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The Beaverhills Initiative and its partners, accepted a partnership award from Alberta Municipal Affairs in October 2006
Dr. Guy Swinnerton, University of Alberta, BHI Coordinating Committee:The recognition that lived-in landscapes can make a contribution to the protection of biodiversity is new to much of Canada.
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- Alberta NAWMP Partnership
- Beaver Hills Initiative
- Irrigation Districts
Beaver Hills Initiative 
The Beaver Hills Initiative uses an innovative “Protected Landscapes” approach to sustain both the natural qualities and the social and economic well-bring of the Beaver Hills area east of Edmonton.
Eighteen partners, one of them Ducks Unlimited Canada, have worked together since 2002 to collect and analyze data, identify priorities and provide recommendations to policy-makers to use for informed decision-making This approach garnered a partnership award from Alberta Municipal Affairs in October 2006, providing a roadmap for collaborative planning that incorporates nature and human development in a mutually beneficial co-existence.
The Beaver Hills area encompasses portions of the counties of Beaver, Lamont, Leduc and Strathcona as well as many parks and protected areas such as Elk Island National Park, Miquelon Lake Provincial Park and the Ministik Bird Sanctuary.
- The feasibility of transfer development credits for conservation in the Beaver Hills Initiative Area
Beaver Hills Initiative Partners:
- Beaver County, Lamont County, Leduc County, Strathcona County
- Elk Island National Park, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) /Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Ducks Unlimited Canada, Nature Conservancy of Canada, North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance, Alberta Fish and Game Association
- Alberta Community Development; Alberta Municipal Affairs; Alberta Environment; Alberta Sustainable Resource Development; Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
- Northeast Capital Industrial Association, Alberta Industrial Heartland
