Huron Expositor, 2007-10-17, Page 13Page 12 The Huron Expositor • October 17, 2007
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Huron farmers can be paid for lost production
value of land with new PEGS pilot project
Applications from Huron County
farmers are now being received by
Maitland Valley and Ausable
Bayfield Conservation Authorities
for a pilot project that would pro-
vide payment to farmers for creat-
ing riparian corridors along rivers,
streams and drains.
The Payment for Ecological Goods
and Services (PEGS) pilot project
has been developed by the Huron
Stewardship Council, the Maitland
Valley and Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority and the
Huron County Planning
Department.
The PEGS model is to pay farm-
ers for the lost production value of
land that has been taken out of pro-
duction for stewardship projects.
The program is offering $250 per
acre per year for a five-year period
for land taken out of production.
Farmers entering the program will
be required to enter a five-year
agreement to commit to protecting
the land.
"The Payment for Ecological
Goods and Services model recog-
nizes that there is an expense for
farmers for retiring land and
putting it into stewardship projects,
such as planting trees," said
Susanna Reid, planner at the
Huron County Planning
Department.
"Land that has been retired for
ecological reasons doesn't create
income for farmers. The PEGS pilot
is exploring the possibility of con-
necting society's ecological goals
with farmer's economic interests by
paying farmers for lost production
costs."
Land must be planted in trees in
order to be eligible for the PEGS
program. If the land is being pas-
tured, a fence will also be required.
As well as the grant dollars to
cover the production value of the
land, farmers are also eligible for
grants through the Huron Clean
Water Project to cover part of the
cost of tree -planting and new fenc-
ing.
Funders for the Payment for
Ecological Goods
and Services
pilot project
include.• the
County of Huron,
the Maitland
Watershed
Partnership
Terrestrial
Action Team,
Ontario Ministry
of Natural
Resources and
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