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GI-2024-22-reg1: Regulations Amending the Wildlife Area Regulations

Sponsoring body: Environment, Dept. of theIntroduced June 1, 2024Last checked August 25, 2026

Read the official text on gazette.gc.caOfficial version — Canada Gazette, Part I

What this regulation does

This regulation restructures the Prairie National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan by removing 19 of its 26 land units that have low conservation value, and designating the remaining 7 units as five new, separately named National Wildlife Areas focused on high-value habitats.

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Business impact

Compliance

The main businesses affected are small cattle ranching and farming operations that currently hold grazing and agricultural permits for lands within the Prairie NWA — about 24 permit holders in total, with 12 of those operating on lands that will be delisted. If you're a rancher who has been applying for annual grazing permits on the 19 units being removed from NWA status, you'll no longer need those permits, saving you roughly $95 per year in administrative costs. The 12 permit holders who operate on lands that will become the five new NWAs will continue under the same permit rules as before, with no new costs. Overall, the regulation reduces red tape for agricultural users rather than adding to it.

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