Earth Day often overlooks one of Canada’s top environmental allies: farmers. 🌎
Not all conservation happens in parks or protected areas.
ALUS farmers restore habitat, protect water and create new acres of nature on farmland.
Join us in thanking farmers!
#EarthDay#ALUS
Farmers are key to Canada’s biodiversity future.
The Crumps (ALUS Middlesex) are restoring wetlands, planting trees and creating habitat — while running a productive farm. With the right support, solutions like this can scale across Canada.
Read more🔗
https://t.co/gL0D0Qmo3S
ALUS is pleased to share that Definity has committed $1.5 million over three years to advance community-led, farmer delivered nature-based solutions across Canada.
🔗 Read the announcement linked in the comments
ALUS receives $2.2M through Ontario’s Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program🌱Funding supports 400 acres of new nature-based projects that build farm resilience.
Learn more: https://t.co/bKS6NfIDtD
#ALUS#NatureBasedSolutions#RALP#OntarioAgriculture
With help from @CapitalPower, farmers and ranchers in Wetaskiwin and Leduc counties created 36 acres of nature, improving biodiversity, soil and water health, and sequestering an estimated 355 tCO2e over 5 years.
https://t.co/Gugy5bUBRB
#NatureBasedSolutions#ClimateResilience
A group of employees from @AAFC_Canada toured our ALUS Ontario East community. They visited ALUS projects and were able to see first-hand the benefits created when agriculture meets nature. We are grateful for their presence!
Thanks to the Priority Places for Species at Risk Initiative from @environmentca, ALUS communities in Ontario’s Carolinian Zone are restoring 800+ acres of nature to protect species at risk.
https://t.co/k70x5qa5vv
#SpeciesAtRisk#NatureBasedSolutions#CarolinianZone
January 24th marks the International Day of Education. 👩🏫 Our team collaborates with @AMacD_UGuelph, Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph, to study ALUS' prairie restoration sites in Ontario.
To learn more: https://t.co/Jwzvltqeo1
ALUS is thrilled to announce a $30,000 sponsorship from the Alberta Professional Outfitters Society’s (APOS) Wildlife Management Fund (WMF), which will help preserve healthy wildlife populations in Alberta. Learn more about this collaboration for wildlife: https://t.co/QkhznEaxzv
Our CEO Bryan Gilvesy @yuranch will participate in the RBC Future Launch Fireside Chat panel at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 1 at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at Exhibition Place in Toronto. 🌁 @RBC To learn more and to buy tickets: https://t.co/Ry7XXJwbox
The Current 2024 Watershed Magazine is now out! Go read about all the great things happening throughout the watersheds in Manitoba. We have an article on our @ALUS_Solutions Growing Roots Program at AWWD written by our staff member @Stephm8889
https://t.co/ZBVZXUGZQp
ALUS' success lies in it's dedicated Partnership Advisory Committees.
Each PAC is deeply embedded in it's community, ensuring that ALUS projects are finely tuned to meet the unique needs of the area.
Discover more about ALUS' PAC model: https://t.co/2B2EMoI9kY
#CdnAg#Ag
Only 30% of Ontario’s original #wetlands remain intact, but many farmers and ranchers are working hard to restore wetland ecosystems on their lands.
These #farmers recognize that wetlands are good for agriculture 🌱
https://t.co/p9GXiHX7d9 @ALUS_Solutions
The community of ALUS Saddle Hills is officially launched in Wild Rose Country.🌹 This represents the 18th ALUS community in Alberta.
https://t.co/1cEJmKJUqy @saddlehillsab#Alberta