Canadian Cattlemen Magazine - May 2, 2024
[UPDATED: May 2, 2024] The drive to protect native grasslands on the Canadian Prairies is gaining momentum.
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA), in partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada, is working to create the Grasslands Conservation Initiative.
Canadian Cattle Association president Nathan Phinney says they have seen too much native grasslands converted for other uses.
“It was a producer-led initiative which evolved into a deeper discussion, and then it made its way through the CCA channels. And then we started to push for it,” Phinney says.
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For more information on the proposed GCI program, visit https://www.cattle.ca/grasslands-conservation-initiative-gci .