WATERSHED LEGACY PROGRAM The Oldman Watershed Council’s (OWC) Watershed Legacy Program provides the tools necessary for watershed stewardship groups, individual producers, and other land-use cooperatives to take steps toward sustainable land management. By coordinating efforts throughout the basin and providing funding, the WLP aims to conserve and enhance our natural resources and the rural way…
GREEN ACREAGES The Land Stewardship Centre’s Green Acreages Program supports acreage, hobby farm, and recreational property owners in becoming better stewards of their land through practical tools, engaging workshops, and cost-share funding opportunities. The program encourages sustainable land management practices that conserve and protect valuable natural assets such as air, water, land, and wildlife. Through…
ALBERTA AG-PLASTIC. RECYCLE IT! PILOT PROGRAM Cleanfarms, in partnership with the Agricultural Plastic Recycling Group, is operating a pilot program to collect used agricultural grain bags and twine for recycling free of charge. To find the collection site nearest to your operation visit Cleanfarms’ Searchable Collection Site Map: https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca/FindMap. Cleanfarms Alberta Program Advisor 403-942-6012 johnsond@cleanfarms.ca…
SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM The Alberta Native Plant Council (ANPC) is a not-for-profit that provides grants of $250 to $1,000 for native plant projects by Alberta residents, not-for-profit organizations, or registered charities operating in Alberta. Applications to access this funding are open annually from January 1 to February 28. Planting native plant species in Alberta can…
BUILDING RESILIENCE FOR BATS Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association’s Species at Risk Program works with local landowners to build resiliency for bats, in particular little brown myotis (or little brown bat), through annual monitoring with scheduled roost counts and acoustic detectors, guano collection to detect species presence and disease, funding support for stewarding bat habitat, and…
CARNIVORES AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association’s Carnivores and Communities Program (CACP) works to reduce conflicts between people and large carnivores by reducing attractants for large carnivores through deadstock pickup, reducing the economic impact on landowners coexisting with large carnivores, and providing bear safety training for rural residents in and neighbouring Waterton Biosphere Region.…