ALSA conservation tools for municipalities: a webinar series
This article is Part 4 of the Municipalities and Environmental Law Series developed as part of the Community Conserve Initiative. Community Conserve is a forum for Alberta municipalities to identify common environment and conservation issues, then pool their resources to address them. It is managed by the Miistakis Institute and Environmental Law Centre with the support of AUMA and RMA.
ALSA (The Alberta Land Stewardship Act) has conservation and stewardship tools that could be of use to municipalities, but a lack of clarity exists for how these tools would work for municipalities.
To respond to this issue, the Miistakis Institute organized a series of webinars on the four conservation and stewardship tools that are included in the Alberta Land Stewardship Act. Experts in each of the topics were asked to present a one-hour webinar, with each followed by a moderated Q&A session. The four webinars were recorded and can be viewed on the Community Conserve website:
- Conservation Easements: Kim Good, Legacy Land Trust Society
- Transfer of Development Credits: Guy Greenaway, Miistakis Institute
- Conservation Directives: Jason Unger, Environmental Law Centre
- Conservation Offsets: Dave Poulton, Poulton Environmental Strategies Inc. & the Alberta Association for Conservation Offsets
GET INVOLVED!
Community Conserve only works if municipal personnel participate. Post ideas, and vote on the ideas already there – no registration required!
The Community Conserve team converts the ones with the most votes into Project Plans, and posts them back on the site. If a project looks like it will help your municipality, and you think you can help fund it, go to Fund a Project and let Community Conserve know you are thinking about it.
