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...
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...
ALUS Works with Farmers to Foster Biodiversity with Funding from WWF-Canada
$75,000 grant supports ALUS participants in creating and enhancing grassland, wetland, forest and riparian ecosystems in Ontario and Quebec. An ALUS windbreak of native trees and shrubs in Outaouais, Quebec, undertaken with support from WWF-Canada. Photo: Philippe...
Ian McClatchy: Putting Down Roots for the Environment
Planting native trees to benefit the environment and agricultureIan McClatchy in the lowland pasture of Rupert Hill Farm, the land he and his family call home. Photo: Philippe Boivin.At Rupert Hill Farm, in the Municipality of La Peche, just outside Gatineau, Quebec,...