Mission Statement

To serve the Saskatchewan public by gathering, interpreting and distributing standardized information on the ecological status of provincial wild species and communities.

We are committed to:

• the conservation of biological diversity
• high quality science
• high quality service
• objectivity
• universal access
• our hemispheric network
• being the provincial clearinghouse
  for threatened and endangered species information

Organization

The SKCDC was formed as a co-operative venture between the Province of Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Environment), The Nature Conservancy (U.S.A.) and The Nature Conservancy of Canada. Currently the SKCDC is a partnership between the Province of Saskatchewan and Nature Saskatchewan, and resides in the Resource Stewardship Branch of Saskatchewan Environment. The SKCDC is also a member of NatureServe and its affiliate, NatureServe Canada (formerly ABI Canada).

Our Logo

The SKCDC logo is the Yellow Immaculate Lily, (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum forma immaculata). This is a very rare form of the provincial emblem characterized by lemon-yellow flowers, devoid of the usual dark spots. It is known to occur at only a few locations in Manitoba and Alberta each and less than 10 locations in Saskatchewan. This particular form is considered criticaly imperilled globally. There is some evidence that this form exists through some of the Plains and Midwest states as well.