Reading Time: 2 minutes Anew initiative is trying to show urbanities that grasslands are pretty cool, and running cattle on them is a good thing. “The Conservation Caravan” is a short film featuring producers from five southern Alberta ranches who talk about sustainability, land use and the importance of good stewardship. Operation Grassland Community is behind the film and […] Read more
Grassland preservation group takes message of rural stewardship to urbanites
Five southern Alberta ranches featured in stewardship and sustainability video
Bid to save sage grouse launched
Reading Time: < 1 minute A team of international experts, including conservation officials from the Calgary Zoo, has come up with a five-point plan to save the greater sage grouse from extinction. The federal government recently issued an emergency order to protect the bird across 1,700 square kilometres of Crown land in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. It’s estimated there are no more than 137 greater sage grouse […] Read more
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