ALUS Norfolk participant Paul Mauthe has devoted several acres at the rear of his property to habitat rehabilitation. Together, ALUS and Mauthe created a wetland on his ginseng farm and planted native prairie grasses, trees and shrubs on the spoil pile surrounding the wetland, to buffer the farm from the surface water which flows into the drinking supply of the Town of Delhi.
Southwest Iowa first community in the United States to adopt ALUS
Toronto, ON and Oakland, IA, March 12, 2024 – Iowa farmer Seth Watkins collaborated with Cara Morgan at Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) to be the first US community to adopt the ALUS program, Canada’s leading agricultural ecosystem...