Ponass Lakes
Ponass Lakes and surrounding marsh are nationally important for migratory birds and are within an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada. The Ponass Marsh was the first designated Heritage Marsh in Saskatchewan.
Ponass Lake Heritage Marsh and IBA
Ponas Lake Heritage Marsh was established in 1981 and encompasses the marsh and lakes and covers an area of about 2,995 hectares (7,400 acres). The wetland and part of the surrounding upland is also part of the Ponass Lake (SK 072) Important Bird Area of Canada. The IBA covers an area of 289.04 km (111.60 sq mi) and birds found there include ducks, Canada geese, sandhill cranes, snow geese, whooping cranes, peregrine falcons, American coots, black-crowned night-herons, American bitterns, soras, American white pelicans, black terns, common terns, pied-billed grebes, red-necked grebes, great blue herons, Franklin's gulls, and greater white-fronted geese.