The province has designated a 3,600 square kilometre area in the northern Saskatchewan as a new protected area.
The Pink Lake Representative Area Ecological Reserve is located about 160 kilometres north of La Ronge.
The boreal region provides habitat for many species including woodland caribou.
The designation means that no new industrial developments will be allowed in the region.
However, traditional First Nations and Métis activities as well as recreational hunting and angling will be allowed to continue.
Compared to other protected areas in the province, only the Prince Albert National Park comprises a larger land mass.