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Projects Supported by the Foundation

Projects 2006

In 2006, the Foundation received 82 project-funding requests and selected 22 projects, providing over $1 million of funding in 11 of Québec's administrative regions.

Lands and Forests

1. Restoration and enhancement of the Mont Saint-Hilaire piedmont (p.10)
2. Protection and enhancement of Mont Saint-Grégoire (p.11)
3. Parc de la Seigneurie-de-Ramezay (p.11)
4. Protection of Québec's southern forest (p.12)
5. Protection and enhancement of disturbed coastal ecosystems (p.12)

Wetlands

15. Protection and enhancement of natural environments at the mouth of the Rivière au Saumon (p.19)
16. Protection and enhancement of fragile shoreline habitats on Anse Ross and Pointe de Saint-Vallier (p.19)
17. Conservation, restoration and enhancement of Dollard pond (p.20)
18. Protection of a turtle egg-laying site (p.20)

 

Rivers and Lakes

6. Enhancement of Rivière à Mars ponds (p.14)
7. Adaptation of a waterfall on the Curot River (Nunavik) (p.14)
8. Enhancement of river biodiversity in farmland in the Rivière des Envies watershed (p.14)
9. Streambank stabilization in Clarenceville (p.14)
10. Enhancement of the eco-nautical map of the Baie de Missisquoi (p.14)
11. Understanding Water, Protecting Water! (p.17)
12. Rehabilitation of stretches of Rivière des Hurons and education of area residents (p.17)
13. Restoration of aquatic habitat and protection awareness (p.17)
14. Protection and enhancement of Parc de la rivière Doncaster (p.17)

Education and Awareness

19. Protection of Barrow's goldeneye and its habitat on the Haute-Côte-Nord, phase I (p.22)
20. Education to counter the destructive use of ATVs in fragile environments (p.22)
21. Where are the speckled trout hiding? (p.23)
22. Environmental education about invasive non-native plants to protect the St. Lawrence wetlands (p.24)