The Southern Alberta Land Trust Society starts it's second decade of operation by looking at water.
Executive Director Alan Gardner says in light of community water restrictions like that now underway in Okotoks, it's important for urban residents to realize the importance of healthy grasslands to the water supply.
"We have made a video out of that which focuses on a young couple, Dexter and Jen and in visiting a ranch they learn a lot about where water actually comes from", he explains, "and the value of the fescue grassland in capturing and putting that water into aquifers so that it comes out in a very clean form in springs, rivers, streams and so on".
Gardner says the video is to be released next month.
SALTS was launched in 1998 and is the first locally-based, rancher-driven land conservation organization in Canada
Executive Director Alan Gardner says in light of community water restrictions like that now underway in Okotoks, it's important for urban residents to realize the importance of healthy grasslands to the water supply.
"We have made a video out of that which focuses on a young couple, Dexter and Jen and in visiting a ranch they learn a lot about where water actually comes from", he explains, "and the value of the fescue grassland in capturing and putting that water into aquifers so that it comes out in a very clean form in springs, rivers, streams and so on".
Gardner says the video is to be released next month.
SALTS was launched in 1998 and is the first locally-based, rancher-driven land conservation organization in Canada
Wed, May 22, 6:00 PM
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