Cypress Hills and Area Naturalist

 

GeoNotes Cypress Hills and area

Cypress Hills and Area Naturalist

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Topographic map of the Cypress Hills.                                                                             Source: Cypress Hills Topo Map

         Image Source: Treeosix Adventure Parks       Download your copy of the Ultimate Map of the Cypress Hills, SK

                                                                                                                                     Source: Cypresshills.ca

Check Road Reports:

Saskatchewan Highway Map

Alberta AMA Highway Map

Orchids

Get Started Resources:

Cypress Hills orchids: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/ba121898-a1ad-4ce3-9de9-6bdc2b2c7e15/resource/cabd1e90-9ea7-4c84-95a6-b31a947ca577/download/cypress-hills-pp-orchids-checklist.pdf

Cypress Hills Orchids in Colour Images:
https://www.albertaparks.ca/media/6493053/cypress-hills-pp-orchids-checklist.pdf

Cypress Hills Plants:
https://www.npss.sk.ca/docs/2_pdf/Plants_of_Cypress_Hills_Provincial_Park.pdf

Cypress Hills Common Lichens:
https://biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/Cypress.PDF

Saskatchewan Conservation Data Center (Biodiversity):
https://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/SppList.htm
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): https://www.itis.gov/

Saskatchewan Wildlife (snakes, birds, insects, wildlife):
https://birdwatchinghq.com/?s=snakes+in+saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Wildflowers: https://www.saskwildflower.ca/native-plant-photos.html

Flora of North America: http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1

Saskatchewan and North American Insects: https://www.insectidentification.org/insects-by-state.php?thisState=Saskatchewan

Bumble Bees-Calgary: https://prism.ucalgary.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/10a75658-4cda-4570-a899-8ae70407c823/content

North American Bumble Bee Guide: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259460549_Bumble_Bees_of_North_America_An_Identification_Guide

Jeff's Butterfly Page: https://www.jeffpippen.com/butterflies.htm

Butterflies and Moths of North America: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/identify/region

Bug Guide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

Insect Identification: https://www.insectidentification.org/

Insects of Alberta: https://www.insectsofalberta.com/main.htm

Cornell Lab: All About Birds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/

Cypress Hills Birds: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/9972b06f-615d-4126-a764-6cb06b8fb63d/resource/549f2737-757c-467b-ace3-bf380b0ad3d4/download/aep-birds-cypress-hills-interprovincial-park.pdf

Warbler Cheat Sheet: https://95627.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/95627/Bird%20Academy/FALL%20Cheatsheetsx4%209-5-24.pdf? or try https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/fall-warbler-guide

Gulls and Terns in Canada: https://birdwatchinghq.com/gulls-in-canada/

Laws Gull ID Chart: https://www.johnmuirlaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Laws_Gull_ID.pdf

Gulls-Coastal BC: https://www.birdscanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Adult_Gulls.pdf

Gulls: Eastern Canada: https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/pdf/oiseaux-migrateurs-migratory-bird/eastern-canada-common-gulls-identification-guide-2019.pdf

Gulls-Saskatchewan: https://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/nature-blog-network/gulls-in-saskatchewan/

Cypress Hills Mammals: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/0e05fd07-1fc7-44c0-a7da-a3c0dd4cb214/resource/43ea8b58-a833-4544-96d1-2eb02cd5c6fb/download/aep-mammals-cypress-hills-interprovincial-park.pdf

Sources:

1. AlbertaParks.ca; Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park; Orchids Checklist; cypress-hills-pp-orchids-checklist.pdf; Site accessed 6-25-2025.

2. Cypress Hills Grasslands Destination Area; Interactive Map « Map of CGDA; Site accessed 6-25-2025.

3. Topographic-map.com; Cypress Hills topographic map, elevation, terrain; Site accessed 6-25-2025.

4. Treeosix Adventure Parks; Download Map of Cypress Hill Saskatchewan; Map of Cypress Hills Saskatchewan – Treeosix Adventure Parks; Site accessed 6-14-2025.

Charles Kuss

2025

Upadated: 6-25-2025

Green Quirk Part 7: Conclusion: permanent solutions for a healthy environment

Green Quirk part 7

Conclusion: permanent solutions for a healthy environment

From the previous six Green Quirk articles, several conclusions can be drawn:

• The vulnerable massive grid infrastructure should be reduced to multiple microgrids or local grids to avoid massive blackouts over a wide area. Only a small area of the grid would be affected by a blackout that can easily be repaired and maintained. Microgrids are also more cost-effective with the reduction of power loss during transmission because of shorter distances.

• As mentioned before, solar and wind are intermittent and not very cost-effective as a stable, reliable power supply when the rate of power return, maintenance, and equipment/installation costs are considered. A stable electrical power supply is vital to maintaining a healthy electrical grid and avoiding any outages, such as rotating outages. Solar and wind power plants should be grandfathered and decommissioned when becoming obsolete, and replaced with green hydrogen burning power plants, which are much more cost-effective and will provide a reliable, stable power output without having to worry about outages.

• Biomass, coal, petroleum, and, to a lesser extent, natural gas burning power plants create CO₂ and other dangerous pollutants and are no longer compliant with the current environmental regulations, which seem to be getting stricter as the 2035 and 2050 net-zero carbon targets are approaching. These power plants can easily be converted to green hydrogen burning plants without having to worry about pollution or net-zero carbon targets. Sequestering CO₂ to create a net-zero effect may not be a good idea since the planet has become greener in recent years due to the increased CO₂ levels. The current CO₂ level is far from an environmental problem that is related to climate change, and any warming or cooling periods are much more complicated than what climate models tend to indicate.

• Hydro dams and nuclear power plants are the most costly to build, and can also be grandfathered and decommissioned when obsolete, and replaced with clean, green hydrogen power plants.

• Green hydrogen-burning power plants can be built anywhere; they are scalable, growing with the community, require no smokestack, are non-polluting, genuinely renewable, and use hydrogen produced by water electrolysis as fuel to generate electrical energy. Hydrogen produced using this method is almost completely green with very little pollution, and no CO₂ sequestering is needed to achieve a net-zero effect.

• Governments should work towards making the suppressed free energy/over-unity technology legal and protect, at all costs, inventors from dark forces wanting to harm them. Governments should also flush out existing free energy devices that have been confiscated and criminalize organizations or individuals that refuse to cooperate with their release. 

• Free energy/over-unity technologies, once manufactured, are completely green with no pollution, and can easily replace the electrical grid system and be installed in every building, providing a permanent, reliable power supply indefinitely. This would permanently end electrical grid infrastructure problems. In fact, this would end the building of power plants. This technology can also be installed in electric vehicles, making them permanently self-sufficient in their electrical needs without external chargers, thus eliminating the additional load on the power grid infrastructure. These devices can be recycled when the usefulness of the building or electrical vehicle has expired.

• High-mileage carburetors are also suppressed technology and should be made widely available on internal combustion engines. As with the free energy technology, any organization or individual interfering with the introduction of high-mileage carburetors should be criminalized and held legally accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

• Effective nuclear radiation remediation technologies should be used immediately when there is a radiation leak or a nuclear power plant meltdown. Other proven pollution remediation technologies can be used in the manufacturing industry, sewage treatment, polluted waterways, and other areas where pollution has become a problem. Again, as with high-mileage carburetors and free energy technology, any organizations or individuals interfering with the use of proven remediation technologies should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

• Electrogravitic and quantum teleportation technologies go hand in hand and are no longer science fiction, and have been developed, tested, and utilized by the covert military-industrial complex. Electrogravitics can be used in space and personal vehicles. Quantum teleportation can transport passengers, freight, packages, and mail easily and effortlessly from one point to another in minutes, as opposed to days. This would eliminate the polluting surface, sky, and ocean freight traffic.  Quantum teleportation and levitation are nothing new and have been used by the ancient Vedic Yogis and Rishi Seers of India while practising their Siddhis.

• It’s imperative that we end the childish nonsense of exploiting for profit the problems pollution has created and start implementing genuine technologies to immediately remediate environmental problems. The current ‘false’ solutions are mostly a whitewash and don’t address the environmental issues. 

• Keeping it simple and cost-effective is important. Proven technology developed to alleviate environmental problems should be used and not sat on for use at some future time. A clean environment is a jewel that should be cherished. The health of an organism living in the environment is a direct reflection of the health of its environment. 

These conclusions may seem radical at first, but should, at least, be considered when assessing our green energy needs and environmental health, and their compliance with government regulations, which are soft, especially when it comes to chemical and electromagnetic radiation-related pollution. Useful suppressed technologies that can safely and effectively reverse environmental damage should be flushed out using whatever legal instruments are available and implemented gradually, in phases, to minimize any major economic disruptions. 

Green Quirk part 1 Introduction

Green Quirk part 2 Radiation Remediation and Thorium Reactors

Green Quirk part 3 Over Unity/Free Energy

Green Quirk part 4 Internal Combustion Engine Efficiency

Green Quirk part 5 Electrogravitic Space and Personal Vehicles

Green Quirk part 6 Water Electrolysis and Hydrogen

Green Quirk part 7 Conclusions

References:

1. Rajivsoni; Renewable Energy Sources; February 20, 2023; Types of Renewable Energy Sources – stepstogreen; Site accessed 5-5-2025.

2. WTS Energy; Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy | WTS Energy; Site accessed 5-5-2025.

Charles Kuss

2025

Updated: 5-23-2025