Huron County could be getting an Alternative Land Use Services program.
The Huron County Water Protection Steering Committee is asking the county to help implement the program.
ALUS involves compensating landowners, like farmers, for using sound environmental practices on their lands.
Committee Chair Jim Ginn says the program requires the support of the broader community.
ALUS programs are running in 5 Ontario municipalities, including Bruce and Grey Counties.
Ginn feels it would make long-term sense for Huron to get behind the program as well.
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Committee Chair Jim Ginn says there was considerable support for the program at the committee.
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Ginn says it's a program that is working very well in other areas, so members of the committee approved the motion to take it to the county.
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