Climate Change and Environment

Grasslands and Grazing Management

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Implementing the Grasslands and Grazing Management BMP will result in:

  • Improved soil and water quality
  • Increased productivity and economic gains
  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
  • Increased environmental benefits
  • Reduced stream-bank degradation
  • Improved nutrient and water retention
  • Improved biodiversity and wildlife habitat

Intake Information

This program is currently not open for intakes.

Eligible Applicants

  • Agricultural Crown Land forage lease holders
  • Community Pastures
  • Indigenous primary producers and communities, including First Nations and Metis
  • Primary producers outside of Watershed District boundaries.

*Please note that primary producers within Watershed District boundaries should contact their local Watershed District about available programming in their area.

Eligible Activies

  • Planning
    • Input from a knowledgeable professional to create a grazing management plan that takes into account forage rest and recovery, stocking rates, paddock rotation and placement of water infrastructure.
  • Infrastructure
    • Rotational grazing infrastructure including permanent and temporary cross fencing and offsite watering for tame pasture and native grasslands.
  • Rejuvenation
    • Convert marginal and high-risk annual cropland to permanent grasslands (includes establishment of native or tame forages) and/or increase the use of alfalfa or other locally-adapted and persistent nitrogen fixing perennial legumes in pasture and hay by at least 30%

Project Timeline

Projects will have eighteen months to be completed.

Cost Share Funding

Eligible applicants can be reimbursed for up to 75 per cent of total approved eligible costs, to a maximum of $15,000 per project.

Additional Information and Documents

Terms and Conditions Program Guide Applicant Information Form Application Worksheet