There was a study done west of Calgary on riparian area management and what the actual benefit was to the city of Calgary's water supply. This was monetized to the point that this fellow actually came up with a dollar figure that it would cost each resident of the city of Calgary each year in their taxes, if certain things happened to the riparian areas along the rivers. I think a wish list from us to the federal government would be to maybe publicize these points as to what we can do in terms of the actual health of ecosystems or riparian area management through just grass management.
On April 30th, 2013. See this statement in context.