Kneehills Creek: Wayne Dresser
The property is located southeast of Carbon and west of Drumheller in Kneehill County and is comprised of approximately 320 acres. The conservation area provides an irreplaceable high percentage of native grass for the region and contributes significantly to the upper portion of watershed structure. Habitat fragmentation is considered a major contributor to the ongoing challenges facing wildlife in an increasingly occupied Alberta.
The Kneehills Creek corridor maintains large areas of native grass and supporting agriculture landscapes providing almost 28 kms of connected landscape, allowing wildlife movement up and down both the creek and the extensive coulee fingers to expand foraging opportunities both on natural and agriculture lands. This corridor also provides protection from extreme weather events, particular in the winter, and protection from people in general.
Wayne Dresser has farmed and ranched in the area for over 70 years, he has a deep connection to both the land and the Kneehills Creek watershed. He is concerned for the loss of the irreplaceable native grasslands and the supporting lands that protect the native grass and mixed forest. Wayne will be the last generation to farm this land as his family is more urban orientated. He believes that this land and the area in general is vulnerable and is witnessing real-time pressure to convert the land base function by large scale farming operations and acreages eager to have a view of the coulee.
Wayne created a legacy initiative through a conservation easement as his way of protecting the land for its ecological integrity and supporting watershed functions for healthy aquatic ecosystems and water quality for the greater watershed.
The property is located southeast of Carbon and west of Drumheller in Kneehill County and is comprised of approximately 320 acres. The conservation area provides an irreplaceable high percentage of native grass for the region and contributes significantly to the upper portion of watershed structure. Habitat fragmentation is considered a major contributor to the ongoing challenges facing wildlife in an increasingly occupied Alberta.
The Kneehills Creek corridor maintains large areas of native grass and supporting agriculture landscapes providing almost 28 kms of connected landscape, allowing wildlife movement up and down both the creek and the extensive coulee fingers to expand foraging opportunities both on natural and agriculture lands. This corridor also provides protection from extreme weather events, particular in the winter, and protection from people in general.
Wayne Dresser has farmed and ranched in the area for over 70 years, he has a deep connection to both the land and the Kneehills Creek watershed. He is concerned for the loss of the irreplaceable native grasslands and the supporting lands that protect the native grass and mixed forest. Wayne will be the last generation to farm this land as his family is more urban orientated. He believes that this land and the area in general is vulnerable and is witnessing real-time pressure to convert the land base function by large scale farming operations and acreages eager to have a view of the coulee.
Wayne created a legacy initiative through a conservation easement as his way of protecting the land for its ecological integrity and supporting watershed functions for healthy aquatic ecosystems and water quality for the greater watershed.