[0:08] I'll call it to order at 9:00.
[0:15] Welcome everybody to the December 10th a
service board meeting. Uh we'll call it
[0:20] to order at 9:00
and uh we'll start with number two the
[0:26] agenda. any additions to the agenda.
We'll start to uh with Roy and work our
[0:30] way back in
um
[0:35] a couple items. One is drainage update.
[0:51] We'll go 615 and 6.
[1:08] » Thanks, Roy. 65 66.
>> I actually have nothing nothing to add
[1:13] today.
>> No, I'm okay.
[1:17] » I have that. from the
administration.
[1:21] » I just have a uh one amendment
[1:27] on
[1:31] 8.3 uh the way on reports will will not
be available to uh uh any so not sure
[1:42] Mr. chairman if you want to add in or
remove 8.3.
[1:47] » Maybe we'll leave it in case comes
online.
[1:49] » Okay.
>> And then we'll get up to see if we got
[1:55] a join last minute. All right. And
delegation is going to be online at
[2:01] 10:00 sharp.
The delegation with uh Megan.
[2:07] So uh with no other additions, can we
have somebody make a motion? Wait for
[2:13] the agenda, please. I move that the Mont
County Agricultural Service Board adopt
[2:17] the December 10th, 2025
cultural service board agenda as
[2:23] amended. Okay. All in favor? Carried.
Number three, uh
[2:30] the adoption of the previous minutes
page 5 to 8. You guys had a chance to
[2:34] look over them. Any uh errors or
[2:40] if not, I'll get a motion, please.
We'll make a motion that L County A
[2:45] service board adopt the October 8, 2025
agricultural service board minute
[2:50] meeting our meeting minutes as
presented. Okay. All in favor? Okay.
[2:55] Thanks. Uh Aaron carried
number four follow-up action plan page
[3:00] nine uh
4.1.
[3:06] » Okay. So the uh on page nine uh going
back to April 9th uh there is the over
[3:12] culture hall of fame. Uh we we did bring
that forward. Uh Bonnie and I are still
[3:18] waiting for for the correspondence. Uh
the applications we do have the
[3:22] applicant uh we did do a little bit of
background information. So as soon as we
[3:27] we have that we will submit it. Uh in
June uh we uh we had the service board
[3:35] approve the uh let's make a
recommendation due to council to dispose
[3:40] of our 2013 ethanol spray drug. Uh we
did tender out we did get one uh one
[3:48] application or one tender back. Uh after
discussion with Mr. Turnowski I chose
[3:55] not to accept it. Uh it was pretty much
a fun insult because Amanda and I were
[4:01] were at at our association of a culture
human there's a lot of industry there
[4:09] and uh I did some solicity and and
there's two individuals that that are
[4:14] are looking to quite interest.
>> Let's get a bidding war going.
[4:19] » Pardon me.
>> Let's get a bidding war going.
[4:22] » Yeah. Uh actually the one that is very
interested uh he actually does all the
[4:29] uh the screening for uh for
transportation.
[4:33] » Okay. I know what you're talking
so he uh he was also interested in in
[4:40] being a part of of our roadside strike.
So we're we very well could could kill
[4:44] two birds with one stone. So
>> any more questions for you on that? I
[4:50] don't think don't panic and sell too
fast. No, no, no.
[4:56] » Yeah, there's the value there, right?
>> It starts due to getting a colder for
[4:59] $10,000 for for that spray truck. U the
deck is worth more than 10,000. Yeah.
[5:05] Never mind the truck. uh our uh lemon
county emergency uh plan uh that was was
[5:13] brought forward to uh to the budget
deliberations and based on uh on my uh
[5:22] my understanding uh council did approve
that based on on the grant. So we're in
[5:26] the process of making a grant
application. The roadside brushing
[5:31] program uh that's still ongoing. uh the
Sunland drainage rolling. Uh
[5:39] that that was completed
up to a mile north of about 572
[5:47] uh where where the grass was and then
once it got deeper in uh where there's
[5:51] brushing that's that's where we left it
and then change elevation. So I'm not
[5:57] sure if you want to discuss that now.
Yeah, we can just discuss that now.
[6:06] I thought we were going to go back
[6:17] that service board wants us to do. But
uh
[6:22] the only caution that that I have is if
we clean it u and we do have a lot of of
[6:28] water that that starts to move. I just
don't want to have a repeat of what we
[6:34] had in uh in 21 where that water was
driven and then before it uh it goes to
[6:41] North Scation
[6:45] up the ice cream. I'll rather try to
slow the water down.
[6:59] Is there a lot of windows there?
I I haven't been there. I don't know.
[7:05] There there is there there is regrows
because the last time we went in there u
[7:11] we had uh Cody go in there with the and
he done all that stuff and then some of
[7:18] the roots he landed up for the spring
time and mulch all that stuff. So
[7:26] there's there's regrowth and the other
reason we didn't spray it is because we
[7:30] have to get a special use approval from
from environment to spray in the body of
[7:35] water. So u if if that's a direction
that that the service board wants wants
[7:41] us to do. Uh we are most
[7:50] area but
ultimately
[7:54] it's your guys
the previous All right.
[8:20] Nobody touched it.
[8:26] all that stuff that was coming from 162
and then coming through
[8:33] and then going towards and then through
through what used to be drainage when it
[8:39] goes through that that dra
and that's why uh works have to upgrade
[8:46] that because the water was was moving so
quick uh there was all that erosion and
[8:51] started
And then all that silation winded up
[8:56] going through what's now Coon's property
through that cross into
[9:02] JeffX.
[9:13] Will those are we talking? A mile, half
a mile, quarter mile.
[9:16] » They're probably be pretty close to 3/4
of a mile.
[9:21] They'll probably hold stone stuff and
then hold back water.
[9:27] » The the change in elevation starts to to
go downhill. The the stuff that that we
[9:33] used our sidewalk for where it's easier
to to take out the cows and and the
[9:38] grass. That's where chain elevation over
a mile was uh was very minimal. So with
[9:46] it being caught that's why we we took
those caps and grass out and then where
[9:51] where the change in elevation goes down
um that's one of the reasons why we uh
[9:56] we never went with for the simple reason
that I didn't want to have the water too
[10:02] fast to have
[10:10] target.
[10:18] I sw
[10:38] to the east of 162 starters.
[10:52] They were cleaned up years a couple
years ago, right?
[10:58] We have to be very careful as well
because
[11:02] in a way here we're going to have
nothing but good.
[11:13] This is not
[11:29] all all the material
doesn't take much to change it already.
[11:53] there. There is, but I I I know on the
west side of uh 161
[12:01] is pretty flat, but where it starts off
the 572 in the field, I thought there's
[12:05] a not very defined
It's there there not a very very
[12:12] different channel there at all and
that's one of the reasons why the uh
[12:18] producers are are able to
[12:32] out there in fall to see if they've been
working
[12:36] on 62 each side. It's all capped
[12:43] on the east side of 162. Sorry, on the
west side of 162. But I mean, so you
[12:49] know, sun drainage goes to both side
here.
[12:54] I don't know. I guess can we go over
if whatever guys have worked through can
[13:02] we just leave that don't go where is
that right
[13:09] to the grass um
we can't do very much grass but if the
[13:15] board's wanting us to to take out those
trees because we're we're not far away
[13:20] we we can do it the only thing that I
hope to is you Maybe you may be opening
[13:27] yourself up to to additional work
because if you're going to do sunlight
[13:31] drainage is some want
or they want to drainage and then where
[13:38] where do you where do you draw
[13:52] a human
Just do
[14:04] everybody
[14:09] that takes water all the way from there.
[14:15] or so and it starts right
>> but but all the water comes to uh to
[14:20] Whitford Lake then Wford Lake this
drainage and go north right they go to
[14:27] where the find they built that channel
[14:39] » do do you want do you want the done or
not do you do you feel you
[14:44] do the willows and don't don't disturb
the dirt, you know, cuz you got to leave
[14:51] this much willows. Don't go into the
dirt and
[14:55] see
just the sun that drainage
[15:04] here and there and the other side of the
gaps are this high.
[15:12] father's false
[15:23] guys.
They used to work it right through and
[15:28] it's a ravine.
[16:03] that
his grass water
[16:09] and then when when that water started to
to drip through he inherited all that
[16:14] all that soil
[16:18] » and that's that's one of the reasons why
I was I was trying to eliminated because
[16:22] yes, we took out the the trees and the
initially just to allow the snow to come
[16:29] in and bleed and I and I get it that
that those are there. Um,
[16:35] but I think we should have some sort of
resistance there or have some built if
[16:42] we do have a quick meal and those that
channel is full.
[17:01] register. That's that's where you go.
But if the board want us to do it,
[17:08] there's like
[17:12] 574.
[17:17] We're not far away though.
And then
[17:24] you're talking
[17:35] that's where the levels are along
the south side
[17:44] where there where there's that
uh that cut line that goes on going
[17:49] between 163 and 162 and then it jumps on
the west side up 163 and then it goes
[17:57] for about eight mile to the west and
then it comes back and it goes into
[18:08] the west
on the on the west side and then there's
[18:13] a bit not very much
[18:21] stuff that's on drainage. The new owner
that
[18:27] he
put his in there
[18:34] redefining that that channel which he
should have not touched.
[18:47] Who was that cross?
[19:03] So while while the board is just
deciding what they want to do uh and
[19:07] then some drainage
that um it was complete but we can we
[19:13] can change it to ongoing and then on
October 8th um we had a a policy that
[19:20] changed our our BM control and that's
complete and And uh there was a
[19:26] recommendation to to have a uh a
donation to uh to hardline training and
[19:32] support which normally there in the past
was the program and both of those
[19:40] are
[19:46] any questions that we'll bring it back
in 6.5 we'll have time to think about it
[19:52] till then right
>> uh yeah any more questions on the
[19:55] followup action plan.
[20:08] » All right, we can get uh there's no more
questions. Can we get a motion on that
[20:13] 4.1, please?
>> Sure. My motion that the L County
[20:16] Agricultural Service Board accept
followup action listed as information.
[20:21] » Okay. All in favor?
>> All five carried. Okay, the delegation
[20:25] will be at uh at 10:00. So, we'll skip
over 5.1
[20:30] and we'll go to sorry 6.1 new business
page 10 through 11.
[20:37] » So, one of the things that studies been
doing for for numerous years and more
[20:43] benefit for youth service board members.
Um what we try to do is very similar to
[20:48] to what council has as as well as we
have designated dates. So based on our
[20:55] our terms of reference um we have
meetings every month with the exception
[21:01] of uh of July and and September.
So what you have in in RFD is a meeting
[21:08] in January and that is a week prior to
to the ASP provincial conference and
[21:13] that meeting is just to go through our
our resolutions so that it gives the the
[21:19] board an hour or whatever it's going to
take depending on how many resolutions
[21:24] we have so that we can talk as as a
group. uh u Amanda and I can can give
[21:31] you any background information so that
it allows the service board to make a
[21:35] sound decision and uh u then if there's
any additional feedback or or research
[21:42] that you want it gives us the ability
and then February, March, April, May,
[21:48] June, August, October and and December
are the designated dates that that we're
[21:54] recommending. Any
[22:03] questions on the dates
stand out for you guys?
[22:08] » No.
[22:12] » And these days are normally the day
after uh I think it's the first council
[22:16] meeting. Yeah, the first council meeting
council was on Tuesday and this is on a
[22:21] Wednesday.
[22:36] to approve the 61.
>> I move that the Long County Agricultural
[22:43] Service Board approved the ASB meeting
dates for 2026 as presented. January 14,
[22:50] 2026.
ASB resolution review only February
[22:55] 11th, 2026,
March 11th, 2026,
[23:01] April 8, 2026, May 13, 2026,
June 10th, 2026,
[23:09] August 12th, 2026,
October 14, 2026,
[23:16] December 9th, 2026,
[23:20] December refers to his
[23:26] » What day was that thing?
[23:33] » Okay. It wasn't
>> It's not
[23:35] » It's not an 11th for sure.
[23:39] » All right. Thanks, Roy. All in favor?
Okay. Passed car 6.2 to Caillou Caillou
[23:47] production program grants 12 to 19.
>> So our department's been been getting a
[23:53] couple inquiries um asking if if Lamont
County has a bounty program for the
[24:00] coyote
and some of this also stems back from
[24:04] from one of our neighboring
municipalities which is the county of
[24:07] Two Hills. They received a $30,000
grant over the next three years. So
[24:13] 90,000 over over three years to uh um
manage their their coyotes.
[24:21] So they have a bounty. So they're
they're going to be paying $20 per
[24:26] coyote. So $15
uh of that
[24:31] is is part of the grant and then $5 is
um is to take care of the administration
[24:38] fees. Now, um what we did is we we went
and we we surveyed some of the other
[24:44] municipalities within the area. Uh and
if you look on page 14, uh the only the
[24:51] only municipalities that that do have a
bounty is Two Hills. Uh Beaver County
[24:57] doesn't, St. Paul doesn't. they uh they
got back or they pushed back in 2019
[25:04] um because they they had uh some ethical
problems and uh some of the individuals
[25:11] felt that u when you take out the
coyotes you're all you're doing is
[25:16] you're inviting the uh a different a
different group of of co coming in um MD
[25:24] of Bonnieville um they they do have a
bounty
[25:29] but they take care of it internally.
Black Wish as well. Um those are two
[25:34] municipalities that that have uh trap
lines and and and outfitters in there as
[25:39] well. Uh Smoky Way County doesn't uh but
they are considering making a grant
[25:44] application. County of Minburn doesn't.
County of Vermillion River doesn't. Big
[25:49] Lakes County. Uh they have been offered
1080 for uh producers with confirmed
[25:55] coyote accreditation.
Daff in New County,
[26:01] but they also
offer the 108 clear hills county has a
[26:08] $30 program. And then Duke, Yan County,
and of Western River, they don't uh from
[26:16] our point of view,
I would I would recommend not to have
[26:21] the program because uh who's going to
manage it? Um so if you have a producer
[26:29] that that happens to bring in the coyote
um what two hills has been doing is they
[26:34] bring in the coyote and then their
administration goes in and cuts the paw
[26:38] off so that they know that that
individual can't come into for instance
[26:45] two hills and then go to lant or min and
uh and I don't want to say double dip
[26:51] but use that same coyote for for
additional
[26:56] But at the same time, um, ethically, I
I'm not prepared and and I wouldn't have
[27:03] have our staff sitting there with a set
of pruning shears to, uh, cut a ball
[27:08] out. That's just it's it's ethically not
not correct.
[27:14] And
for every coyote that that you remove,
[27:18] you may be uh you might be inviting
another another crew of of coyotes
[27:25] coming in because there is your good
coyote and there's your bad coyotes. Uh
[27:29] there's there's coyotes that are in the
area and they know they're having these
[27:35] they need to survive as well, but at the
same time there's guys that are having
[27:39] coyotes that they're not having
anyreditation in in their lives, but as
[27:45] well um how far does the municipality
want to go with the local service? Is it
[27:51] really our responsibility to make sure
that uh producers are are following
[27:56] proper husband husbandary? Um they need
to manage their their own
[28:04] control of of their chickens or or their
sheep or or
[28:10] right now the coyotes are really bad. We
got the neighbors the other day, seven
[28:13] of them coming from the s pile in the
morning. They're they're packing up. I
[28:18] sent you guys a picture. That's one day
of hunt. One day of hunting. Uh that's
[28:22] what they got in one day. There there's
a sheep farmer east of town. He's got
[28:25] 38. And uh another one of his friends
has got 36 already this year. That's
[28:30] counting from November 1st. They like uh
I know our area. They're coming at 7:00
[28:36] at night and eating cat food 7:00 at
night. Then they drink water from the
[28:40] ditch.
[28:46] » Yeah.
But we got before everybody had a gun.
[28:49] They were doing chores. They kept co
down. Now there's not very many cattle
[28:53] producers. So I know it's uh we got lost
in our area back.
[28:58] » I don't I don't hear any but there's no
no livestock that was you know.
[29:06] So we still have the trappers
there
[29:15] and that's that's one of the reasons as
I mentioned my provision company and uh
[29:20] and
they have trap lines up there. So the uh
[29:27] the individuals that that have trap
lines they're also then contracted to do
[29:32] some of that that works as well. Um
the ones in in our area
[29:40] » your neighbor
[29:47] » well there's nothing when you get
there's nothing for the pellets you give
[29:49] zero dollars for now
>> there's quite a few
[29:57] » well I carry on the fireman who want it
>> kill some of them some of their own
[30:02] population but yeah carried on the farm.
>> So there was a grand port from Alberta
[30:06] government. Is that what the
>> Well, two county made. Uh they they did
[30:13] it early enough. I'm not sure
>> it was
[30:18] their society. So that's fun from
[30:26] weed against the program. It's just not
affected where you need it to be and
[30:30] pits are increasers. So you start taking
[30:47] I I would I honestly I would say not to.
I mean if you if you want for 15 bucks a
[30:52] kite you take to the hut they give you
the same amount.
[30:56] » Just go with your own just have your own
problems. We're all We're all stewards
[31:00] of our own land.
They scan them out and sell them all.
[31:21] whenever they see it, they take stuff.
So
[31:26] » I think once they're bothered by it,
they deal with their own right. They're
[31:30] having problems. You're going to take
care of your own right.
[31:39] Oh, it's a No, I guess
[31:51] » Mr. Chairman,
>> if it's no, then it would be the
[31:54] recommendation that that listed on page.
>> Yeah.
[32:03] Make a motion that Lamont County a
service board direct administration take
[32:06] no action on the Alberta Professional
Outfitters Association Bodlife
[32:10] Management Fund grants for purpose of a
cut reduction bounty program. All in
[32:16] favor?
[32:20] 6.3 2025 photo contest page 261.
[32:26] » So we want a local service board annual
photo contest for county residents to
[32:31] share memorable photos with the public.
This year the residents we received 21
[32:38] pictures for county life and nine for
egg and industry. These photos are used
[32:44] here county apartments for promotional
purposes. They also showcase on our
[32:49] website and Facebook page and they
always receive positive feedback from
[32:53] residents who eagerly awaiting photos.
The egg sales board um did determine two
[33:02] sorry the six winners. So the financial
winning amounts are first prize is $150,
[33:08] second prize 100, third prize is 50. So
for county light
[33:15] first prize winner is Shelley Joelnik.
Second prize is Rose McAffrey. Third
[33:23] prize is Karen Crossy Quasnia
for a industry.
[33:30] First prize is Captain Herald. Second
prize is Sophie.
[33:36] Third prize day.
[33:52] » Good. We got That's usually the hardest
part is finding the try and add up all
[33:56] the numbers and stuff. So, we got the
winners. We get a motion on that. I
[33:59] guess the
[34:03] 63, please.
The Lamont County Agriculture Society
[34:09] Board approves the 2025 photo contest
winners. County Life was Shelley Joe
[34:17] Melnik first. Second was Rose McGaffrey.
Third was Karen Casiqu.
[34:26] Okay. Uh agriculture and industrial
castin and Harold. Second was Sophie.
[34:35] Third was Joan Dave.
>> Okay. Thanks. All in favor carried.
[34:42] Dave, we got 6.4 2000, excuse me, 2026
ASB provincial conference 22.
[34:51] So, Mr. Chairman, uh we do have our our
ASB provincial conference. Uh it's going
[34:56] to be held at the Delta South Edmonton
uh from January 20th to 22nd. Um we did
[35:05] get the agenda yesterday. Uh they are
recommending that uh we register sooner
[35:11] than later. Um our region, the Northeast
region is is the region that has hosting
[35:17] them. Um
we plan for the works best. Uh what we
[35:22] did is we we booked the rooms for for
all five board members plus uh Amanda
[35:31] and myself plus uh the CEO. Um it's
easier for us to counsel than to try to
[35:38] find rooms. But more importantly, what
do you want to do? We want to get the
[35:41] registration done. So we need some
direction on who's going to be.
[35:50] » All right. Uh, I'll be going.
>> Yeah.
[35:58] » Yeah.
[36:06] » All right. Perfect.
[36:10] So, six recommendation, please.
Make a motion that the Lamont County
[36:17] Agricultural Service Board confirm the
board members attending the 2026 ASB
[36:23] provincial conference. Okay, thank you.
All in favor? Okay. Carried. Uh so that
[36:29] puts us to 6.5 drainage. Do we have time
to think about the willows there? Uh any
[36:35] any comments?
[36:45] » They might like they say they're not
don't have to go down in the dirt. They
[36:49] can mulch it right now.
>> Just take the tops off.
[36:52] » Take the top down and leave some root
system for so there's no uh
[37:02] » that'll avoid your erosion. Right.
>> Yeah.
[37:07] Any more comments?
>> What do we want to do on the 162
[37:19] go
[37:25] that address
[37:29] the whole thing to the east side? Okay.
So, so that
[37:36] will come straight in between 162 163 up
towards 980.
[37:41] » That walk
that
[37:45] I mean the equipment's there. What's it
going to take that day? Yeah through
[37:51] there
[37:58] once you get from I keep
drainage
[38:04] when you get that big then it crosses by
the church and then they say that big
[38:10] I believe
fixed in two years last year two years
[38:15] ago because there was
[38:22] schedule.
[38:29] That's right.
[38:38] that part.
[38:46] » Okay, let's do that balance on the
east side of 162. We'll assess it in
[38:55] fall. See where it goes. 162.
>> James, let me make motions on the board,
[39:02] please.
>> Drainage between 162 and 16.
[39:06] » Just let him finish. Yeah, let him
[39:10] » south of
[39:15] 580.
[39:36] That's that's area we went with with the
with the and we we did the the swale and
[39:43] we did the cail.
[39:48] There we go. Yep. I motion that the Mont
County Edger call service for direct
[39:54] administration to brush the willows and
sunlight drainage between Rain Road 162
[40:00] and Rain Road 163. South of Township 580
down to township road 574.
[40:08] » All right. Thanks, John. All in favor?
Carry. All right. Uh 6.6 uh uh brushing
[40:14] is an add-on.
>> Right.
[40:18] » Okay. Uh
[40:23] what's the brushing that completed last
year on the program for this year?
[40:30] » Second question.
Uh what we're trying to do is this the
[40:36] areas that never got done last year were
incorporating into this year. So that
[40:41] were ideally we should have caught some
from from 2425 versus 25 26 but I'm
[40:49] trying to coordinate it as as a block so
that we have minimal
[40:56] polization.
>> Okay. I was just wondering about that
[41:00] because uh some people have asked that
you know if we're mowing in a different
[41:05] area did that. So the intention is
>> they do that four.
[41:10] » Yeah. So there is roads uh and I don't
have the map in front of me. Um
[41:17] I want to say it was 163 from
45. Uh that stuff never got done.
[41:26] they're stuck on 560 that that never got
done. Um, as soon as we're we're done in
[41:32] the area we are right now, we're going
to start moving ourselves south of uh of
[41:38] energy. Yeah, logistically it makes more
sense to to haul the equipment three or
[41:44] four miles versus all the equipment 16
miles from one side to another. And then
[41:49] once we do that, then we're going to to
circle back and and
[41:54] get and I mean to to use the division
but circle back and if you're stuck in
[41:59] division one and then catch yourself in
division three and then division two and
[42:03] then and then
[42:08] » okay that's the only question I have and
that'll be some brushing
[42:12] » and that's that's where the advantage we
have with three pieces of equipment
[42:18] having a small what's
[42:24] a lot more
And uh currently right now we have two
[42:30] different projects. We have uh we have a
beaver truck on a chainsaw and we have
[42:35] you know a small
[42:43] drainage and then the other big
[42:51] but they should be done within the next
three days and then the small one is is
[42:54] going to go assist the uh the other
programs and and all
[43:06] Did
you ever talk to you about
[43:13] what
when we do 560?
[43:17] So when we talk about just east of 855
you guys are going the small one is just
[43:28] going to truck that up and and do that
and that's part of the drainage that
[43:34] that comes comes by there in the yard.
So it's it needs to be done as well.
[43:40] » Yeah, that's all I have.
>> All right. Um,
[43:46] we get a motion on the screen, please.
>> I move that the Mont County Agricultural
[43:52] Service Board accept the roadside
roadside project information.
[43:57] » Okay, that's for 616. All in favor?
Thank you. North. Okay. Uh, we still
[44:02] have uh 16 minutes before our
delegation. Uh, we get to the
[44:07] correspondence, please. Page 23 to 24.
So on on page 23, uh there was a u a
[44:18] letter that that was sent by MD of
Spirit River uh to both the provincial
[44:23] and and federal ministers u with regards
to a declaration by a disaster for MD of
[44:29] Spirit River.
Then on page 25, uh there is a
[44:37] some correspondence that was sent by
Gradwell County
[44:41] to the Minister of Transportation.
Uh Grazel County was very concerned with
[44:47] with the uh MCTism of roadside
maintenance on on highways.
[44:55] uh they're saying that that the brush is
is overgrown. The vegetation is is
[44:59] obstructing sight lines. There's higher
than than normal amount of prohibited
[45:05] noxious and noxious weeds. Uh
and then uh on same same day uh there
[45:12] was a correspondence that Grazville
County sent uh with with regards to
[45:19] quality that uh the website's
recommendation is is going on with with
[45:24] the orphan law program. Uh
then on page 27 uh there is uh by
[45:31] Brazwell County as well the
reconsideration of of the call order of
[45:37] uh the universal office front.
Um unfortunately
[45:43] I don't know the outcome of that one.
Then on page 28 um there was a uh
[45:53] the uh the shadow minister uh did send
send some some correspondence with
[45:59] regards to a uh a survey uh with regards
to the uh the rich ground squirrels. uh
[46:07] they are trying to uh to reinstate the
the 2% strict night. So uh
[46:15] be aware of that.
Uh Dan on 30 and 31. Uh there's a uh a
[46:24] conference that
some of our board members have attended
[46:28] in in the past. It's it's called
Crossroads. It used to be far deck. to
[46:35] be held at at the uh Expo Center. Uh
they originate in between Edmonton and
[46:41] Selberry. This year it's in Edmonton.
It's it's uh January 27th 28th. Uh reg
[46:49] they they do still have openings for for
registrations. Um registration is is in
[46:54] the neighborhood of $165.
Uh some boards do send some of their
[47:00] members.
I don't I won't be attending. I I don't
[47:06] see there's there's a baker to it.
Then on a
[47:14] page 41
there was a report
[47:20] from the Alberta Prairie Con.
[47:24] It was sent to to our CAO. There is a uh
an extended
[47:33] package like the campaign. I'm not going
to get through it. Um but mainly sent to
[47:41] uh Peter and Peter for GP Harbor uh
based on their study that they did in
[47:47] 1990 and 2000 2010 2020
over the last 30 years they found that
[47:55] that there's over 5200 acres of of
native prairie that uh that have been
[48:01] used.
[48:04] They're hoping that the expanded
approach to find would allow the
[48:08] munities to uh review their
how they how they deal with some of the
[48:15] landscape changes that they're going on
pertaining to the conservation amendment
[48:20] and stewardship of the the land
of our native prairies.
[48:29] So read um it's it's a very like reading
material. Feel free to spend your time
[48:35] going through that. Then on page um 184
there is a uh a letter that that was
[48:46] sent to both uh honorable Rebecca
Schultz and Honorable RJ Singerson
[48:52] pertaining to the farms pesticide
certification program. Uh, Northern
[48:57] Sunrise uh does support the no other
that Daniel County and Green View
[49:05] uh saying that currently right now uh if
if you want to have Canadian poison uh
[49:12] at the municipality as a producer you
have to be certified. You have to take
[49:17] the force and and it's up to the
municipality to uh to train train you.
[49:23] So um
[49:26] all these municipalities are having a
concern with that that port 1080 is up
[49:32] to the municipality but if you need a
aquatic license or or pest license on
[49:39] collar are the ones that are doing this.
So, um, this is one of the reasons why
[49:44] Amanda and I have also made the decision
not to continue participation with the
[49:50] 1080. Um, it's really dwindled down and
over the last four years, we've only had
[49:57] one producer in uh, individually one
that's been using it as
[50:03] a control measure just to keep the cats
down. Um but it's also part of the
[50:10] condition that as a producer you have to
have your management plan and
[50:15] controlling guidance not just have the
toxicate. So that's why u the liability
[50:22] and the administration from from our
point of view is that much greater. So
[50:26] we chose not to uh not to do it.
Then on page uh 186 uh
[50:36] Northern Sunrise does support county
men's u letter pertaining to uh updating
[50:45] the uh the amount of of animals that
that you can slaughter on farm.
[50:52] Initially the uh the government did have
a limitation and with the price of beef
[51:00] and with a lot of consumers wanting to
know where where their their food is
[51:04] coming from. Um they are echoing what
what the county has has said all is um
[51:11] what the producers work with with the on
on farm slaughter plants and continue
[51:17] doing that. Um and then saddle gills
very as as well
[51:24] they also support that uh we allow the
uh the uh the slot to take place on page
[51:34] 189 u MD plan is is asking the federal
government honorable Keith McDonald to
[51:43] see when when they're going to fill the
uh uh the voidness from from Dr.
[51:48] Rosemary uh Deep Clerk. Uh she was the
uh the weed biolog biological control
[51:55] enthmologist. Um currently right now um
the the void is is at the uh the CDC
[52:03] North in in Westridge. Uh, and if they
don't feel it, uh, they don't have
[52:08] anyone that's, um, taking care of the,
uh, the the bio control for, uh, uh, for
[52:16] any of the invasive species that that
are, uh, are coming in.
[52:22] Then on page 191, uh, one of the things
that we've done is we we work with, uh,
[52:27] with Albert Kingston. uh in the
summertime we we have u pest
[52:34] surveillance and uh Amanda and her team
uh where we're doing this. So in 2025 uh
[52:42] there were no no Brisbane uh no warnings
uh that were beyond 300 uh there were
[52:50] very small amounts so nothing to be
worried about. Uh for for Creek Mitch uh
[52:56] they sampled five fields and uh they
only found two two specimens in one
[53:03] field. uh P pew weed weevil um um they
did increase but but they are still uh
[53:11] at the motor level. Uh cabbage pod seed
weevil um there were none that were
[53:17] found and in 2025 there were no reports
of any worms at that and I think a lot
[53:24] of that is because it was driving to us.
uh the works uh research has has shown
[53:33] that there are very few that that were
affected uh with the M catches that that
[53:39] were as I mentioned under 300 hunters.
And then on page
[53:46] 196 uh uh we did share this with you in
in the path that the uh what used to be
[53:53] the North family and and then the uh the
Beimo uh
[53:59] has now been given to the upper
association of egg societies. There's a
[54:06] resolution that that came forward last
year. So they alter the north and the
[54:12] south we fall to the north.
So,
[54:20] the ability to start thinking about who
you would go on to nominate as as a uh a
[54:26] farm family,
we do have till uh till
[54:32] August August 1st of of 2026. So, if
there's any that that you think of, um,
[54:39] bring them forward to an upcoming ASU
meeting and, uh, we will we'll work with
[54:44] them and, uh,
they're their nominated.
[55:00] No.
[55:07] summarize um we did a lot of education
and awareness earlier in the season
[55:14] green houses. We did have issues with
our GI program. So that was a struggle
[55:19] for
it and they sent 293 letters
[55:25] we noticed. We didn't have to do any
enforcement. So, it was a good work for
[55:30] us. They helped out with all the pest
monitoring, the grasshopper surveys,
[55:35] delivering herbicide, things like that.
And then towards the end of the season,
[55:39] she was helping out with the past
program.
[55:44] » Any questions for
[55:52] if not we get a motion there 7.14?
Sure. I motion that Lamont County
[55:58] Agricultural Service Board accept all
correspondence as information.
[56:03] » All in favor? Okay. I I think we'll take
a five minute break so that uh the
[56:08] delegations we have time to get them up
on the computer and stuff.
[56:12] » Um see and then we'll continue on with
8.1 after the delegations.
[56:22] that picture kind of one day uh John's
sister-in-law and her husband shot all
[56:28] that in one day over there All that
stuff.
[1:02:47] All right, we'll go to our delegate 10
o'clock delegation here uh from Alberta
[1:02:54] Invasive Species Council
uh Executive Director Megan Evans. Uh
[1:03:01] if you're ready to go, we'll uh
finally like to hear your presentation.
[1:03:10] Great.
>> Thank you so much. Thanks for the
[1:03:12] opportunity to be here. Uh I will sh Oh,
I will share my screen
[1:03:20] and
[1:03:24] with any luck are you seeing the full
screen that you should see on your end?
[1:03:30] » Yes.
>> Yeah, we got the
[1:03:34] » Great. Okay. All right. Well, again,
thank you so much for the opportunity to
[1:03:38] be here. My name is Megan Evans and I am
here on behalf of the Alberta Invasive
[1:03:42] Species Council. So, what I'd like to do
with our time this morning is talk to
[1:03:46] you a little bit about uh invasive
species, what they are, why they matter,
[1:03:51] and some of the things that we do as a
nonprofit organization to help combat
[1:03:55] them, working in collaboration with
municipalities across Alberta like
[1:03:59] Lamont County. Uh so, this is our our
year in review infographic. Uh we put
[1:04:05] this together every year. This is for
last year, of course. Uh, but this is
[1:04:08] kind of our elevator pitch. When people
ask what we do, this is kind of a great
[1:04:11] visual to sum that up. Now, I know
there's a lot on the screen, but really
[1:04:15] quickly, uh, we attend a lot of outreach
events. Uh, we offer bio control
[1:04:20] releases. So, those are little bugs
that, uh, target and eat specific weed
[1:04:26] species. And, uh, bio control is a
really important part of, uh, managing,
[1:04:31] uh, invasive species in an
environmentally friendly way. We really
[1:04:34] like that program. There's a lot
happening there. We also have invasive
[1:04:38] species reporting apps. We'll talk more
about those later. Those are called EDM
[1:04:43] Maps. That's kind of a goofy name, but
we'll we'll chat more about that in a
[1:04:46] little bit. We're active on all the
social media platforms, and we even uh
[1:04:50] started a Tik Tok channel account in
2024, which has been eye opening for
[1:04:56] everybody, but we're learning a lot as
we do that.
[1:04:59] Uh the Alberta Invasive Species Council
uh administers Alberta's certified
[1:05:04] weed-free forage program. We've had
minimal uptake on that program, but we
[1:05:09] uh we have a lot of uh hopes. We we we
think there's a lot more we could do
[1:05:14] there. So, we look forward to working
more on that in the future. We host an
[1:05:18] annual conference every year, which is
the place to go if you are interested in
[1:05:22] being brought up to speed on everything
invasive species in Alberta. what's
[1:05:27] coming, what we're dealing with, what
are the new management um options, etc.
[1:05:31] And we also offer a host of resources,
including fact sheets. We have now over
[1:05:36] 200 fact sheets in our library, and
those fact sheets are one-stop shop for
[1:05:41] anything you would want to know about a
particular invasive species. Um, and we
[1:05:46] also have outreach campaigns. So, we do
a lot of extension and outreach and we
[1:05:49] promote a lot of the same campaigns that
people use in other jurisdictions,
[1:05:53] including uh, you know, don't let it
loose, buy local, burn local for
[1:05:58] firewood, clean drain, dry your gear for
preventing aquatic invasive species like
[1:06:03] zebra muscles.
>> Uh, and we've started to develop our own
[1:06:08] campaigns. And in 2024, we launched our
rat on rats campaign, uh, which is, uh,
[1:06:15] a really exciting campaign that's really
encourages Albertans to report rat
[1:06:18] sightings and and help encouraging
people to join the rat patrol and keep
[1:06:23] Alberta rat free. We'll talk more about
that in a moment as well. We also
[1:06:27] distribute the invasive plants of
Alberta guide. Uh, this is a really
[1:06:30] important resource. We've distributed
over 33,000 copies to date and all of
[1:06:34] them have been distributed at a
subsidized rate uh which we're able to
[1:06:38] do through securing grant funding. The
list of regulated weeds in Alberta is
[1:06:42] being updated this winter as you're
probably likely aware. So these are out
[1:06:46] of print right now. We are currently
working on revising them and we hope to
[1:06:49] have print copies available for you this
spring. Uh and as a registered nonprofit
[1:06:54] in Alberta, we are uh you know
accountable to our members. We have 183
[1:06:59] members. uh and a board of directors uh
which consists of 16 board directors uh
[1:07:07] and five staff members and we also have
39 in 2024 we have 39 partner
[1:07:11] organizations across the province uh
that have been a really important part
[1:07:16] of uh our programming um and I do want
to point out that again we are fully
[1:07:20] independent nonprofit and we are not a
government agency. A lot of folks think
[1:07:24] that we are. So I want to touch a little
bit on how we're funded uh just to give
[1:07:28] you some context. So we've been around
for almost 20 years. Uh and we don't
[1:07:33] actually get any core uh government
money. So we don't get any you know
[1:07:37] admin or core operational money from uh
from the government. What we do survive
[1:07:42] on is is largely grants. So we write a
grant application and we have you know a
[1:07:46] project objectives and deliverables and
we and we deliver on that and that is
[1:07:50] the bulk of what we do. That's about uh
twothirds of our our revenue. We uh
[1:07:55] bring in revenue with our annual
conference. Uh we also have an AGLC
[1:07:59] fundraising casinos. I'm sure everyone
you're at least likely familiar with
[1:08:04] working these casino shifts till two or
three in the morning. So those those are
[1:08:07] an important fundraiser for us. We
generate revenue through our biocrol
[1:08:11] release program and also through uh the
partnership program which is primarily
[1:08:16] supported through rural municipalities
across Alberta and through membership
[1:08:19] dues. Uh but I do want to point out that
the only restrictive funding that we do
[1:08:23] receive is through our partnership and
our membership uh uh dues. So that's the
[1:08:28] only funding that we receive that comes
with no strings attached. And that in my
[1:08:32] opinion is the most important revenue
that we receive because it allows us to
[1:08:36] apply for other grants to grow our
programs to add new things and to do new
[1:08:41] and innovative things. Uh and whereas
everything else there's strings attached
[1:08:45] with how we spend that money. So this
partnership program that we have that
[1:08:49] Lamont County has been a part of is part
of the reason why we've been able to
[1:08:52] grow and really uh improve our impact
and create awareness in Alberta. So
[1:08:56] we're really grateful to Mont County and
uh and all of our partners uh for that
[1:09:01] program.
So starting at the basics, uh if we're
[1:09:06] uh if this is an egg service board, then
you guys already know what an invasive
[1:09:09] species are. You're probably already
dealing with them at home, maybe at work
[1:09:12] or wherever. uh and and we're all
familiar, but just to make sure we're
[1:09:16] all on the same page, invasive species
are organisms that originate somewhere
[1:09:21] else and that uh make their way to a new
environment where they cause harm.
[1:09:26] » And the reason why they cause harm is
because they've come without the things
[1:09:30] that would naturally suppress their
populations. So that could be climate or
[1:09:34] temperature or water or uh competition,
predation, diseases, all kinds of
[1:09:39] things. So that those things are absent
in the new environment. the new species,
[1:09:43] the invasive species out competes the
native species because they have some
[1:09:47] type of competitive advantage. Um, and
that those that out that out competing
[1:09:52] of the native species upsets the
ecological balance, the trophic systems,
[1:09:56] the ecological function, the ecological
goods and services that these ecosystems
[1:10:00] provide. And all of those ecological
impacts translate very firmly into e
[1:10:05] econ economic impacts. Uh and so
invasive species are literally impacting
[1:10:10] every one of us here in Alberta whether
we recognize those impacts or not. So
[1:10:14] some some invasive species impact stats
uh are you know $2 billion is the
[1:10:21] estimated cost that invasive species are
impacting the Alberta economy annually.
[1:10:26] Two billion dollars every year. There's
a real money coming out of the pockets
[1:10:29] of producers coming out of the pockets
of Albertans and grocery stores. The
[1:10:32] majority of those impacts we think are
due to weeds and agriculture too. And
[1:10:36] there's a whole lot more weeds. There's
a whole lot more invasive species and
[1:10:40] other types of categories that are on
our doorstep that would really make that
[1:10:44] number jump substantially higher. So the
these are non-trivial uh impacts.
[1:10:49] Globally over $400 billion a year
invasive species are considered to be
[1:10:53] the second biggest threat to
biodiversity in the world. Uh and 60% of
[1:10:59] our global species extinctions have been
caused either solely or in part by
[1:11:04] invasive species. And in Canada, 44 of
our species at risk uh are list invasive
[1:11:10] plants as factors in their at risk
status. So invasive species, they don't
[1:11:15] often they don't always get the
attention that they deserve. These are
[1:11:18] really really this is an important issue
that has very real uh consequences.
[1:11:23] And invasive species come in all forms.
They obviously we have weeds or invasive
[1:11:27] plants uh and we've got lots of those in
Alberta. I live in the Crows Pass. I
[1:11:31] don't know if anyone's driven through
here lately, but we are ground zero for
[1:11:34] a lot of weeds. We're pretty weedy
place. Uh invasive plants. There's a lot
[1:11:38] of them. Uh very problematic. We also
have invasive animals like pigs and
[1:11:42] rats. Very destructive. Uh as well, very
problematic. Invasive mollisks like this
[1:11:48] zebra muscle. That's the shell you can
see on the screen there. We do not have
[1:11:53] any invasive muscles in Alberta yet. We
do not have uh zebra, quaga, or golden
[1:11:58] muscles. Those are very, very, very
problematic. They come with a very high
[1:12:02] price tag. Those invasive muscles have
infested most water bodies in North
[1:12:06] America and Alberta remains one of the
few jurisdictions that does not yet have
[1:12:11] uh these very destructive invasive
species. They clog uh they attach
[1:12:15] themselves to hard surfaces and clog up
any type of uh uh aquatic infrastructure
[1:12:21] and we're very concerned about them
getting into our irrigation
[1:12:23] infrastructure in southern Alberta. Be
very destructive, very damaging. We have
[1:12:27] invasive diseases like you can see with
these fish that are looking a little
[1:12:31] contorted. They have been impacted by
whirling disease. We have an a major
[1:12:35] invasive goldfish problem. Uh I'm not
sure what the situation is there. And
[1:12:40] this tends to be more of an an urban
issue where people are taking their live
[1:12:44] fish and releasing them into water
bodies. And of course once that happens
[1:12:49] uh they're very very hard to get rid of.
Uh goldfish and some of their cousins
[1:12:52] have the ability to clone themselves.
So, one fish can easily turn into a 100
[1:12:56] thousand. And uh they are very very
hearty. They survive our winters. They
[1:13:01] breed like crazy. Very problematic. We
have invasive insects like this
[1:13:05] beautiful emerald ashbor. Uh and our uh
particularly our urban forest, well, all
[1:13:10] of our forests are very susceptible to
tree pests. Uh Alberta is very lucky. We
[1:13:14] don't really have major issues with most
of these invasive forest pests yet, but
[1:13:19] again, we need to to maintain our uh
vigilance to keep them out. and even
[1:13:23] invasive fungus. So the the pine branch
that you can see on the screen has been
[1:13:26] impacted by white pine blister rust.
That is an invasive fungus that is now
[1:13:31] present uh in North America. The spores
are just everywhere. They were brought
[1:13:35] over accidentally on nursery stock from
Asia. And that fungus is the leading
[1:13:40] cause of decline um for uh and and
mortality of white bark and limber pine
[1:13:46] which are two endangered uh pine trees
in Alberta.
[1:13:52] So these invasive species, there's lots
of different kinds of them and they have
[1:13:54] lots of different pathways by which they
come into Alberta. Any type of mud can
[1:14:00] carry seeds and a seeds, you know that
hitchhiking, weeds hitchhiking uh on our
[1:14:05] boots or our pets or our tires is is a
major pathway. I know that my dog if if
[1:14:10] there's a patch of bo somewhere, he will
find it uh and and he will carry that
[1:14:15] around. You know, any type of wildlife
can be a vector. The middle photo on the
[1:14:19] top here, that's the undercarriage of a
quad that I took this photo. And this
[1:14:23] was a quad that had been uh transported
on a truck and brought to a new location
[1:14:28] in the back country. And I was horrified
to look at the undercarriage. And this
[1:14:31] is not just an invasive species issue.
This could be a, you know, a fire hazard
[1:14:34] as well. So, we want to make sure that
we're cleaning our gear, right? That is
[1:14:38] just a clean drain, dry, play, clean,
go. Cleaning our gear is a really great
[1:14:41] way to prevent the introduction and
spread of these things. The overland
[1:14:45] transport of boats. So there's a boat
being hauled out of the water there from
[1:14:49] if a boat comes from an infested water
body with an aquatic invasive species
[1:14:52] and into an uninfested water body.
That's how they are introduced. We know
[1:14:56] that uh substrate forage and gravel can
be a problem as well. There's bock
[1:15:01] sitting bours on the the that hay bale
really really problematic. Again there's
[1:15:07] things that we can do like having forage
certified etc. Firewood is another
[1:15:11] vector. Moving firewood is a vector of
spreading uh forest pests. And of
[1:15:15] course, I have a beautiful photo of
goldfish in their tank because sometimes
[1:15:18] our pets can become invasive when
they're released into the wild. So all
[1:15:22] of these methods and these pathways are,
you know, humans have a big role to play
[1:15:26] here. We are, you know, most of these
invasive species don't do a great job of
[1:15:29] moving themselves around. We are helping
them move and we are a big part of the
[1:15:34] problem. And in that same sentiment, we
are the solution uh to preventing the
[1:15:40] introduction and spread of invasive
species. Don't move firewood. Don't let
[1:15:44] your pets loose. Uh clean, drain, dry,
play clean, go. So the awareness piece,
[1:15:49] letting making people aware, getting
them to care about this issue is such a
[1:15:52] big part of the solution. Um and and we
are a big part of the solution. Uh and
[1:15:57] and our behaviors are as well. So this
is the invasion curve and I I think this
[1:16:02] will be the last boring slide that I
slow show you and we'll get into some
[1:16:05] more exciting stuff here momentarily. Uh
but this is a really important slide. So
[1:16:10] on the bottom we have time and on our x-
axis we have area occupied and cost and
[1:16:15] basically um you know as we we move
along the invasion curve the area
[1:16:20] occupied and cost associated with an
invasive species increases dramatically
[1:16:25] and you can see that there's some ratios
on the bottom those are the economic
[1:16:29] returns of these different uh stages of
invasion. So you can see for every
[1:16:34] dollar that we spend on a prevention
activity, which could be, you know, a
[1:16:39] watercraft inspection station, a boot uh
brush cleaning station, uh an awareness
[1:16:45] campaign, education, outreach, every
dollar we spend on a prevention activity
[1:16:49] can yield $100 in savings down the line.
So this is a huge return on investment.
[1:16:56] Uh by far the single best way to manage
invasive species is to prevent them from
[1:16:59] being introduced in the first place. So
prevention is where we see the biggest
[1:17:03] bang for our buck. And the ultimate
irony here is that that is where we
[1:17:07] spend the least amount of money uh on
invasive species. So it would be really
[1:17:12] great to you know really see more
investments in prevention. Uh
[1:17:15] absolutely. Inevitably though invasive
species will arrive uh and then we need
[1:17:21] to have uh eyes on the ground and we
need to take an early detection rapid
[1:17:24] response approach to managing those new
invaders. And that yields a very high
[1:17:28] return on investment as well. $1 spent
for $25 uh savings down the road.
[1:17:34] » If we lose the opportunity to eradicate
a species, we move into the containment
[1:17:38] phase and that's where we're trying to
prevent them from spreading. Uh and
[1:17:42] that's still a very worthwhile it's very
worthwhile to manage invasive species in
[1:17:46] that stage. We're still seeing a good
solid return on investment. And then if
[1:17:50] we move out of containment and we lose
that battle kind of we what we move into
[1:17:55] what we call like long-term control or
assetbased protection. So I I'm using
[1:18:01] Canada thistle as the example here which
is probably an invasive species we're
[1:18:05] all familiar with. That is one where you
just, you know, you're just trying to
[1:18:08] keep Canada thistle out of your pasture,
out of your yard, out of your natural
[1:18:12] area that you manage, right? That's what
we mean by asset based detention. I
[1:18:16] would put dandelions here as well.
Although we've really kind of there's
[1:18:20] not a lot of control there. There's not
a requirement to control in a natural
[1:18:23] area. They're still an invasive species
and still very problematic. So
[1:18:27] prevention is the biggest bang for our
buck. The single best way to manage them
[1:18:30] is in prevention. And again, awareness
and outreach. And the more Alberta's
[1:18:34] know, Albertans know and care about this
issue, the more they will adopt
[1:18:38] behaviors that will help prevent the
introduction and spread uh reducing the
[1:18:42] overall costs both economically and
ecologically associated with invasive
[1:18:47] species.
>> So some of the resource, so this is
[1:18:50] where we come in. So we come in, we do a
lot on the prevention side, a lot of the
[1:18:54] awareness, extension and outreach. And
this is just a list of some of our
[1:18:57] existing resources that we currently
have. Uh we do have our fact sheet
[1:19:00] library. Again, I mentioned that
already. We are adding to that every
[1:19:04] year. We add new fact sheets and every
year we work to revise and edit and make
[1:19:08] sure that they remain up to date. These
are a really important resource and we
[1:19:12] uh we do a lot of work on these. These
are very important. We also have the
[1:19:17] invasive plants of Alberta uh guides
which I mentioned already and there's a
[1:19:20] QR code there to download if you're
interested in having a look. Again,
[1:19:23] we're out of print copies but we will
have some ready by spring. We also
[1:19:27] distribute the complimentary um I have
one here aquatic invasive species pocket
[1:19:32] guide. So this is a a government
publication but we print and distribute
[1:19:36] them on our online store. We get grant
money again distribute them for a
[1:19:39] subsidized rate. Uh we do webinars, we
have rack cards, there's the certified
[1:19:44] weed free forage program which is super
important. The conference and then we've
[1:19:48] also recently established um the Alberta
Bioontrol Consortium. Uh this is a
[1:19:55] really important program where we're
bringing people municip uh
[1:19:57] municipalities industry uh nonprofit
groups across the board together to talk
[1:20:03] about bio control and to fund the
research and development of new biorol
[1:20:07] agents. We're seeing things like
herbicide resistant kosha. We need more
[1:20:12] tools and so the goal of this group is
to you know uh to develop and and to to
[1:20:17] help fund development of new tools for
controlling invasive plants in Alberta.
[1:20:22] And then we have our apps, the Ed Maps
uh and the Ed Maps Pro that we'll talk
[1:20:26] about next. So EDM MAPAP stands for
early detection and distribution mapping
[1:20:32] system, which is like a very descriptive
name, but they're not very catchy. Uh
[1:20:36] but it's a really really these are
really really powerful apps and they're
[1:20:40] really useful. So there's both the
citizen science version where you could
[1:20:44] encourage you know people in your county
to go out and report invasive species
[1:20:48] that they think you might not be aware
of. So, it can help you get your
[1:20:52] rateayers to be your eyes on the ground.
Uh, and then there's also a professional
[1:20:56] version of the app that was designed for
municipal uh weed programs basically.
[1:21:01] So, if you're not collecting uh digital
data uh spatial data with your weed
[1:21:05] program, you you could use this app free
of charge. We will train you and show
[1:21:08] you how to use it. Uh it's a real handy
thing. But um when these reports come in
[1:21:14] from the citizen science version, all of
the reports are verified by us and then
[1:21:18] we send them off to the local authority.
So you can use EDM maps anywhere in
[1:21:21] Alberta. You can collect invasive plant
data. We get them. We'll verify them
[1:21:25] based on the photos and send them off to
whichever jurisdiction that happens to
[1:21:29] be in. And what I'm presenting on the
screen to you is the result of an Ed
[1:21:33] Maps query. So all of the data are
publicly available. And I pulled up all
[1:21:37] the data for Alberta. There's 50 there's
over 50,000 invasive species records for
[1:21:42] Alberta. Uh, and that QR code will take
you to an interactive web page where you
[1:21:47] can zoom in or out on any of the points.
That can be really powerful if you want
[1:21:51] to know what's happening in your
neighbor's jurisdiction so that you can
[1:21:54] be aware of the you know some of the
things that are uh potential issues for
[1:21:58] you in the future. Uh, and or I also
queried the data just for Lamont County
[1:22:03] uh and those are there as well. So there
there was 40 records for Lamont County.
[1:22:07] So interesting uh and and lots of
opportunities there to use those apps.
[1:22:12] The other thing is um Edm Maps is
probably maybe not maybe you've never
[1:22:16] heard of it. It's not the most popular
app, but you've probably heard of the I
[1:22:20] Naturalist app, which is a very popular
app. It connects now to our EDM maps and
[1:22:26] we can pull in those data uh and we pull
in all of the regulated weeds and we are
[1:22:32] working through triaging those and
sending those reports off to
[1:22:34] municipalities as well to make sure
you're aware of those. So, just some
[1:22:38] things to be aware of with those apps.
There's a lot of good work happening
[1:22:41] there.
So projects that we currently have
[1:22:44] funding to work on, uh, we did get an
environmental damages fund grant to do
[1:22:48] aquatic invasive species work in the
Edmonton area. So it was a big grant but
[1:22:53] with a very narrow focus. Um, and but it
did allow us to install uh these boat
[1:22:59] wash units in and around the Edmonton
area. Uh, and we're also working to
[1:23:04] publish a children's story book
featuring Tank, who is our goldfish
[1:23:09] mascot. uh and we're really excited
about that. So, we've got a lot of
[1:23:12] programming with Tank. He's our uh the
goldfish that reminds children not to
[1:23:18] release their pets in the wild. And
we've also done some uh environmental
[1:23:22] DNA monitoring for aquatic invasive
species uh uh throughout Alberta as well
[1:23:27] to help fill in the gaps with some of
the other agencies that do monitoring.
[1:23:31] We are currently testing out some
equipment for controlling invasive plant
[1:23:35] seed production. particularly worried
about invasive annual grasses which are
[1:23:40] a major problem in the south and we're
trying to find ways that we can
[1:23:43] effectively harvest seed from those
plants and
[1:23:47] » looking at some hedge trimmers and
things like that. Um we also are have
[1:23:53] funding from the Alberta Real Estate
Found Foundation to develop a a tree
[1:23:57] pest guide that will look a lot like our
invasive plants of Alberta guide. Um and
[1:24:01] then we've also secured another round of
$100,000 in funding to contribute
[1:24:06] towards common tanzy biocontrol
research. So we've been researching
[1:24:11] we've been contributing this funding uh
this research for 12 years. We are
[1:24:14] getting to the uh nearing the end of of
that which is really exciting.
[1:24:19] And we're also working to develop a new
campaign uh to increase awareness and
[1:24:23] prevent the introduction and spread of
invasive plants which is really needed.
[1:24:27] We don't have a lot of great uh slogans
for that yet, but we're really excited
[1:24:32] to launch our Wild Flowers Not Weeds
campaign, which will come up this
[1:24:35] spring. This isn't what it will be, but
it's a little teaser. And I I just want
[1:24:39] to point out that it's harder with
invasive plants to convince the public
[1:24:43] that they're a problem. And that's
because this field of oxide daisy to
[1:24:48] most people is wonderful. It's
beautiful. What could possibly be wrong
[1:24:52] with this? And if you are into invasive
plants, you understand these issues.
[1:24:56] This is a nightmare. This is absolut
This is not what this should look like.
[1:24:59] This should be a montaine meadow with a
diversity of native plants which are now
[1:25:03] all gone. And this is literally just
oxide daisy and tall buttercup. And this
[1:25:07] this issue with this not being a problem
is so prevalent that this was used in a
[1:25:12] tourism poster for Fernie, British
Columbia. So this again, it doesn't help
[1:25:16] our cause. Oxide daisy, tall
buttercraft, those are regulated noxious
[1:25:19] weeds in Alberta and these are
problematic. They are ecologically and
[1:25:23] economically destructive and damaging.
And so fundamentally fun increasing the
[1:25:28] ecological awareness of the difference
between wild flowersowers and weeds is
[1:25:32] really critical. So we are really
excited to uh to launch that this
[1:25:35] summer. Another campaign that we've
recently launched in 2025 was our
[1:25:40] protect our waters campaign. Uh prior to
this, clean, drain, dry your boat, your
[1:25:44] gear was the main message. And I it just
wasn't super cool or pulling enough at
[1:25:50] people's heartstrings to get them to
understand the why we need to clean,
[1:25:53] drain, dry. And the why is to protect
our waters and all the critters that we
[1:25:57] love and care about. And so that's what
we've uh produced here.
[1:26:01] » Of course, a rat hopefully you've heard
of our rat on rats campaign. This was
[1:26:04] one we were really excited about. So you
I'm sure you're aware Alberta is the
[1:26:09] world's largest rat jurisdiction.
Albertans are proud of that status.
[1:26:13] However, rat populations are booming in
uh municipalities across North America.
[1:26:19] They're they're really uh booming and
and exploding right now. And we have,
[1:26:23] you know, hundreds of thousands of new
Albertans that have moved to the
[1:26:26] province. And this program has been so
successful, we have an entire generation
[1:26:30] of Albertans that has maybe never seen a
rat. So, we felt as though it was timely
[1:26:35] to remind Albertans that we are rat
free.
[1:26:39] » However, rats do make their way into the
province and we need people to rat on
[1:26:43] rats so we can let the rat patrol know.
So, we did think that this was timely.
[1:26:47] It also happened to be timely with the
Stanley Cup playoffs. I don't know if
[1:26:51] there's any hockey fans in the room, uh,
but as some of you are aware, the
[1:26:54] Edmonton Oilers faced off against the
Florida Panthers last year. And
[1:26:58] interestingly, the Florida Panthers fans
throw plastic rats on the ice when they
[1:27:04] win. And we thought there was a great
opportunity for us to talk about
[1:27:08] invasive species and raton rats with the
Stanley Cup playoffs. And we started
[1:27:11] promoting it, doing a lot of work on
that. And we also had the added benefit
[1:27:15] of Lauren McDavid, who is the Emmonton
Oilers captain, Conor McDavid's wife,
[1:27:20] who was uh posting about Alberta's rat
patrol and the rat free status on her
[1:27:25] social media, which was amazing. So, we
reached out to Lauren and asked her if
[1:27:28] she wanted some of our rat patrol stuff,
and she said yes. So, on the right hand
[1:27:33] side is the Rat Patrol uh package that
we delivered to the McDavid's home. Uh
[1:27:39] and then you can see some photos of
Lauren McDavid wearing the Raton Rats
[1:27:42] t-shirt. This is advertising that is so
much more than what we could ever
[1:27:48] afford. It's just so incredible. Uh and
we got a lot of traction and we what we
[1:27:53] did there was, you know, we didn't
create the situation, but we leveraged
[1:27:56] it and we got connected with so many
people that were not tuned into invasive
[1:28:00] species who didn't know about this and
again brought them into our world and
[1:28:03] created a lot of general awareness.
Really cool, really exciting stuff. Now,
[1:28:06] the only thing that would have made this
story better is if the Oilers would have
[1:28:10] won the playoffs, which unfortunately,
tragically, sadly, they did not. But
[1:28:15] that's okay. It was a great run and, uh,
and it was exciting. We do a lot of
[1:28:19] marketing. Um, we do billboards. We, uh,
submit articles for, you know, all of
[1:28:24] the main magazines in Alberta. We go to
trade shows. We create wearable merch,
[1:28:29] which actually we've had tremendous
success with. Every time somebody wears
[1:28:33] a squeal on pigs or a rat on rats or
protect our waters hat, it generally
[1:28:37] starts a conversation and that
fundamentally is the goal of that
[1:28:40] wearable merch. And so we love this and
we have a lot of fun with it and it's
[1:28:44] it's a really important part of what we
do.
[1:28:46] » We attend a lot of events. This is Tank.
This is here he is in the flesh. He is a
[1:28:50] goldfish with legs, but that's okay.
He's really functional and we have so
[1:28:54] much programming with him. He gets out,
other people borrow him. We're having so
[1:28:57] much fun with Tank. Uh, in 2025, AISC
attended 93 events and we've connected
[1:29:03] with over 60,000 Albertans, which is
really fun. Um, this is a video. I don't
[1:29:08] know if I can get this to work for you,
but this is at an Edmonton Riverhawks
[1:29:11] game and that there's our beloved tank
on the uh the Jumbotron. So, so there
[1:29:17] you have it. We have a lot of fun with
this stuff. It's just such a great way
[1:29:19] to to connect with Albertans. And as
I've mentioned before, connecting with
[1:29:22] Albertans and creating that awareness is
such a really important part of the
[1:29:26] solution.
Some pending projects that we have
[1:29:29] coming up include uh we've got a big
grant uh in the queue to do a lot more
[1:29:34] wild boar and rat programming and
outreach. We also have a very solid
[1:29:40] project idea and some grants in the
queue to reframe the conversations
[1:29:44] around integrated pest management which
is really the best way to approach
[1:29:48] managing invasive species. And we're
really excited about that and working
[1:29:52] with all of the municipalities on
integrated pest management programming
[1:29:56] which is something we know that
producers are hungry for. So we we're
[1:29:59] really really excited about that. We're
developing an invasive species to watch
[1:30:03] list for Alberta, some economic impact
infographics and we have a big grant in
[1:30:07] the queue to develop invasive species
resources that are aligned with the
[1:30:11] curriculum and of course our tank the
goldfish story book will be involved
[1:30:15] with that as well.
Another really important thing that the
[1:30:18] AISC does as an organization is we
respond to emerging threats. So, uh it's
[1:30:24] never a dull moment. You never know what
you're going to get here at the office.
[1:30:28] People mail us dead bugs. Uh we get
photos of the craziest stuff, but these
[1:30:32] are two examples um of invasive species
that were reported to us. The the toad
[1:30:38] on the left is a cane toad. That is cane
toads are one of the most notorious
[1:30:43] destructive invasive species on the
planet. It's arguable about whether they
[1:30:47] could survive Alberta's climates and
whether they'd be a real risk here, but
[1:30:49] they are like a very destructive
invasive species. This particular cane
[1:30:53] toad hitched a ride on nursery stock
from Florida to a Calgary rona store and
[1:30:58] uh that Rona store knew to contact us.
We got in touch with a fish and wildlife
[1:31:02] officer who came in, removed and
destroyed the toad. And then in 2025, we
[1:31:06] had Cal like Alberta's slug fiasco. A
bunch of nursery stock that came into
[1:31:12] Home Depot was infested with these giant
slugs which are not native to North
[1:31:16] America. They've been introduced where
they become invasive in BC and this
[1:31:20] nursery stock came from the Okonogan
where they were loaded with these slugs.
[1:31:23] So again, very problematic, but we're
here to help and support. We connect
[1:31:26] with Alberta agriculture, environment
protected areas uh and and we can kind
[1:31:30] of mobilize things very quickly. So
those are things that we do as well.
[1:31:35] So to summarize uh invasive species are
a very serious threat to both the
[1:31:40] economy and the environment. Those
species come in all forms with all
[1:31:45] different kinds of pathways. Most of
those pathways are human mediated and
[1:31:49] prevention is the single best best way
to manage them. Um here at the AISC we
[1:31:54] respond to those emerging threats. We
create campaigns. We conduct outreach to
[1:31:58] raise awareness. And we're always
working to create new resources for
[1:32:02] other people like yourselves to use in
within the county to help create
[1:32:06] awareness and help people manage their
invasive species. That partnership
[1:32:10] program that you folks are a part of and
we're so grateful for is our only no
[1:32:13] strings attached funding and it is our
most important revenue stream and we
[1:32:17] will leverage every dollar that we get
through that to bring in more money to
[1:32:20] create more resources and develop new
programs. So we're really grateful for
[1:32:23] that and for your support over the
years. Thank you. Uh, and with that, I'm
[1:32:27] will leave you with my contact
information. Uh, and I don't know if
[1:32:31] there's time for questions. I would love
your questions. If we don't have time
[1:32:33] today, please reach out to me on phone
or email. I'm happy to talk about
[1:32:36] invasive species anytime. And, and I'm
really grateful to have your time this
[1:32:40] morning as well. So, so thank you very
much.
[1:32:45] » Thanks a lot, Megan. There's a lot to
take in here. It's a busy place for you
[1:32:49] guys covering plant, animals, fish,
dirt. Uh there isn't uh there isn't
[1:32:55] anything you guys don't cover. I gota
say anybody have any question. Sorry.
[1:33:02] » Yeah. No. Yeah, we cover the whole
gamut. Exactly.
[1:33:05] » We got big advice over there. Anybody
have any questions for Megan?
[1:33:12] » Well, that was quite informative.
[1:33:17] » Good presentation. Very good
presentation. I guess we did the one the
[1:33:21] one thing that I like to tell the board
is is that u Amanda and I lean on Megan
[1:33:27] and and her team quite extensively. AISC
is is really instrumental in making our
[1:33:35] our lives a lot easier. As you see, they
they deal with with everything from uh
[1:33:40] from zebra muzzles to to wild bo uh uh
to everything else in in between. And uh
[1:33:49] uh and I I thank the service board for
for allowing us to to give some money
[1:33:55] back to them so that they are in uh
still stay in operation and hopefully
[1:34:00] for for years to come we can uh we can
even work closer with with them.
[1:34:06] » Their fact sheets and weed booklets are
like the Bible for our weed sectors.
[1:34:10] They send out a fact sheet and every
weed letter we send out. We rely very
[1:34:14] heavily on those. They've got such good
information.
[1:34:18] » Very good. Any any more questions for
me?
[1:34:24] » Thanks a lot for all your time. Very
interesting. Very good. Uh uh learned
[1:34:28] learned quite a bit today actually. So
is uh is good.
[1:34:39] » So there's no questions. All right.
Thank you. Thanks a lot. we'll uh we'll
[1:34:43] discuss here and see what we can do.
>> Thank you so much. Really appreciate
[1:34:48] your time. Nice chatting with you this
morning. Thanks again.
[1:34:51] » Yeah,
[1:35:00] » all right. That looks pretty good.
Interesting. will uh um
[1:35:08] what did somebody need to go ahead and
take it as information?
[1:35:11] » Yeah, we have someone approve it.
>> Yeah. Number five 5 5.1 a motion on
[1:35:17] that. Please take it as information.
>> The the county Agricultural Service
[1:35:23] Forest Alberta and faces species
executive director Megan Evans
[1:35:29] presentation is information.
>> All right. Thanks. Uh Gerald, all in
[1:35:34] favor? Okay, carried. Thanks a lot. Uh
we'll go back to where we were in the
[1:35:39] meeting. Uh 8.1
uh agriculture fieldman report page 202.
[1:35:48] Okay. So my report is uh sorry from
October till end of November. Uh the
[1:35:55] roadside grass motor program concluded
on on October 17th. the uh the
[1:35:59] questioner roads were were done at as at
the third pass and was pass
[1:36:05] third time they went on the roads not
only the first 15 but we did a uh a
[1:36:12] second pass adjacent to it. U I kind of
base this off what transportation does
[1:36:19] very similar to what they do from from
shoulder to shoulder or from from
[1:36:24] property line to property line. uh for
transportation does that uh especially
[1:36:29] for the first couple snow snow plow
operation that that they do. It allows
[1:36:34] the snow to go straight across and even
on on our collector roads and uh that
[1:36:39] definitely helps. Uh the tractors in the
motors were cleaned up and repair which
[1:36:44] was was made for for the 2026 season. uh
unit 4348
[1:36:50] which is a Ford tractor uh that was
handed over to the public work uh and it
[1:36:56] was prepared for uh a quick start up
drive lease. Uh the brushing program
[1:37:02] started with the initiate and overview
of the units and the program. uh we had
[1:37:07] a contractor come in and and made sure
that that our operators are competent
[1:37:12] and if they had any any questions we
address sooner than later. Uh we did
[1:37:20] want to have a very aggressive start
before snow hits and then allow us to
[1:37:25] see where the rocks and some of the
other hazards are. Um as I mentioned
[1:37:30] earlier the uh the crew is broken into
two different areas. uh the John Deere
[1:37:34] TR hole and the uh the new PDP300 V that
for us here. Um they started on 175 and
[1:37:44] 572
uh and they were commencing to the east
[1:37:49] on on 165. A lot of the smaller unit was
was concentrating on the site lines. Uh
[1:37:54] it allowed us to uh to mobilize and and
not have public the work.
[1:38:02] Uh the beaver program is uh is in a
rather safe state right now. Um we are
[1:38:08] we were the uh the beaver dams. Uh just
in areas where are going to be prone for
[1:38:16] flooding and uh we're just trying to be
proactive. U
[1:38:21] we're just as I mentioned we are trying
to plan for both a wet winter and uh and
[1:38:27] hopefully not too wet summer but we
definitely need moisture.
[1:38:32] I was also busy doing some education
with the oil and gas sector. Uh due to
[1:38:37] some of the water wells being or sorry
the wells well sites being reclaimed
[1:38:43] under the orphan wall program. uh I
worked on behalf of those producers and
[1:38:49] uh some of the contractors weren't
cleaning their equipment properly,
[1:38:54] weren'tifying the land owners and uh so
we kind of did a little bit of risk
[1:38:59] assessment and uh this way at least
there there won't be any spread of of
[1:39:04] club root. uh been getting lots of calls
from from the fall and and during during
[1:39:11] early winter now uh more than than
normal on inquiries on on alternative
[1:39:17] feeding source and and water suits. Uh
many producers have been buying feed
[1:39:22] will continue buying feed and uh u
looking for sources for for water water
[1:39:29] wells or or dugles right. Uh
so a lot of that has been referred back
[1:39:36] to 310 farm. Uh I've also been working
with the uh uh with our communication
[1:39:41] officer and uh making sure that if
producers have those they can call 310
[1:39:47] directly. Uh our rental equipment is is
starting to go out more regularly. Uh
[1:39:53] our grand bag grower especially uh as I
mentioned we we tended out our our 2013
[1:39:59] spray truck. Uh but I was very unhappy
with with the tender and uh uh last week
[1:40:06] I I did a great job of doing some uh
one-on-one canvasing. Um also working on
[1:40:12] the orientation package for the ASV
board uh and attending the regional ASB
[1:40:18] conference with them in in Verville. Uh
you had the first go round of that. Um
[1:40:25] unfortunately
Dillis is able to uh to be with us today
[1:40:30] in this package is is her her report but
as well there is going to be more
[1:40:36] extensive u orientation for service
board and that's going to be on on the
[1:40:41] first day of of the uh provincial
conference. So when when the chairman
[1:40:47] and myself are are going to be at the
meeting with with the deputy minister
[1:40:52] and uh uh discussing some of the
resolution report cards u the board
[1:40:58] members have have the ability to to go
to to that course. So when when Bonnie
[1:41:03] sends out the packages to you guys, uh
there is a uh a section in there that if
[1:41:09] uh you're going to attend that, please
check it off uh so that the committee
[1:41:14] knows how big of a room we we need to
have. Uh
[1:41:20] finalize the operational sample
components for the ASV section of of the
[1:41:24] budget. um that we discussed last week
and and um unfortunately I wasn't able
[1:41:30] to to attend uh there virtually. So I
thank thank council for um taking into
[1:41:39] consideration the uh the recommendations
that that we brought forward and uh uh
[1:41:45] and and the approvals that that council
has done uh funding in preparation for
[1:41:50] the 2025 ASB or sorry the tripleAF
inservice training that Amanda and I
[1:41:56] attended last week and same thing for
the conference.
[1:42:01] That's my report.
Thanks Terry. Any questions for Terry?
[1:42:08] All righty.
No questions for him. We'll go to
[1:42:12] assistant agriculture field.
[1:42:17] » So notably we wrapped up our program in
the fall. So
[1:42:24] canola is a regulated pest
[1:42:28] for it. It causes all the movements from
the canola and that's going to prevent
[1:42:32] update of nutrients and water the plant.
So it's going to increase your yields in
[1:42:36] canola. We found we surveyed 100 fields
randomly um for 20 in each division. So
[1:42:42] it spread out throughout the county and
we found nine new fields that were then
[1:42:47] confirmed. Uh they had pretty minor
volume severe. Some we suspect might
[1:42:51] have even been volunteer plants. Um so
those land owners once confirmed are
[1:42:56] then sent to our club information
packages and they contain our club
[1:43:00] policy the survey form the lab
confirmation
[1:43:04] management agreement to be filled out
and returned the club management fund
[1:43:09] and a canola faculty with some really
good information but management
[1:43:14] agreement just outline some tools that
they can use a minimum of two years no
[1:43:18] canola we recommend three still um also
using the growth of resisted variety,
[1:43:25] some small patch management tools they
can get more grass off their crop where
[1:43:29] it was found some lining things like
that.
[1:43:32] You'll see the map in our post section
later on to approve that's going to be6
[1:43:39] restrictions that'll be posted website
and that's given to land owners upon
[1:43:42] request there as well as industry that
might want it and it's kind of reach
[1:43:48] um the three producers on farming
completing their environmental farm
[1:43:52] plan. So this brings us for a total of
16 EFPS in 25. That's a huge jump from
[1:43:58] previous years normally maybe two four
and that due to some vest changes and
[1:44:03] now it's a requirement for some
producers.
[1:44:07] Unfortunately we did have to cancel our
in the no workshop. It's too bad that
[1:44:12] was going to be fully funded from the G
war a foundation but we didn't get
[1:44:16] registering despite our best efforts
sharing. We approached local aggra
[1:44:21] businesses and on the posters in the
towns and the villages on social media.
[1:44:25] So that was too bad but I am planning
extension workshops.
[1:44:30] So if there is anything you guys would
like to see or you hear would like to
[1:44:34] see let me know and like Terry said
we're busy planning and hosting
[1:44:41] training we attended last week as well
as we'll be hosting the conference you
[1:44:44] guys will be attending in January.
All right. Any questions
[1:44:52] on the shift in the report?
>> No. Did on?
[1:44:58] » Okay.
And then 8.3 uh was not able to to leave
[1:45:04] unless we give a report. So
>> yeah, that's that's just the
[1:45:08] orientation. uh instead of going through
it uh you you were exposed to it in in
[1:45:14] very good regional conference and you're
going to be um uh exposed to it more in
[1:45:19] detail
in in January. So
[1:45:25] I don't I don't want to bore you guys
but at the same time you're you're going
[1:45:28] to hear three times. So, um, if you're
okay with it, I would just accept it and
[1:45:34] feel free to to at your leisure go
through it, but you're going to be more
[1:45:38] expensive.
Any questions for Terry on that? No.
[1:45:42] Pretty. They'll be at the conference.
All right. If we can get a motion,
[1:45:46] please for 83. Uh
>> uh will the Lamont County Agricultural
[1:45:53] Service Board for accept that
agricultural field assistant
[1:45:57] agricultural fieldman Alberta
agriculture leaison reports his
[1:46:03] information.
>> Okay. And all in favor? Okay. Carried.
[1:46:08] Then uh now the next part of the meeting
we got to go in close session. If
[1:46:12] somebody can uh make the motion here,
the recommendation to go into close
[1:46:17] session, please.
Move that county Agricultural Service
[1:46:22] Board move the December 10th, 2025
agricultural services board meeting into
[1:46:28] a meeting at 10:46 a.m. to discuss the
following paintings.
[1:48:59] on the camera at 10:49.
And there's one motion to make once we
[1:49:05] get back up and running.
[1:49:22] one to approve the map, please.
>> I motion that Lamont County Agricultural
[1:49:27] Service Board approve the 2025 club map
as presented.
[1:49:33] Thank you. Uh none. All in favor?
Perfect.
[1:49:39] And with that, I guess we'll adjourn the
meeting at 10:49.