Foothills Conservation
The Southern Alberta Land Trust Society (SALTS) is a locally-based charitable non-profit society dedicated to protecting the environmental, productive, scenic and cultural values of Alberta's Eastern Slopes, foothill, woodland, and prairie region.
SALTS was organized under the belief that the most effective and lasting conservation solutions both originate and are maintained at the community level. We work to accomplish this by empowering individuals with the necessary tools and vision.
Far Ranging Value
The foothills region of southern Alberta is critical ecosystem. The native fescue plant community and willow brush harbour many species of birds and animals, some endangered. It is also about water, being a key headwater for the South Saskatchewan River system. Here snowmelt and high rainfall, processed by the dark soil and stored in sandstone aquifers, keeps the prairie rivers flowing. If we can protect this ecosystem from development we will all benefit.
While this landscape looks healthy it is nevertheless under significant ongoing threats from residential, mining, natural gas, and other development projects. Science says that if we don't act quickly we will lose the value of this landscape forever.
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Under the new Alberta Land Stewardship Act the South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council is tasked with developing land-use planning recommentdations. SALTS has prepared a set of recommendations for this group that you can read.  |
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