PWSS Newsletter August 2021

Newsletter August 2021

Online Store is Now Open!

Our e-commerce site has officially launched, meaning you can now purchase any of the books, plushies, or Grasslands merchandise we stock in the gift shop online!

Orders can be mailed, or if you're in town you can select porch-side pickup Wednesday to Sunday until Sept. 5th and get your order from the window on the west side of the building

Frontier Farewell

$34.95

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Staff Pick:

Frontier Farewell by Garret Wilson

Wilson's book covers in-depth the drastic changes occurring in what would become Western Canada, including the events of the border survey, the NWMP's March West and the signing of the numbered treaties. Featuring an impressive amount of first-hand accounts and perspectives, Frontier Farewell is essential reading for any history buff of the western prairies

Merv Timmons' Hat

Thanks to the generosity of the Timmons family, PWSS now has in its collection a number of personal belongings of Merv, including his cowboy hat which will be added to our permanent display.

Merv Timmons was a prominent rancher in the Val Marie area, and was instrumental in bringing the first telephone lines to Val Marie. He also managed the Val Marie rodeo for 21 years. We are proud to be able to share his story through our collection. Our thanks to Leslie, Jay Jay, and Murray for the donations.

PWSS Sask Collections Launches!

Have you ever wanted to be able to view the artifacts we have in our collection here at PWSS?

With support from the Museum Association of Saskatchewan (MAS) Prairie Wind & Silver Sage have launched our public SaskCollections page. This page shows curated sets of artifacts from our collection here in the museum along with some background information on the items. You can view our first selection of items here. We're working to add more items, so be sure to routinely check in on the site!

Update: Burrowing Owl Feeding Program

As the summer draws to a close, we are continuing to collect donations for the burrowing owl feeding program in conjunction with Grasslands National Park. To date we have received over $500 in donations, a record for the program! These donations help fund the purchase mice to supplement owl fledglings diets.

Noah Johnson, our project partner at Grasslands National Park tells us that 199 owl fledglings were counted at 45 nests in the West Block of the park. This is consistent with last year's numbers and is a drastic improvement from 2019, where only 14 nesting pairs were found. He has also started crunching the numbers to see how much of an impact the feedings have had on chick survival rate. The relatively stable population numbers bodes well for the owls considering the severe drought occurring in the region this year.

Donate Now at CanadaHelps.org

Donations can be made via the CanadaHelps.org donation page. Set donation category to "Burrowing Owl Feeding Program".

Donations over $20 are tax deductible.

On behalf of the Burrowing Owls, we thank you for all donations, large or small.

PWSS Hours

We are selling coffee, espressos and lattes via the door on the west side of the building, Wednesday to Sunday, 8:30 am-12 noon. Follow the arrow and the rock path.

We’re also available to provide visitor information by phone 306-298-4910 or email, or at the west side door Wednesday to Sunday 8:30am-12pm, and 1:30pm-5pm.

Prairie Wind & Silver Sage

Friends of Grasslands Inc.

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Donate Now at CanadaHelps.org