Less than 5% of Quebec is currently protected against industrial development. Through the Quebec Protected Areas Strategy (SQAP), launched in 2000, the government's goal is to protect 8% of its territory in parks and other protected areas that are representative of Quebec's biological diversity. This initiative of creating new protected areas is a great opportunity for Quebec citizens to show that the protection of the environment is important to us and to play a role in the management of the land in which we live.

CPAWS-OV is working towards the establishment of a network of protected areas in the Ottawa River watershed as described in the following documents.

For more information on the Quebec Protected Areas Strategy or to get involved, please contact John McDonnell at jmcdonnell@cpaws.org or by phone at (613) 232-7297.

Documents:

April 2008

• Plan de conservation - Réserve aquatique projetée du Mont-O'Brien - PDF

June 2007

• Projets de réserves de biodiversité du lac Opasatica, du lac des Quinze, de la forêt Piché-Lemoine et du réservoir Decelles en Abitibi-Témiscamingue - PDF (available in French only)

February 2006

• Protégeons le dernier bassin versant intact dans le sud du Québec:
  Proposition détaillée pour le projet d'aire protégée dans le bassin
  versant de la rivière Dumoine - PDF (available in French only)

July 2005

• Protected Areas Proposal in Southwestern Québec: Making Choices (Summary) - PDF
• Proposition d'aires protégées pour le sud-ouest du Québec: Faire des choix - PDF (available in French only)

September 2004

• Proposition d'aires protégées pour le sud-ouest du Québec - PDF (available in French only)

August 2004

• Protected Areas Proposal in Southwestern Québec: Results of Community Workshops (Summary) - PDF