Native Plant Revegetation Guidelines for Alberta

These guidelines provide a clear, consistent and integrated information package about using native plant materials throughout Alberta where the revegetation goal is to re-establish a native plant community.  The guidelines are not prescriptive; site specific circumstances, including landowner preferences and land use objectives, have to be considered when planning revegetation projects.  It is recognized that programs involving revegetation using native species will continue to evolve with better science, technology and sources of native plant materials, and that revegetation approaches can be modified to fit different needs.
The objectives of the guidelines are to:

• encourage the eventual establishment of native plant communities within native landscapes
• promote the use of native species in the revegetation of disturbed sites within native plant communities within the Green and White Areas of Alberta
• promote consistency of native plant material use among regulatory  jurisdictions
• acknowledge the site specific role of non-native species to meet short-term revegetation  objectives or meet accepted land use needs