The provincial government is expected to launch its rangeland grazing framework in the near future.  |  File photo

Alberta invests $1.3 million in rangeland research

Alberta’s Rangeland Sustainability Program helps research organizations do their own research to improve grasslands

Reading Time: 5 minutes Alberta’s government is investing $1.3 million to strengthen the health,biodiversity and resilience of the province’s rangelands through the Rangeland Sustainability Program.

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.


File: Cattle grazing in a field.

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