This group was the first of its kind in all of Canada, and OALA can proudly say the OALA was the birth of Regional Lands Association organizations Nationwide!
One of the original goals of OALA was to establish a National Lands Management Association consisting of Lands Managers across Canada. This would allow the Regional Lands Associations to discuss and network about the complex nature of Land Management, which is managed under Federal Legislation. This goal was accomplished in 2000 at a National Gathering in Toronto with the birth of the National Aboriginal Lands Managers Association (NALMA).