Building on family legacy, Marc Bercier manages the landscape for the benefit of his community and future generations. ALUS team members visit Marc's project in St.Isidore during the October 2022 Prairie Jamboree. Marc Bercier is a famer and businessman...
ALUS Commits to Planting 400,000 Trees with $2.2M Support from the Government of Canada’s 2 Billion Trees Program
To celebrate the International Day of Forests, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced $2.2 million in funding through the 2 Billion Trees Program to support ALUS farmers and ranchers in planting 400,000 trees on their lands. ALUS...
Farmers Create Habitat for Species at Risk with Support from ALUS and the Government of Ontario
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Species at Risk Stewardship Program funds ALUS to create 2,270 acres of farmer-led habitat projects throughout the province A wetland and tree planting project completed as part of the MECP SARSP grant in...
Songs of Riverlea Acres: Stewardship for Species at Risk
The Andrews family moved to Metcalfe, ON, where they discovered they had vulnerable grassland species on their property. When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, Kurtis and Lara Andrews took it as an opportunity to return to a rural lifestyle, moving their family to...