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The Comité ZIP Ville-Marie was founded in 1996 as a not-for-profit organisation. Its mandate is to favour the integrated management and sustainable development of the St. Lawrence River and of the resources that are found on its territory, all of it with a participative approach. The Comité focuses on involving local communities, building consensus and creating winning partnerships in all of its interventions. Its actions are in accordance with the Ecological Remedial Action Plan (ERAP) that was created based on public consultation. Furthermore, the Comité ZIP makes sure that the objectives of this ERAP are fulfilled.
The Comité ZIP Ville-Marie is part of a network of 14 others ZIPs that are scaterred along the St. Lawrence River and that are overlooked by Stratégies Saint-Laurent (www.strategiessl.qc.ca).
The integrated water management … toward a better tomorrow |
Tree planting on 21 000 m2 on the edge of the Saint-Jacques River
Montreal, October 30, 2009 - During the months of September and October, the Comité
ZIP Ville-Marie, with the help of over 200 volunteers, reforested nearly 21 000 m2 of land along the
Saint-Jacques river. A total of 1680 trees and 1625
shrubs have been planted in order to increase the wildlife value of the sector.
On September 26th and 27th, 85 volunteers planted 920 trees and 300 shrubs near the AMT parking lot and the golf de La Prairie. Half of these
volunteers came from Katimavik, a program for young volunteers across Canada. Other volunteers were citizens concerned
by safeguarding the environment and the protection of the St.
Jacques river.
On October 3rd, It is all the Maison des jeunes de la Montérégie that planted trees along the shoreline of the Saint-Jacques River at the Parc Jean-de-la-Menais. The fifty adolescents and the twenty adults
have given a hand to the Comité ZIP Ville-Marie to plant 210 trees and 1045
shrubs.
On October 8th and 9th, employees from two companies planted 550 trees
and 280 shrubs along the riverbanks in Parc Émilie-Gamelin. Both compagnies, KPMG and
PricewaterhouseCoopers, have kindly released from their normal activities 24 and 11
employees respectively so that they can give a hand in helping the environment.
All the trees that have been planted measured at least one to two meters and are native specie. They will
provide quality habitat for birds, small mammals and
insects. The second objective of the project is to control the progression of the common reed, a common invasive plant. Its aggressive propagation along the St.Jacques
river ecosystems threatens the survival of native species.
We wish to thank the city of Brossard and La Prairie without whom this project
and the protection of the St. Jacques river, would be impossible. This project would not have been able without the financial support of Environment Canada. We also thank our other partners: Le Fonds de l’environnement de Shell, le Golf de La Prairie, la Pépinière l’Aiglon, le Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Nautilus Plus, Subways de Brossard et les Muséums Nature de Montréal.
To see the press release (in french only)
To see pictures of the day |
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Programme de suivi de la qualité de l'eau
The Comité ZIP Ville-Marie started a water quality monitoring project for the rivière à la tortue and for the rivière Saint-Jacques in July 2008. Every month we will go back to our sampling stations to see how the quality indicators evolve through time. This project is part of the réseau-rivière from the MDDEP. This network ensures a basic monitoring of all the main rivers of Québec.
To learn more : projet en cours - suivi de la qualité de l'eau (in French) |
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