To have special equipment available to ratepayers who would not normally have this equipment for agricultural use.

Prevention or control loss of productivity of agricultural land due to soil degradation.

To prevent the establishment and spread of Clubroot which is a pest under the Agricultural Pest Act and follow the best management practice (BMP) set out by the Alberta Clubroot Management Committee.

TO PREVENT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SPREAD OFBLACKLEG IN CANOLA WITHIN LAMONT COUNTY

TO ASSIST RATEPAYERS IN THE CONTROL OF RICHARDSON’S GROUND SQUIRRELS

TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM WITHIN LAMONTCOUNTY

TO ESTABLISH AN ORGANIZED PROCEDURE ALLOWINGRIGHT-OF-WAY HAYING TO OCCUR WITH MINIMUMIMPACT ON MUNICIPAL RIGHT-OF-WAY OPERATIONSAND ACTIVITIES

TO PROVIDE A FOCUSED AND COORDINATED EFFORT BYTHE AGRICULTURAL FIELDMAN, PROVINCIAL ANDFEDERAL COUNTERPARTS AND INDUSTRY TO ADDRESSAGRICULTURAL ISSUES AND NEEDS WITHIN THE COUNTY

TO PREVENT GRASS AND SMALL TREES FROMOBSTRUCTING VIEW FROM WILDLIFE ANDENCROACHMENT.

TO ESTABLISH A FORAGE COVER TO HELP PREVENTEROSION, PROVIDE COMPETITION FOR WEEDCONTROL, AND FACILITATE RECLAMATION.

TO KEEP BRUSH FROM ENCROACHING ON ROADWAYSALONG ROADSIDES

TO COMPLY WITH THE WEED CONTROL ACTREGULATED BY ALBERTA AGRICULTURE ANDFOOD

Lamont County will discourage the growing, cultivating and harvesting of crops within manageable municipal right of ways.

For Lamont County to practice due diligence to control brush growth and re-growth adjacent to county roads and intersections for improved road maintenance and public safety.

LAMONT COUNTY MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RATEPAYERS REQUESTING A “NO SPRAY” ZONE WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAYS ONLY IF THEY ARE CERTIFIED ORGANIC.

LAMONT COUNTY WILL CONTROL WEEDS ALONG ROADSIDES AS DETERMINED BY THE ROADSIDE WEED CONTROL BYAW NO. 558/94 AND THE WEED CONTROL ACT.

The Agricultural Service Board will conduct demonstrations, tours, and field days as part of its regular programming.

To manage flood waters caused by beaver dams within the right-of­-ways or county holdings

The Lamont County Agricultural Service Board will assist Landowners in the acquisition and distribution of Shelterbelt Trees.

TO ACT WITH RESPECT TO, AND ASSISTING IN PROPER LAND UTILIZATION AND ITS PRODUCTION WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF THE FARMER, AND TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL POLICIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY

ALL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED WILL BE DEALT WITH EXPEDIENTLY AND IN A PROFESSIONAL AND DISCRETIONARY MANNER

TO ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION AND PRACTICE OFENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND SOILCONSERVATION MANAGEMENT BY RESIDENTS OF LAMONTCOUNTY