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Audrey
Taylor, a rancher in the Milk River area, wants to put her leased land into
heritage rangeland - a designation that would protect it from further
development.
Photograph
by: Lorraine Hjalte, Calgary Herald
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Rancher
wants to protect grassland (with video)
Draft plan
covers 83,764 square km of Alberta landBy Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald January 3, 2014
Audrey Taylor's pasture for her cattle is in the middle of the Milk River ridge, an internationally significant grassland that's home to rare fish, birds and plants. Deer and antelope regularly play in her yard.
Read article here: http://bit.ly/193rEnw
In
response to this article, Kevin Van Tighem writes: "We have until January
15 to persuade the planners to protect what grasslands currently remain. They
are heading in the wrong direction - the draft plan proposes to sell up to a
third of what native prairie still survives to irrigation farmers. Comments can
be sent to bev.yee@gov.ab.ca"
