Water Retention 

• Retention ponds, or water storage areas (permanent or temporary).

• Temporary backfloods

• Small dams, berms and gated culverts.

• Up to 40 ac/ft of storage

• Irrigation not funded but can be included at landowners own expense.

• Funding up to 85% of establishment costs.​

Grassed Run & Waterways

Overland Flooding

• Creation of new grassed runs

• Enhancement or repair of existing Grassed Runs 

• Potential for incentive acres of grassed run. 

• Potential for incentive acres of land subject to overland flooding. 

• Incentives up to $125/acre at 4.5% land value.

• Funding up to 85% of establishment costs. 

Erosion Control

• Technical advice for erosion issues.

• Construction and repair of erosion issue depending on scope and scale. 

• Funding up to 85% of establishment costs. 

Riparian Areas

• Buffers along riparian areas such as creeks, rivers, and lakes.

• Riparian areas enhanced or restored.

• Seeded to perennial grasses

• Fenced from livestock.

• Controlled access of cattle to water. 

• May be hayed or grazed.  

• Incentives up to $125/acre at 4.5% land value.

• Funding can support up to 85% of seed costs and $35/acre seeding costs. 

Wetlands

• Enhancement and Repair 

• Incentives for Class 1 & 2 Wetlands

  • Slough/pothole on class 1-3 soils

  • ​Can be annually cropped through, just not drained or filled​

  • Priority is the most at risk wetlands – less than 5 acres, many on one quarter.

  • Incentives up to $150/acre at 4.5% of land value.

• Class 3+ Wetlands ​

  • Buffer Establishment around wetland (fence/forage).​

  • With buffer can offer incentives up to $150/acre at 3% of land value.

• Funding up to 85% of establishment costs and $35/acre for seeding costs. 

Improving Soil Health 

• Management to improve marginalized land, and depleted soil health (alkaline, saline, etc)

• Cover crops, green manures and poly-cropping. 

• Potential eligibility for incentive acres at 3% land value up to $75/acre

• Funding can support up to 85% of seed costs and $35/acre seeding costs. 

Fencing

• Cross fencing for Rotational Grazing 

• Riparian Fencing 

• Fencing for marginalized lands/depleted soils. 

• Fencing wetlands/dugout for alternate watering systems.

• Funding up to 85% of establishment costs. 

• Windbreak Panels 

  • 50% of panel cost to a maximum of $5,000 ​

Alternate Watering Systems

• Alternate watering systems that provide watershed benefit.

• Pipelines must provide a direct riparian benefit and cannot extend significantly beyond the riparian area

• Pipelines extending from wet well or water source to a nearby trough are eligible.

• Well establishment is eligible as a component of riparian enhancement.

• Funding up to 85% of establishment costs. 

Tree Planting/Shelterbelts

• Expanding an existing shelterbelt 

• Adding different tree species into an existing shelterbelt

• Removal / pruning of dead or diseased trees (with replacement)

• 50% cost of plastic mulch

• Potential planting assistance

• Landowner orders trees

• $3/tree automatic funding

• Tree planter and mulcher available 

• Incentives up to $200/acre

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Woodlot Management

• Provide you an Arborist from Apex Arboriculture

• Average cost for 1 day visit $1200 total.

• Provides landowner with a woodlot management plan

• Funding of 75% of the cost.

Well Sealing Application

• Do you have an abandoned well?

• Technician will assess site

• $50 cost to Landowner​

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More Information 

Funding PowerPoint 

• Click the link below to explore our GROW Programs. This PowerPoint presentation provides essential details to get you started!

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