Ranchers can register decades-old water use after Alberta finds record errors

Alberta ‘Righting a Historic Wrong’ by Allowing Ranchers to Register Decades-Old Water Rights: Province

Alberta is reopening a program that recognizes ranchers’ historical agricultural water use on Crown land after a review identified errors and omissions in historical grazing lease records. Ranchers have relied on water sources on public land for decades to raise livestock and support their operations, the province said in an Oct. 13 news release. Under the Traditional Agricultural Registration program, which closed in 2001, grazing leaseholders …

Ranchers can register decades-old water use after Alberta finds record errors

Farm equipment sits in a field at sunset in a photo shared by Rocky View County. Alberta is accepting applications to register decades-old agricultural water use on Crown land after a review identified errors and omissions in historical records. Photo / Rocky View County / Facebook.captiontext { font-size:90%;font-style: italic;margin-right:20px; } Alberta is accepting applications from eligible ranchers to register decades-old agricultural wate…

Alberta reopens program to recognize historic water rights for ranchers

Alberta is reopening a registration program to correct historic errors and recognize eligible ranchers’ long-standing agricultural water use on public land.