The partnership between ALUS and Lac Ste. Anne County (LSAC) began in 2015 as a three-year pilot project focused on wetland restoration. During its initial phase, ALUS Lac Ste. Anne has partnered with ALUS Parkland to help increase awareness of the program and support environmental stewardship on private land.
Bolstered by LSAC’s Growing Forward 2 Agricultural Watershed Enhancement Program grant, the ALUS Lac Ste. Anne program is intended to improve water quality and flood and drought resiliency within the Lake Isle sub-watershed.
ALUS Lac Ste. Anne seeks to identify marginal or environmentally sensitive parcels of land, and to shift them from agricultural production to the production of ecosystem services such as water and air filtration, carbon sequestration, erosion prevention, wildlife and pollinator habitat, and flood and drought resiliency.
These ecosystem services are produced by a range of ALUS projects, such as alternative watering systems, riparian fencing, revegetation and shelterbelts.
The ALUS Program Coordinator works with farmers and ranchers to help establish these projects, while participants receive annual, per-acre payments for the management and maintenance of these projects on their land.
In the coming years, ALUS Lac Ste. Anne looks forward to working with more producers to enhance the working landscape, strengthen agricultural operations and produce ecosystem services that benefit the wider community.
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ALUS Canada announces new funding from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership in Alberta
ALUS Canada’s Western Hub to benefit from nearly $450,000 in new funding from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership in Alberta (Environmental Stewardship and Climate Change program). PRESS RELEASE | Calgary, Alberta, March 25, 2020 | ALUS Canada announces nearly...
TD Bank Group sponsors launch of New Acre™ Project, ALUS Canada’s innovative corporate-sponsorship program.
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The 2019 Dave Reid Awards
ALUS Red Deer County participants Tom and Margaret Towers receive the 2019 Dave Reid Award for innovation in the production of ecosystem services on Canadian farms and ranches. On June 4, 2019, a crowd of 50 guests assembled at Rolyn Hills Ranch in Alberta as ALUS...
ALUS Lac Ste. Anne Contact
Agricultural Watershed Enhancement Program (Growing Forward 2)
Alberta Conservation Association
West Central Forage Association
Sturgeon River Watershed Alliance
North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance
Cows and Fish (Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society)
Alberta Lake Management Society
Lake Isle/Lac Ste. Anne Water Quality Management Society
Alberta Woodlot Extension Society
Julien Pagé
ALUS Montérégie PAC Chair, and 1st Vice-President of the Montérégie UPA Federation
Christian St-Jacques
Farmer and former President, Fédération de l’UPA de la Montérégie
Charles Boulerice
Farmer, and President, Syndicat de l’UPA la Vallée-du-Richelieu
Florent Raymond
Farmer, Hazen-Bleury et de la Barbotte committee
André Mousseau
Farmer and President, Syndicat de l’UPA Vallée maskoutaine
Martin Berger
Farmer andmember of the Pot au Beurre et AgriClimat project committee
Claude Vasseur
Farmer and former Vice-President, Syndicat de l’UPA du Haut-Richelieu
Marie-Laure Marcotte
Agronomist at Groupe ProConseil and member of the Huron River committee
Marcel Comiré
General Manager, COVABAR
Annie Tremblay
Agronomist at Agri Conseils Maska
Renée Gagnon
Executive Director, CIME Haut-Richelieu