New BC Manure Maven Network!

For those of you looking for some help in areas of BC other than the Lower Mainland we have created a new Manure Maven Network.

Langley Environmental Partners Society (LEPS) educates and provides technical assistance to equestrian landowners and small-lot farmers throughout the Province through the Manure Maiden program, offering manure composting and pasture management workshops as well as site consultations for individual land owners. The program has generated a huge response and was expanded to serve all of BC in 2007. We have now created a network of 16 regional facilitators, called Manure Mavens, in 7 regions throughout BC. These regions include: Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, Thompson Okanagan, Kootenay Rockies, Peace River, Northwest Coast, and the Cariboo Chilcotin.

These Manure Mavens will be available for general information, site consultations on private properties and workshops on manure and pasture management. Each Manure Maven has been supplied with copies of the Land Management Guide for Horse Owners and Small-Lot Farmers so if you are searching for this resource then they are the ones to call.

For more information on the Manure Maven Network and the regional facilitators please see the Manure Maven Network tab to the left of this page or contact Andrea Lawseth, Agricultural Stewardship Coordinator, at 604-352-3515 or at alawseth@tol.bc.ca.