Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS) fonds 1981-2018, n.d.

The Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS) held its first meeting at Brock University on June 21, 1976. Its first executive consisted of Robert Hoover, Rick Teather, Debbie Kehler and Bill Forster. Some objectives of the organization were "to seek the preservation of valuable farm areas from non-agricultural expansion and development and to foster development and support of federal, provinicial and local policy which will provide a secure financial future for farming." Gracia Janes and John Bacher are some of the organizations' well known advocates. The organization was active in raising public awareness of the issues surrounding encroaching development onto existing agricultural lands. The organization is still active in educating the public and attempting to influence governments at all levels to protect valuable agricultural lands.Fonds contains material about the activities of the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS). Most of the material concerns Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, and Niagara-on-the-Lake. A significant portion of the material concerns the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway Development in Fort Erie. Other materials are more general and concern the Niagara Region and the Greater Horseshoe Area. The fonds consists mostly of reports, with some correspondence, petitions and maps