Projects Supported by the Foundation
Project Videos
The videos take you to the locations of projects funded by the Foundation to show you outstanding natural environments and the enthusiastic representatives of the organizations that are working to protect them.
From 2001 to 2008, the Fondation Hydro-Québec pour l’environnement granted nearly $8 million to 126 projects in all parts of Québec. The estimated total value of these projects is close to $30 million.
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05:58The Foundation
Why protect natural environments? Who should do it? How? What is the role of the Fondation Hydro-Québec pour l’environnement in all this?
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01:02Mont Saint-Grégoire
Is it possible to reconcile public use and conservation? At Mont Saint-Grégoire, CIME Haut-Richelieu, with the Foundation’s help, dealt with this challenge.
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01:02Bordelais bog
Citizens banded together to stop real-estate development and preserve the Saint-Lazare bog. The municipality acquired the property and opened it to the public, with the Foundation’s assistance.
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01:02Green Mountains Nature Reserve, Appalachian Corridor
This is the largest nature reserve east of Saskatchewan. The Appalachian Corridor (ACA) organization is using the Foundation’s support to facilitate public use of the reserve without compromising conservation. A new way to see the Sutton Mountains…
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01:02Common snapping turtle egg-laying site
In Irlande, Québec, there is a gravel pit known to be the area’s most important egg-laying site for common snapping turtles. The municipality and Verte Irlande acquired the land, with a grant from the Foundation.
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01:02Marcel-Laurin Park
The borough of Saint-Laurent encompasses one of the last swamp forests remaining on the Island of Montréal. This virtual tour of the park is guided by the Comité Écologique du Grand Montréal, which takes care of the site with funding from the Foundation.
