The Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES)

The Saskatchewan Environmental Society has been the organization working on environmental issues in the province for the past 50 years. SES began life in 1970 as a totally volunteer-run, local Saskatoon organization - this at a time when there was no such thing as a provincial Ministry of Environment; no Environment Canada. Our initial focus was protection of the Saskatoon riverbank from commercial development. The dedication of those early SES volunteers wishing to protect our riparian areas and the water ecosystem, ultimately resulted in the creation of the Meewasin Valley Authority. As the need to address broader environmental issues soon became obvious, the Saskatoon Environmental Society became the Saskatchewan Environmental Society, with a province-wide mandate.