Projects Supported by the Foundation
Projects 2005
In fiscal 2005, the Foundation received 84 project-funding requests, for a total of $6 million. After analyzing the submissions, it provided funding for 20 projects.
Lands and Forests
- Rehabilitation and enhancement of the Fernald's milk-vetch habitat (p.12)
- Biodiversity enhancement of the Pointe Saint-Gilles woodla (p.12)
- Conservation of the Rivière au Saumon natural corridor and drainage basin (p.12)
- Purchase and enhancement of land adjacent to the UQROP summer interpretation site (p.12)
Wetlands
- Conservation of the Grande plée Bleue (p.16)
- Protection and enhancement of the Villeroy peat bog (p.16)
- Educational workshops on ATV use to protect the Pointe-aux-Outardes salt marsh (p.18)
- Protection and enhancement of the Portneuf sandbank (p.18)
- Protection of wetlands in the Rivière Nouvelle estuary (p.18)
- Protection and enhancement of the Réserve naturelle des Marais-du-Nord (p.18)
- Enhancement of Kingsbury marsh (p.18)
Rivers and Lakes
- Improvement of brook trout spawning potential in the Etchemin River (p.14)
- Restoration, development and conservation of David Creek and a Chibougamau Lake tributary (p.14)
- Walleye conservation in Baskatong reservoir (p.14)
- Shoreline renaturalization… a conservation project to protect my lake! (p.14)
Education and Awareness
- Inhabited biodiversity reserve (p.20)
- Public awareness of the vulnerability of the aquatic and riparian species in Parc de la rivière Batiscan (p.20)
- Educational kit for observing insects in Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (p.20)
- A series of paying activities to be offered over the next two years (p.20)
- Teacher training program on the Rivière du Sud wetland (p.20)
