Alberta Conservation Association

Land Management Program

The Land Management Program (LMP) encompasses activities intended to conserve, protect and enhance wildlife and fisheries habitat, and increase recreational opportunities.

The major activities of this program include:

• Habitat securement;
• ACA conservation site maintenance and management;
• Recreational opportunity initiatives.

LAND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

The following are Land Management projects conducted in 2007/2008:

• Buck for Wildlife Streambank Fence Renegotiation Strategy;
• Conservation Site Management;
• Fisheries Access Management;
• Landowner Habitat and Access;
• Management Plan Development;
• Provincial Habitat Securement;
• Terrestrial Conservation Offsets;
• Use Respect Ask-First.

Habitat securement is used to secure important wildlife and fish habitat within focal areas across the province. Benefits of the program include increased or enhanced recreational opportunities and long-term protection of key habitats. Securement occurs primarily through direct purchase, land donations and donated conservation easements.

ACA conservation site maintenance and management includes a number of investments made by us on Crown and privately owned lands. Many of these investments are completed in collaboration with ASRD and other conservation partners. Conservation sites include: fisheries access sites, former Buck for Wildlife properties, ACA titled lands, lands with conservation easements, riparian streambank fencing projects and abandoned farmstead programs.

Recreational opportunity initiatives on private land focus on communication tools and activities required to promote and increase public access to wildlife and fisheries habitat resources where stewardship of conservation-rich habitat is recognized. This includes the revitalization of the ‘Use Respect Program’ aimed at increasing access on privately owned lands. Other activities managed under this program include our conservation site database promoting ACA and partner properties where hunting and angling is permitted.