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By Landowners, for landowners: tour showcases examples of biodiversity, conservation ‘best practices’

Landowners and local farmers in the Chatham-Kent region, where over 90 per cent of the land is under agricultural use, are no strangers to water issues.

Jim McKinley, for instance, has been actively working with the Chatham-Ken drainage department and the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority to address concerns about erosion occurring on his farm along the drain.

Earlier this month, his farm became a real-life example of how to use both natural and engineered infrastructures to manage water quantity issues during the 4th annual Cultivating Conservation Tour. | READ MORE

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