Environmental Stewardship

Uranium and its potential health risks to humans is taken seriously in our community. Mining companies, Federal Government and Provincial agencies monitor our land. In the last decade the Athabasca Working Group (AWG), Environmental Quality Committee (EQC), Community Vitality Monitoring Partnership Process (CVMPP), and public meetings combined to ensure safety to the land and our people.

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Total revenue from resource activities... (for 2003)MiningForestryOutdoor TourismCommercial FishingWild RiceWild MushroomsTrapping

Total revenue from resource activities... (for 2003)

  • Mining
  • Forestry
  • Outdoor Tourism
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Wild Rice
  • Wild Mushrooms
  • Trapping

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Did You Know ?
  • that Northern Saskatchewan is the world's largest producer of organic wild rice?

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