The Alberta government is asking for proposals to turn a parcel of native grassland in the province’s water-challenged south into irrigated farmland. The potential sale of a 65-square-kilometre spread southwest of Medicine Hat comes despite advice from a government-appointed panel to leave such rangeland alone…
Read more...Grassland selloff: Alberta seeks to convert native prairie to irrigation land
Outlet: Winnipeg Free Press
August 30, 2011