A Grasslands Conservation Initiative announced last fall is designed to protect grasslands by offering producers conservation agreements and easements. The terms rang from short-term to perpetuity and include no-break, no-drain clauses.  |  File photo

Provincial, national groups at odds over proposed conservation initiative

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — A Grasslands Conservation Initiative announced last fall has created tension between Saskatchewan cattle producers and the Canadian Cattle Association. The CCA, along with Ducks Unlimited and the Nature Conservancy of Canada, plan to protect grasslands by offering producers conservation agreements and easements ranging from short-term to perpetuity. They will contain no-break, […] Read more

Several resolutions about the Grasslands Conservation Initiative were debated during the SSGA annual meeting June 11 and while some were defeated members did approve one calling on CCA to "park" the plan until it could communicate a "clear and concise" strategy to member organizations. | File photo

Cattle producers wary of grasslands conservation proposal

Sask. Stock Growers say they need more information before they could support the plan

Glacier FarmMedia – SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members want the Canadian Cattle Association to press pause on its Grasslands Conservation Initiative until it can better communicate its plan. Several resolutions about the initiative were debated during the SSGA annual meeting June 11 and while some were defeated members did approve one […] Read more

The Canadian Cattle Association, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada hope their joint initiative will protect biodiversity while contributing to food security by keeping cattle on the land.  |  File photo

Initiative aims to protect country’s grasslands

The Grasslands Conservation Initiative is designed to create a unified front in the effort to stem native pasture loss

Three organizations with a history of conservation on the Prairies have launched a new initiative to protect one of the most threatened agricultural and ecological landscapes in the West. The Grasslands Conservation Initiative is the product of joint discussions between the Canadian Cattle Association, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada that were […] Read more


The Grasslands Conservation Initiative is the product of joint discussions between the Canadian Cattle Association, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada that were held in the lead-up to this year's Climate Change Conference (COP28) in United Arab Emirates.  |  File photo

Initiative hopes to protect grasslands

Three organizations with a history of conservation on the Prairies have launching a new initiative to protect one the most threatened agricultural and ecological landscapes in the West. The Grasslands Conservation Initiative is the product of joint discussions between the Canadian Cattle Association, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada that were held […] Read more