Located in the beautiful Peace Region of northwestern Alberta, ALUS Northern Sunrise is Canada’s northernmost ALUS community. ALUS Northern Sunrise is a partnership between ALUS and Northern Sunrise County.
Northern Sunrise County is located east of the Peace and Smoky Rivers. With 94% of its 2.5 million hectares being public land, the remaining 6% is concentrated in agricultural, residential, commercial and recreational areas.
Here at ALUS Northern Sunrise, we work alongside local farmers and ranchers to deploy ALUS green projects. We restore difficult to farm and marginal lands from into environmental projects that generate cleaner air and water, wildlife habitat and other ecosystem services.
Our ALUS projects include installing barriers around water bodies, creating, enhancing, and expanding dugouts, implementing livestock watering systems, expanding and restoring riparian buffers, and restoring native grasses, trees, and shrubs in upland areas.
ALUS Northern Sunrise provides professional support and an annual per acre payment for the establishment, maintenance and long-term environmental outcomes of these ecological projects.
Together, ALUS and Northern Sunrise County strive to ensure the sustainability of agriculture, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of all residents.

Community Links
ALUS Northern Sunrise Coordinator
Supporters
NSC Watershed Advisory Committee (PAC)
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AAF)
Growing Forward 2
Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program (WRRP)
Smoky Applied Research and Demonstration Association (SARDA)
Peace Country Beef and Forage Association (PCBFA)
Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance (MPWA)
Aquality Environmental Consulting Ltd.
News & Events
ALUS presents the 2024 Dave Reid Award to François Allard
ALUS celebrates this year’s winner of the Dave Reid Award, François Allard, and runners-up, Victor Drury and Brian Maloney, for their exceptional efforts in agricultural stewardship. François Allard receives the 2024 Dave Reid Award from Joe Csoff, ALUS farmer...
Partnerships Plant More Trees
Community leaders from ALUS Northern Sunrise, Tree Canada and Alberta Conservation Association leverage new partnerships to accelerate environmental and community impacts Aerial view of the ALUS Northern Sunrise tree planting project site. Credit: Katie...
Learning from Communities Growing the ALUS Impact
ALUS team members met for collaborative engagement and learning at regional 2022 jamborees.In September and October 2022, ALUS organized three conferences, allowing our team members across the country to get together, tour project sites and discuss our shared...