ALUS came to eastern Ontario in 2012. Today, ALUS Ontario East operates within the boundaries of the Raisin-South Nation Source Protection Region. The program is led by the local Partnership Advisory Committee (PAC) with assistance from its legal entity, the Raisin Region Conservation Authority. The PAC is comprised of members from both the local farming and environmental communities.
ALUS Ontario East works with farmers and ranchers to enhance ecosystem services on marginal, inefficient, and fragile areas and on lands that can be managed in a different manner through projects that best suit their farming operations. ALUS participants receive an annual payment for every acre enrolled in the program in exchange for managing and maintaining projects that increase ecosystem services to that benefit both their farm and wider community.
ALUS Ontario East supports the establishment, management, and maintenance of various innovative and sustainable projects such as wetlands and beaver baffles, erosion control, buffers, windbreaks, grasslands, modified grazing practices, livestock exclusion fencing, and more. ALUS is voluntary and non-prescriptive, which allows for increased flexibility when designing projects to suit any farming operation. The program is always on the lookout for interesting and innovative project ideas that will bring together agriculture and nature.
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A New Round of Our “Success with ALUS Projects” Guidebooks Now Available
ALUS Canada launches new booklets to help farmers and ranchers monitor ALUS projects for best success What does success with ALUS projects look like? Check out the new round of our “Success with ALUS Projects” guidebooks, now available thanks to funding from the...
Flood Prevention in Eastern Ontario
ALUS Ontario East participants explain how—and why—they do what they do. On a balmy day in early October, ALUS Ontario East participants Kurt MacSweyn, Mike MacGillivray, Christian Lalande, André Pommainville and Marc Bercier got ready to receive 45 guests on their...
Intact Announces Support for ALUS
PRESS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montreal, April 25, 2019 – ALUS Canada thanks Intact for nearly $250,000 to fund ALUS projects in three provinces. ALUS Canada is delighted to receive a generous donation of $248,850 in new funding from the Intact Foundation, in...
ALUS Ontario East Coordinator
Marc Bercier, Vice-Chair, resident of La Nation
John Van Turnhout, Past Chair, resident of North Stormont
William Robertson, resident of South Glengarry
Kurt MacSweyn, resident of North Glengarry
Jacqueline Pemberton, resident of North Dundas
Ian Walker, resident of Alfred and Plantagenet
Stephen Burgess, resident of South Glengarry
Rene Lalonde, resident of North Stormont
Lisa Van De Ligt, Advisor, Raisin Region Conservation Authority
Ronda Boutz, Advisor, South Nation Conservation
Jean Saint-Pierre, Advisor, Boisés Est
Mikayla Stinson, Advisor, Ducks Unlimited Canada
Benoit Lebeau, Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Alyssa Cousineau, Advisor, ALUS