Agriculture Resources
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Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia
Description
Formerly known as Greening Your Title, the BC Conservation Covenant Handbook was updated in partnership by the Land Trust Alliance of BC and West Coast Environmental Law. This handbook outlines the best practices of “conservation covenants” for protecting private land ecologically. Conservation covenant details such as drafting, negotiating, modification and seeking professional advice are also included in this handbook.
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Thompson-Nicola Conservation Collaborative
Description
This riparian best management and grazing management resource tailored to the Thompson-Nicola to support management and enhance stewardship of conservation values in the region. This resource is specifically for agricultural producers of livestock and local producers were engaged in the process.
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Thompson-Nicola Conservation Collaborative
Description
This riparian best management resource is specifically for hobby farmers and owner/operators of small acreages. It is tailored to the Thompson-Nicola to support management and enhance stewardship of conservation values in the region and local producers were engaged in the process.
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Investment Agriculture Foundation
Description
The Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) and Beneficial Management Practices (BMP) programs are complementary programs designed to help producers reduce their impact on the environment and increase their resiliency to climate change while increasing on-farm efficiency and profitability. Producers who have a completed and current EFP may be eligible to apply for cost-shared incentives.
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BC Cattlemen’s Association
Description
The Farmland-Riparian Interface Stewardship Program (FRISP) was designed to assist agricultural producers in their efforts to protect and enhance water quality, riparian vegetation, and fish habitat. The BC Cattlemen’s Association (BCCA), manages and delivers the program through a directed common goal approach to address watershed resource concerns, encouraging sustainable land management practices in support of the agricultural sector.
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Grasslands Conservation Council of BC
Description
This manual enables ranchers and range managers to manage grasslands in a pro-active and adaptive manner, providing ranchers with information and practices that can enable them to have productive dialogue and decision making on an equal basis with government that improves outcomes for both the grasslands ecosystem and cattle.
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Invasive Species Council of BC
Description
The new WeedsBMP app is a tool that can be used by BC’s agricultural community to identify and manage invasive species. This app is intended to educate agricultural producers on best management practices for invasive species, and its goal, in relation to the Kunmin-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), is to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.
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Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners
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Creating by the Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners, this pamphlet highlights ground cover, shrub, and perennial native plants that can be planted in Southern Interior BC.
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British Columbia Cattlemen's Association
Description
SARPAL is a pilot program to assist cattle ranchers with implementing habitat conservation measures on the ranch for at risk species. This pilot program is designed to assist cattle producers in adopting management practices that benefit their ranch operation as well as the species. Funding is available for the program until March 31, 2025.
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Grassland Conservation Council
Description
This webinar explores the challenges cattle ranchers face when it comes to meeting the needs of a growing population in an environmentally sustainable manner while also contributing to biodiversity conservation on grassland range. Dr. Dana Reiter talks about the incentive programs have been developed to encourage voluntary stewardship of endangered species on privately owned and managed lands.
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Grassland Conservation Council
Description
Evidence suggests that management-intensive grazing management practices can increase forage productivity, increase plant diversity and enhance soil carbon. This presentation presents studies that test management-intensive grazing, soil carbon sequestration, and pasture improvement.
Organization
Grassland Conservation Council
Description
During recent fire seasons the value of grazing was evident in changing fire behaviour by helping slow, turn, or stop fires from moving across the landscape. The British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association has partnered with the Province of BC to develop a pilot program with the intent to decrease wildfire risk in BC by reducing fine fuel loads through targeted grazing.
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Ducks Unlimited Canada
Description
Have wetlands been drained or altered on your land and you want to bring them back to life? If so, check out Ducks Unlimited Canada’s restoration programs focused on restoring naturally occurring water levels of drained and altered wetlands. These projects are combined with other programs such as conservation easements and forage conversion to maximize the benefits of your land.
