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By rdnewsNOW staff

Dave Reid Award

County ranchers honoured for innovation in producing ecosystem services

Jun 4, 2019 | 2:12 PM

A Red Deer County ranching family has earned $10,000 for their commitment to innovative work in producing ecosystem services through the ALUS program.

On Tuesday, ALUS Canada presented the 2019 Dave Reid Award to Tom and Margaret Towers of Tamara Ranch during a special event at Rolyn Hills Ranch.

Two runner-up awards worth $1,500 and $500 were also presented to Canadian farmers and ranchers who are excellent stewards of the land and who have done innovative work in producing ecosystem services through the ALUS program.

Tamara Ranch was recognized for their outstanding land-stewardship ethic, their commitment to innovation as producers, for their longstanding dedication to rebuilding Canada’s natural heritage, and for the impressive legacy they have created for future generations.

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“We are honoured to receive this Canada-wide recognition,” said Tom Towers. “We will continue to produce ecological services, and be the change we envision in the world, one acre at a time.”

A special Runner-Up prize went to ALUS Mountain View participants Jerremie and Rita Clyde, of Little Loaves Farm, for their role as proud, vocal, and effective advocates for ALUS, while Darren and Maria Smith, of Good Land Farms in Parkland County, Alberta, received an Honourable Mention prize.

ALUS Canada, A Weston Family Initiative, is a national program helping farmers and ranchers produce cleaner air, cleaner water, more biodiversity and other ecosystem services in their communities. ALUS Canada has disbursed nearly $8.1 M in funding to 25 ALUS communities, an investment that is multiplied by farmers, ranchers and communities on the ground. There are now nearly 24,000 acres enrolled in the ALUS program, thanks to 750 participants in six provinces.

(ALUS Canada media release)