Tuesday 12 September 2023

Permission to Access Land by AAFC's Pest Management Staff

As of 2023, Agriculture and Agri--Food Canada requires staff members to obtain signed Permission to Access from landowners. Even if verbal permission is provided, staff members are accompanied, or urgent risk is involved, AAFC staff are required by our managers to first obtain a signed form before entering a field. The following is intended to help obtain signed forms in a timely manner to support ongoing IPM research across the Peace River region.  


Our IPM program appreciates your efforts to help US help you!

  • Step 1: Make a list of Legal Land Descriptions of fields our staff are allowed to access. 
  • Step 2: Download the PDF copy of the blank permission form here.
  • Step 3: Fill in form and save it. Please be sure to initial AND sign the form. 
  • Step 4: Please email the signed form to jennifer.otani@agr.gc.ca  
  • Step 5: Please watch for follow-up email messages. Our staff needs to confirm your  contact number so we can provide updates to you. Cell numbers able to receive text messages are ideal! 

Concerned about field sanitation protocols?  So are we!  For several years, read what we've been doing when it comes to protecting the health of our region's fields! 

Need help to complete, want to send using a fax machine, OR have questions? Send a message to jennifer.otani@agr.gc.ca then watch your Inbox. 

Questions related to completing this form to support ongoing research projects conducted by our program can be directed to jennifer.otani@agr.gc.ca .

Queries or comments about AAFC's Land Access Permission policy, form content, or Branch-wide implementation as it pertains to Beaverlodge Research Farm staff can be directed to the Associate Director, Lacombe Research and Development Centre / Beaverlodge Research Farm who currently is mueen.aslam@agr.gc.ca