I think there are a number of really good programs that are in effect now. For example, in Manitoba through the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation they sign easement agreements with the agricultural community. They do it in such a way that whether they're raising crops or animals, the economic productivity of the land goes up and they manage to maintain the habitat on their land going door to door. We fund the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation. We do work with Mr. Davidson in Nature Canada on important bird areas; we fund those projects through Nature Canada. We do the same thing with Bird Studies Canada.
However, when you take a look at things like the Delta Waterfowl Foundation, they have what they call their ALUS plan, alternate land use strategy. They basically go in—and I've seen these farms—and work with the farmer to maintain the critical areas of habitat on their property and to manage whatever it is, livestock or crops, in such a way that it's not detrimental to the habitat they're trying to protect.
In Prince Edward Island and other places, Ducks Unlimited Canada has a program that we fund where they develop environmental farm plans. Again, in P.E.I. they're helping the dairy farmers keep the effluent out of the wetlands, to keep the cattle from getting hoof rot stepping into streams and into the wetlands, but at the same time maintaining wetland habitat, which is critical for migratory waterfowl and other birds.
So it can be done. There are enough examples out there on the landscape. It varies from province to province, and from product to product, and the area that people are going to be dealing with. I've worked with the Wildlife Habitat Council in the United States. They have an excellent program. It's creeping into Canada. They work with natural resource companies and waste disposal companies, where they actually develop wildlife plans on their property and rehabilitation plans if they're doing quarrying and they're going to abandon certain pieces of property afterwards.