Environmental update

by Mario Dugas
Spring 2004 newsletter

Since February 19th 2004, the wooded land of the Quebec Fauna Foundation territory has become a natural reserve for Wildlife conservation. This new area will be developed over more than 5 kilometres as a pedestrian and bike trail. There will be forty (40) footbridges and a suspension bridge for the wetland; in addition three (3) more bridges will be constructed to cross a brook that runs through the property. We have 10 varieties of birdhouses and have added 100 more to the existing 50, bringing our total to 150.

Of the sixty bird nests already existing on the site, which are numbered, fifteen (15) crested grouse nests have been identified.

This coming Spring of 2004 more than 5000 trees and shrubs will be planted in an effort to improve the quantity and quality of life of wild animals and birds, such as hares, partridges, deer and others.

bridges moved to the forest

bridge in place

Dawson College student volunteers

tofu dogs for lunch

Dawson College students volunteering at Fauna
to help clean and number the birdhouses and build partridge nests