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Protecting The Environment
  Protecting species diversity
  Habitats
  Shorelines
  Creating bays
  Osprey
  Beaver
  Fish
  Protecting and developing the territory and heritage
  Development
  Access to the territory
  Archaeology
  Monitoring and Follow-up
  Jobsite environment
  Environmental monitoring

Title: Facilitating use of the territory

  Highlights
Duration of the work
2004-2008

2004
Clearing of three snowmobile trails
Clearing the access to and areas surrounding users' permanent camps

2003
Clearing of 24 ha of navigable corridors (included in reservoir clearing work)

2003

Development of six parking areas along the Nemiscau–Eastmain-1 road.


  Our actions   Our reasons for acting
Work area: Reservoir / Traplines / Nemiscau–Eastmain-1 road
Access to boat launching ramps

Where possible, we will develop boat-launching ramps near the roads built for construction work. In this way, roads leading to the ramps will be relatively short. However, certain particularly important ramps will require construction of a few kilometres of road. These will be accessible for 4x4-type vehicles.

We want to make sure that access to the reservoir is as safe as possible.
Secondary roads
We will develop short roads branching from the permanent road system, depending on the needs of users and in agreement with them.
We want to facilitate access to certain natural lakes and to areas with high wildlife potential.
Moving infrastructures
We will relocate or replace camps affected by the project.
In so doing, we want to encourage use of the territory.
Navigation
Before impoundment, we will clear about 1,325 ha of navigable corridors.
We will produce a navigation map and install numbered markers.
Many flooded trees emerge from the surface of the Eastmain 1 reservoir. Eliminating some of these trees will make it possible for hunters and fishing groups to navigate safely.
Signage
We will set up 15 traffic signs and 60 information signs.
This measure will make it possible to inform users about potentially dangerous areas, hunting and fishing regulations, etc.
Information pamphlets
We will produce information pamphlets.
We want to provide information about:
- Fishing activities (sites and species to focus on, etc.)
- Mercury levels in fish in the reservoir and neighboring lakes
- Standards for fish consumption


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