Land Management Resources

In Canada and globally, there is growing use of natural infrastructure (NI)—actively managed natural systems and resources such as plants, soil and wetlands—to address increasing risks related to climate change and to meet pressing environmental and economic needs.

Combating Canada’s Rising Flood Costs: Natural infrastructure is an underutilized option.

This Project Overview document outlines the findings of, and lessons learned by, six local governments as they investigated how natural assets are benefiting their communities.

This 4-page primer introduces the concept of municipal natural asset management (MNAM).

This summary reviews six of Canada’s major infrastructure funding programs through the lens of a manager seeking to fund a municipal natural asset project.

This summary is part of a series designed to provide local governments with easy-to-access information to help with adoption of municipal natural asset management.

This three-part document provides a template to guide cumulative watershed effects assessments (CWEA) within Alberta's Eastern Slopes.

This document was developed by CCME’s Cumulative Effects Working Group (CEWG).

Report of proceedings from a workshop to produce a strategic plan for developing a Watershed Assessment Model and identifying key project events.

The Alberta Lake Management Society has produced a workbook for groups to use when developing lake watershed management plans in this province.