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	This newsletter highlights Alberta activities to conserve natural resources in agricultural production and processing. Farmers, ranchers, processors, agricultural organizations, government agencies, environmental agencies and others are working together to maintain and enhance the quality of the water, soil and air around us. Alberta Conservation Connection is published three times a year as part of the Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Program.

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	From the Spring 2006 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Meeting AESA Priorities in Beaver and Lamont Counties West Central Conservation Group: Partnership in Action County of Grande Prairie and West County Watershed Group Focus on Beneficial Management Practices Central Peace Conservation Society Supporting Sustainable Agriculture Practices Cardston County Gains Momentum After First Year County of Warner: Grazing Management Strategies for Ranchers Chinook Applied Research Association -- Programs, Demonstrations and Applied Research Benefits Area Producers Counties of Flagstaff and Paintearth: Partnering for More Effective Programs Landowners help protect 'ribbon of green' on their property AESA Partner Profiles Alberta's Great Tree Hunt Nest Success a Bonus of Winter Cereals From the Fall 2005 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Low Cost Manure Injection Demonstrations in the Peace MD of Wainwright Works Successfully With Local Producers One-On-One LARA Helps Local Producers Implement Beneficial Management Practices Vulcan County's AESA Program Expanding Wheatland County's Range Program Mountain View County Sees Successful On-The-Ground BMP Adoption Encouraging Watershed Groups To Take Ownership - A Successful Approach Big Meadows Soil Conservation Association: Model of Producer Group Success AESA Partner Profiles From the Spring-Summer 2005 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Farm Stewardship: Good For Business, Good For Community -- AESA Conference A Success Landuse and Urban Expansion: Addressing the Issues New AESA Agri-Food Processing Scholarship Available to Post-Secondary Students in Alberta Manure Composting Manual Available for Producers AESA Rural Extension Staff Training: Thinking Outside the Box Manure Management Planning: The Essentials Beneficial Management Practices: Environmental Manual for Crop Producers in Alberta Now Available Enter today to win in the 3rd Annual Alberta Environmental Stewardship Calendar Photo Contest! Alberta Invasive Plant Council -- Working Together Alberta Hosts Water Quality Awareness Day Nesting Boxes Keep Waterfowl Coming Home From the Sept 16, 2003 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection AESA Processing Based Program - Encouraging Environmentally Friendly Agri-Food Processing Practices New 'Manure and Pasture Management for Horse Owners' Manual Released If Manure Had Gold... Over 320 Conference Participants Learn The Possibilities New Factsheet on Riparian Area Management for Cropping Systems Released Bonnie Lake Sustainability Association Promotes Community Action in Watershed and Lakeshore Management Alberta Soil Quality Card Now Available Women's Grazing School - First in Alberta Producer Uses an Integrated Approach to Gopher Management From the Apr 22, 2003 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Bow River Project Releases New "Protecting Riparian Areas" Guide AESA Science Plan Underway North West Alliance Conservation Initiative -- Partnership for Conservation Audits Help Farmers and Ranchers Reduce Energy Costs National Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Program For Canadian Agriculture Launched NAWMP Sponsors Mapping and Inventory of Native Areas in the Aspen Parkland Area Who's Rewarding Stewardship?- Recent AESA Conference Addresses This Question EPCOR Partners With Community Watershed Group West County Watershed Group Fall 2002 Rainy Creek Soil Conservation Club Hosts Soil Biology Workshop Provincial Phosphorus Levels in Soils and Streams Study Underway New Website Launched for Information Sharing Between Alberta Watershed Groups Operation CleanFarm Begins in the Peace River Region Study Investigates Effects of Cattle Grazing on Waterfowl and Other Wetland Dependent Birds in Central Alberta New Manuals Create Awareness About Beneficial Environmental Practices From the July 30, 2002 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Central Peace Conservation Society New Factsheet on Micronutrients Now Available Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Workbook Released For Farmers and Ranchers Direct Seeded Acres in Alberta Continues to Increase Cows and Fish and AESA Provide Training for Municipal and Producer Group Conservation Staff Composting Program Solves Industry Problem and Protects the Environment AESA Council Workshop: Alternative Energy in Agriculture Keeping Our Industry Sustainable From the Apr 10, 2002 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Partners in Habitat Development Site Specific Management (SSM) and Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Waters Edge Resource Group (WERG) - A Model For Partnership Success Voluntary, Environmental Farm Plans Helps Producers Manage Risks AESA Stream Survey Links Land Cover and Water Quality AESA Program Moves to Three Year Plans "The Land Supports Us All" Conference Leads The Way to Collaborative and Cooperative Land Use Planning Rural and Urban Communities are Working for Cleaner Water in the Battle River Kneehill Watershed Advisory Council (KWAC) Takes Action on Local Watersheds From the Apr 30, 2001 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Practical Options from Manure Management Research More Conservation Resources for Less Controlling Runoff for Cattle Wintering Sites Alberta Moisture Conditions: Assessment and Forecast Winter Cereals: Growing Potential in East-Central Alberta Greenhouse Gas Information Bulletin Series Keeps on Growing Unique Workshop Gives a Different Perspective on Farm Resource Management From the Oct 25, 2000 Issue of Alberta Conservation Connection Issues in Precision Farming: Yield Patterns Within and Between Fields

	Last Reviewed/Revised on August 28, 2006.

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