A conservation group and ranching families are teaming up to conserve a historic ranch in Alberta’s cowboy country.

"In Alberta, grasslands are better than forests for sequestering carbon," Boyce said. "With forests, every 80 to 120 years they go up in smoke and that lets all that carbon back into the atmosphere.

The Alberta government is looking to auction off a small patch of native prairie to be plowed under despite recent promises that no Crown land would be put up for sale.

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An historic 22,000-hectare ranch in southern Alberta will become the largest private tract of grassland to be preserved in Canadian history, those behind the project said Thursday. The McIntyre ...

Now after decades of abandonment, fewer than 40 percent of North America’s 550 million acres of historical grasslands — stretching from Alberta, Canada to Mexico — remain intact today, ...

Alberta News; Preserving grasslands is good for the planet, ranchers say — and they want to be paid. CALGARY — Fed up with taking heat for their industry's carbon footprint, ...

“In Alberta, grasslands are better than forests for sequestering carbon,” Boyce said. “With forests, every 80 to 120 years they go up in smoke and that lets all that carbon back into the ...

Alberta News Preserving grasslands is good for the planet, ranchers say — and they want to be paid CALGARY — Fed up with taking heat for their industry's carbon footprint, Canadian ranchers say it's ...

“In Alberta, grasslands are better than forests for sequestering carbon,” Boyce said. “With forests, every 80 to 120 years they go up in smoke and that lets all that carbon back into the ...