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Preserving Plants, Animals and Diversity
Protecting Plants and Animals |
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Hydro-Québec contributes to the protection of species and their habitats through a broad range of measures. To preserve fauna and flora while maintaining proper operation of its fleet, Hydro-Québec applies these measures when designing, building and refurbishing its facilities.
Environmental follow-up studies over several years serve to validate the efficacy of the measures implemented.
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Some Examples |
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Bald eagle – We moved the line route 700 metres away from a nest along the planned 69-kV Mercier–Grand-Remous line. The bald eagle is Canada's largest bird of prey. |
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Brook trout – We created over 2,000 m2 of brook-trout spawning grounds in Toulnustouc River tributaries. The project used 55 wooden weirs and more than 1,000 tonnes of rockfill. |
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Eels – Eels migrating upstream through the fish passes at Beauharnois generating station and Chambly dam are counted every year. In 2007, 52,969 eels used the fish pass on the western side of the generating station, the best result since monitoring began in 1994, for a cumulative total of over 400,000 eels. At the dam, 1,340 eels used the fish pass in 2007, for a total of about 22,000 since 1997. |
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Lake sturgeon – As part of the Eastmain-1 project, thousands of lake sturgeon hatchlings and fry have been stocked. In 2006, for example, Eastmain River was seeded with nearly 41,000 sturgeon and Eastmain 1 reservoir with 39,000. |
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Mayapple – We helped protect a mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) colony on Léonard Island, near Côteau-3 dam in the fleuve Saint-Laurent. As a threatened species, the mayapple has enjoyed legal protection in Québec since 1998. |
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Shad – During shad migration season, we periodically shut down Rivière-des-Prairies generating station to reduce the mortality rate of fish swimming through the turbines. |
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Waterfowl – As part of the Péribonka development, we restored a borrow pit in order to create several dozen hectares of wetlands for waterfowl, with small bays, islands and irregular shorelines; we also planted aquatic vegetation and indigenous shrubs and trees. |
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