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FT-5: Preserving a Natural Corridor on Private Land: The Rivière au Saumon Natural
Corridor Project–An Innovative Example of Watershed Conservation in Southern
Québec
Departs Sunday, August
7 at 7 AM from the Viger Bus Depot, Level 1, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Returns Sunday, August
7 at 8 PM to the Viger Bus Depot, Level 1, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Fee:
$75 US Dollars per person – Includes mini-bus
transportation, pre-trip continental breakfast, sack lunch, beverages, and
in-field lectures by experts.
Minimum:
12
Maximum: 21
Organizer: Jeffrey
MacDonald (jeffmacd@hotmail.com)
Description:
This field trip through the natural corridor of the
Rivière au Saumon watershed will allow participants to observe the major traits
and vastness of the Eastern Township’s countryside. Particularly, each will
have the chance to see an array of habitats of great ecological value that are
home to several Canadian species in decline, such as the spring salamander, wood
turtle, and peregrine falcon. The trip will also allow participants to discover
habitats supporting a diversity of globally rare plants, found only on outcrops
of serpentine deposits or in exceptional forest ecosystems (EFEs). As the Rivière
au Saumon watershed is situated in the natural extension of Mont-Orford National
Park, the excursion will focus on highlighting different approaches to
conservation on public land (national park) and on the private land which forms
nearly the totality of the natural corridor. The field trip, which is organized
by the Société de conservation du corridor naturel de la rivière au Saumon (SCCNRS),
will include several field lectures presented by a group of scientists (e.g.,
geologist, botanist, wildlife biologist, and habitat conservation biologist)
that will accompany the group throughout the entire watershed tour, giving
participants a rare look at one of the last relatively unfragmented landscapes
in southern Québec. This field
trip is relevant to Symposium 12.
Equipment
and Attire: This trip will
include some hiking (on and off trail) and will require a moderate to good fitness level.
Participants should bring hiking shoes, a rain jacket, binoculars, a water
bottle, and a camera.
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