Biodiversity: Municipal/Watershed Planning

 
 
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 Municipal conservation planning
Municipal conservation planning evaluates and integrates the physical, economic and social aspects of land management. Its purpose is to conserve the soil and water resources in the municipality while protecting the environment and quality of life of the local residents. An inventory of the soil, water and wildlife resources is used to analyze the conservation issues in the municipality. From this the objectives and related projects and activities can be determined.

Some municipal planning work has been built using a land system framework. Land systems are biophysical units with similar soils, climate and landscape characteristics within a municipality. In this way, activities and projects can be targeted within areas having similar resource concerns.

Publications
  • Municipal Soil and Water Conservation Plan-County of Stettler
  • Land Systems within the County of Stettler, Alberta
  • Land Systems within the County of Vulcan, Alberta
  • Land Systems within the Municipal District of Starland, Alberta
  • Agricultural Production Profiles of Land Systems within the County of Stettler, Alberta
Printed copies of these reports are available from Tom Goddard, Soil Conservation Specialist, Conservation and Development Branch, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 206, 7000-113 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 5T6.

Watershed planning
Impacts of Agriculture on Surface Water Quality in Alberta: The Haynes Creek Study
The Haynes Creek water quality monitoring study was initiated to describe the effects of agriculture in terms of the temporal and spatial variability typical of Alberta soils and landscapes, climate and agricultural intensity on surface water.

Publication
  • Impacts of Agriculture on Surface Water in Alberta: Study Design, 1995-CAESA Water Quality Committee Report
    For more information about this publication, contact Jamie Wuite, Conservation & Development Branch, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 206, 7000-113 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 5T6.
Dr. Anne Marie Anderson, Limologist, Alberta Environmental Protection
 
 
 
 
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This information published to the web on October 23, 2001.
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