Sturgeon County’s Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program supports farmers and ranchers by helping them establish projects that produce ecosystem services on their land, and by providing annual payments that support farmers and ranchers in managing and maintaining the generation of ecosystem services from their nature-based projects.
Sturgeon County’s ALUS program aims to value, protect and promote both the agricultural community and the region’s unique and precious natural environment through the implementation of on-the-ground projects that rebuild, restore, sustain, and create natural areas such as wetlands, grasslands, riparian areas and treed areas.
Fencing
Alternative Watering
Pollinator Projects
Shelterbelt Planting
Nesting Structures
Wetland Projects
Program Eligibility
- Are you an agricultural producer that has an annual income of $10,000 or more from farm commodities?
- Will the proposed project benefit the environment?
- Will the proposed project focus on marginal land, land that is ineffective to farm?
How to Apply
Ready to proceed? Contact Open Space and Agriculture Services via email or call 780-939-8349, or complete the expression of interest Form.
More information on ALUS is available on the ALUS website.