Sustaining agriculture, wildlife and natural spaces - one acre at a time
ALUS helps farmers and ranchers produce ecosystem services on their land. These include cleaner air, cleaner water, flood mitigation, carbon sequestration, species at risk habitat and support for native bees and pollinators.
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See ALUS on the Ground
Active in six provinces to date, the ALUS program links Canada’s natural heritage across agricultural lands. With funding from a variety of sources, ALUS will continue to grow and establish new communities across Canada. Click on any province for more detail.
Latest ALUS News
Growing Happiness and Biodiversity by the Acre
Marcus & Sarah Riedner foster happiness, agriculture and ecosystems at their farm, Happiness by the Acre.
Thank you for making a positive impact in 2020
Thank you for making a positive impact in 2020. So, here's a snapshot of ALUS’ growth over the past year.
ALUS Montérégie celebrates its 5th anniversary!
UPA Montérégie and ALUS are celebrating the 5th anniversary of the ALUS Montérégie program.
ALUS Announces $60,000 Sponsorship from Alberta Professional Outfitters Society
With its support for ALUS, APOS contributes solutions for enhancing and creating habitat across the province.
Devoted to the Land
Kirk and Gail Bridgeman have raised horses and stewarded their land unfailingly for decades.
Soil Erosion Be Gone
Through ALUS, Jim Caley has transformed acres of less productive sandy soil into a flourishing arboreal ecosystem.
A Century of Land Stewards
The English family create dynamic ecosystems and manage water on their land with ALUS.
Buffing up the Land
With ALUS, Big Rock Bison gets robust outcomes from their ecosystem buffers and mature habitat.
ALUS Supporters
Generous funding from public and private sources enables ALUS to put green infrastructure projects on the agricultural landscape. Our supporters help create pollinator hedgerows in Ontario, shelterbelts in Alberta, wetlands in the Prairies, wildlife habitat in Quebec, clean streams in PEI, and much more across Canada.
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ALUS in Action
ALUS projects establish pollinator habitat, improve wetlands, protect waterways, plant trees and shrubs, and much more.
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Foundational Partner
ALUS proudly recognizes Delta Waterfowl as a Foundational Partner. Delta was instrumental in launching the first-ever ALUS pilot project, which took place in Blanshard, Manitoba, from 2006 to 2009, and the second ALUS pilot, in Norfolk, Ontario, which remains the longest continually running ALUS program in Canada. Delta also co-wrote the “ALUS bible,” which laid out the original principles of the program.