The Grassland Restoration Forum (GRF) promotes the conservation and restoration of native grasslands in Alberta through education, outreach and research to improve reclamation practice and foster stewardship. The GRF began in 2006 as a collaboration between members of provincial agencies, the ranching community, conservation organizations, industry, plant ecologists and reclamation practitioners.
Native grasslands and their ecological functions are conserved and successfully restored by informed stakeholders and practitioners within a multiple-use landscape.
To provide a forum for information sharing, tool development, research and education to promote and support conservation and effective restoration of native grassland ecosystems in Alberta.
The focus of the GRF is Alberta’s Grassland Natural Region and grasslands of the neighbouring Parkland and Montane Natural Subregions.
Grasslands are a rich landscape that provides important ecosystem functions, such as cleansing our air, storing and filtering our water, capturing carbon and supplying sustainable grazing.
Native grasslands, from flat, dry prairie to montane meadows, provide a diversity of habitats that support a suite of wildlife from sage grouse to grizzly bears. Alberta’s native grasslands provide environmental, economic and social benefits to the residents of Alberta and beyond.
Conservation of intact native grassland landscapes and successful restoration practices are critical to maintaining habitat, biodiversity and ecosystem function in a multiple use landscape.
Grasslands Cassils Hall, near Brooks, Alberta
Antelope Creek Ranch, Brooks, Alberta
Staveley Research Station, Porcupine Hills, AB
These guidance documents are designed for industry and others to improve reclamation outcomes in native grassland ecosystems with the goal of restoration after disturbance. Guidance is based on long-term monitoring, literature review, peer review and stakeholder workshops
To hear about upcoming GRF Events, Training,
and Publications of Interest.
Due to unforeseen circumstances the workshop will be postponed until September 2021. The new date will be posted online and an announcement will be sent out as soon as the information is available so please stay tuned… Thanks to everyone for their patience and interest as we navigate another challenging year to host in-person events and hands-on training/workshops! -Grassland (Foothills) Restoration Forum.Please note: the workshop on July 29th at Antelope Creek Ranch/Cassils Hall is still available to attend. Please contact:Donna Watt at: corpirate@shaw.ca
