The Bob Creek Ranch is an important piece of land along Highway 22. It is home to many species at risk, and has varied terrain. The Waldron Grazing Co-operative and the Nature Conservancy of Canada are working together to place the land under a conservation easement.

Saving southern Alberta’s Bob Creek Ranch

Bob Creek Ranch around the Cowboy Trail in process of being conserved by the Waldron Grazing Co-op and the Nature Conservancy of Canada

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Waldron Grazing Co-op and the Nature Conservancy of Canada are working towards the conservation of the Bob Creek Ranch around the Cowboy Trail in southern Alberta.

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Province fast-tracks grazing approval for evacuated livestock

Lease holders can take animals now, report to authorities later

Reading Time: 3 minutes Grazing disposition holders who want to help fellow livestock producers affected by wildfires can use some recently relaxed rules. Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism has fast-tracked its processes to allow grazing lease, licence and permit holders to more quickly accept wildfire-displaced livestock on their land. The main condition is that key information be reported in […] Read more