Here is a list of the current issues and ideas to vote on as part of the Community Conserve project.
- Municipalities don’t have access to good wetlands data (43 votes)
- Environment, conservation and alignment with regional plans (32 votes)
- The impact of the new MGA on municipalities’ environmental responsibilities is unclear (26 votes)
- Are there alternate ways of raising revenues for conservation (18 votes)
- Information on environmental impacts of gravel extraction (17 votes)
- Can municipalities tax conservation lands differently than other lands (15 votes)
- Ditch reclamation for pollinators (14 votes)
- Timeline study for Provincial water act approvals (6 vote)
Is your municipality facing any of these challenges? If so, go to the Community Conserve site and ‘vote’ for them. The issues/ideas with the most votes get turned into project plans and posted back on the site for crowd funding. VOTE NOW
Post Your Ideas
Do you have an issue or idea that is not listed here? If you are a municipal staff person, administrator, or councilor, you can post issues and ideas on the Community Conserve website
Skip the Line
Are you ready to go? Do you (and perhaps another municipality) have the idea and part of the funding, and want to go straight to pooling resources? Will those results benefit multiple municipalities? Let us know and we can post that straight to the Fund a Project page.
For enquiries, please contact:
Matt Dow
Policy Analyst
matt@RMAlberta.com
Tasha Blumenthal
Director of External Relations & Advocacy
tasha@RMAlberta.com