Re-Forestation with Native Trees & Eco-Buffer Shelterbelts
HOWIE BJORGE, P.AG.
ALUS CANADA
2008 - Ongoing
Audience(s): Cow-Calf Project Type(s): Promote
Windbreaks provide important shelter for cattle. By replacing end of life windbreaks with shelterbelts multiple objectives can be addressed including: improved water retention, catching snow, providing wind protection, supporting biodiversity by providing habitate and carbon sequesetration. These will be achieved through:
- planting more diverse species to increase resiliency to pests and climate variability
- planting flowering trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants to adjacent to crop land on sites with soil, topography or field continuity challenges
- planting flowering trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants to replace windbreak shelterbelts for livestock at end-of-life.
Goals:
Goal #3: Enhance ecosystem services and biodiversity on lands managed by beef producers
Goal #2: Reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of Canadian beef per unit of product produced
Goal #7:Promote excellence in animal care
Indicators Addressed:
3,637 acres re-forested with native trees & shrubs as of March 31, 2018
- Habitat for wildlife is maintained or enhanced, and wildlife conflict prevention is managed.
- Practices that support carbon sequestration and minimize emissions are understood and/or employed
Communication Tools:
ALUS Canada Website (www.alus.ca), Municipal agriculture section newsletters, press releases, displays at agricultural trade shows.
Tagged as: Environment