71 (2016 population: 391) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No.

Dryboro/ Burn Lake (SK 029) is an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada within the RM of Excel.

Dryboro[7] and Burn Lakes[8] are part of a larger complex of connected intermittent salt lakes in a semi-arid landscape surrounded by hilly terrain that is part of a federal Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration.

The lakes are an important habitat for the endangered piping plover and are protected from development up to the high water mark.

71 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Tuesday of every month.