ALUS seeking new participants in 2025

The ALUS program was built by farmers and is a model that can grow and fit into local community needs. It engages farmers and ranchers to increase or enhance natural areas on their farms which provide solutions to local environmental challenges.

The ALUS program shares project establishment costs and provides farmers and ranchers with annual payments for the ongoing stewardship of these projects. The program is voluntary, and projects are always farmer driven.

ALUS supports more than 39 communities helping over 1,760 farmers and ranchers build and actively manage 52,600+ acres of nature-based projects on their lands.

Local project examples include:

• improving wetlands
• installing fencing around water bodies
• developing alternative watering systems, shelter belts, grassed water ways
• other activities that benefit nature and the operation

ALUS provides annual payments to farmers and ranchers for the ongoing stewardship of environmental projects that produce ecosystem services. Additionally, ALUS provides financial support to farmers and ranchers to establish additional environmental projects on their land.

In 2023 alone, ALUS distributed nearly $6.3 million in funding to ALUS communities. That same year, 400 farmers and ranchers joined ALUS as new participants, enrolling over 8,300 additional acres in the program, resulting in the creation of new ALUS wetland, woodland, grassland and pollinator projects.

Join today!

For more information, contact your local ALUS program coordinator:

Kim Barkwell
Leduc County and County of Wetaskiwin
T: 780-387-6182
E: kimb@leduc-county.com or kbarkwell@county10.ca

ALUS website

Sustainable Agriculture in Leduc County

ALUS Wetaskiwin-Leduc is delivered by the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, in collaboration with Leduc County, as part of the municipalities' sustainable agriculture program. The initiative is guided by a Partnership Advisory Committee (PAC), consisting of local farmers and community leaders who provide direction for the program to help farmers and ranchers create, restore and enhance natural areas on their land providing environmental benefits, addressing local environmental concerns, and strengthening the community.