ALUS planted its roots in Elgin County in 2012, beginning with a pilot project in Bayham Township. In January of 2016, ALUS Bayham expanded to include the Townships of Malahide, Central Elgin, Southwold, Dutton-Dunwich and West Elgin.
ALUS Elgin partners with each Conservation Authority and other organizations in the region to develop projects and ideas that are best suited to the landowners’ needs and the priorities of Elgin County.
Local environmental issues, including gully and bank erosion, are considered priorities for the ALUS Elgin program, which aims to reduce sedimentation and phosphorus loading in our rivers and lakes.
As much of Elgin County is now battling the invasive Phragmites australis, controlling this species is now a priority on all wetland creation sites.
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Students Plant New Acres™ in Ontario
High-school students get hands-on lesson in planting native species to produce beneficial ecosystem services on an ALUS Elgin farm. On April 24, 2017, a group of high-school students devoted a full day to helping their local environment. ALUS Elgin Program Coordinator...
Drink Mead, Save Bees! ALUS Elgin Benefit Event
There was a lot of buzz about ALUS on April 2, 2017, when ALUS Elgin held a bee-themed benefit at a boutique in southwestern Ontario. Taking quite literally the benefit event’s hashtag (#CheersToPollinators), a capacity crowd brandished many glasses of mead (a...
ALUS Bayham Hosts First Farm Tour
As one of the new Ontario communities delivering ALUS in 2013, a few new demonstration projects have been established this growing season in the municipality of Bayham. While much planning has occurred in meetings indoors, the Partnership Advisory Committee wanted to...
ALUS Elgin Coordinator
Steve Walsh
Andrew McCallum
Drake Larsen
Magda Donck
Bill Ungar
Dave Depudyt
Rudy Pilz
Diane Lynn Ayotte
Beven Allen
Jumanah Khan
Margaret May
Paul Gagnon (Conservation Authority Representative)
Betsy McClure (Conservation Authority Representative)
Greg Van Every (Conservation Authority Representative)
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
National Conservation Plan
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Ontario Wildlife Foundation
Weston Family Foundation
Long Point Region Conservation Authority
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority
Kettle Creek Conservation Authority
Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
Elgin Stewardship Council
Elgin Clean Water Program
National Farmers Union