Museum History: Life Sciences
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Arising from the concern of decreasing bird populations, the Prairie Nest Record Scheme was developed by the Museum during the 1950s and 1960s. Initially beginning in Regina, the program quickly spread throughout the Prairies to record information concerning bird nests which was then stored in a common depository. These long-term data sets allowed the Museum to determine trends in population dynamics of birds and climate change. |
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Ron Hooper discovered the Simius Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes simius) on June 27, 1968, near Rosefield, Saskatchewan. This was the first record of that species of butterfly in all of Canada. |
During the 1970s, the Museum helped develop nature centres in various parks throughout the Province. These parks included: Cypress Hills, Buffalo Pound, Saskatchewan Landing, Greenwater, Meadow Lake, Duck Mountain, Moose Mountain, Pike Lake, and Good Spirit Lake. During this time, Bob Long established the Museum's Park Interpretive Program, which provides the public with the opportunity to learn about the environment and wildlife within these parks.
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Group 'sightseeing' at Cypress Hills.
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Keith Roney discovered a new subspecies of Tiger Beetle in 1978 during a trip to the Athabasca sand dunes in northwestern Saskatchewan. The sand dunes are a very peculiar place to discover this subspecies. |
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In 1986, a wind scorpion (an insect that belongs to the same class as spiders and other arachnids) was discovered in Southern Saskatchewan. This scorpion is so different that it may be given its own genus. The specimen is currently being examined by experts. |
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