98 
Area - Wynyard Southeast - Black Soils (Aspen Parkland): 
(Bounded on the south by the U. S. Border, on the west by Highways Nos. 
9 and 16 to Regina and by No. 6 north to junction with No. 14, on the east 
by the Manitoba Border to Kamsack, on the north by Highway No. 5 
Kamsack to Watson). 
1951 1952 1953 
Size of sample - square miles Not comparable . 25 25 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May with 11.9 10.8 
No. water areas per square mile - May subsequent 17.4 19.7 
No. water areas per square mile on July 15 years 
estimated to last all season 6.2 10.4 
Area - Wynyard North - Degraded Black and Gray Soils (Mixed Aspen and 
Coniferous Forest). 
(Via: Highways Nos. 2 and 55 Prince Albert to White Fox - ‘south to 
Wadena via Highway No. 35) . 
Size of sample - square miles Not comparable 10 10 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May with 4.6 3.7 
No. of water areas per Square mile - May subsequent Bat 5.5 
No. of water areas per square mile on July 15 years 
estimated to last all season 4.0 5.3 
SUMMARY 
Total Provincial sample ~ square miles 161 177 
Breeding pairs per Square mile 22.0% 38.5 
*Reported erroneously as 30.1 in 1952 report. 
The transects revealed an over-all provincial increase in breeding pairs of 
66 percent, a 7 percent increase in eastern Saskatchewan and 104 percent in the 
western half of the province. 
Decreases were recorded in all except the south-west area of eastern 
Saskatchewan where the increase offset decreases elsewhere. The increase in 
western Saskatchewan was general with greatest gains in the areas just south and 
north of Swift Current. 
The July transects (run annually on the 15th of that month) showed abundant 
water available to bring the duck crop to maturity. Conditions were better in 
eastern Saskatchewan than in 1952. In the western half of the province there was a 
decrease in July surface water except on the eastern side of the area. 
Manitoba 
Due to weather and personnel shortages, Manitoba transects were not 
completed. The data which were obtained are not comparable with previous years, 
