The environmentalist group Boreal Action, which was put on notice and muzzled by the Ministry of Forests in 2019 for denouncing the blocking of a civil servant, is calling for a major cleanup in this institution, which it deems to be in the pay of the industry. Published on May 28, 2021 Source: Charles Lecavalier,
Published on March 25, 2021 Source: Boualem Hadjouti, Radio-Canada A year ago, the Val-d'Or woodland caribou herd was placed in an enclosure. The Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks presented this operation as an exceptional measure to try to save the herd, which now consists of six animals, after the death of one of them
Source: Radio-Canada Published on December 4, 2019 The Quebec government plans to kill wolves this winter and proceed with the dismantling of logging roads to protect Val-d'Or's caribou. However, the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) rejects the idea of full protection of the territory. The strategy chosen is not
Source: Le Devoir Published on April 5, 2019 After the former Liberal government decided to let them simply disappear, the Coalition for Quebec's Future is now considering launching a rescue operation for the woodland caribou in the Val-d'Or region. The Boreal Action has confirmed to Le Devoir that it has had several exchanges on
Source: Radio-Canada Published on June 21, 2018 The Anishnabe community of Lac Simon, in collaboration with the First Nations of Kitcisakik and Long Point, is taking action to save the Val-d'Or woodland caribou herd. With information from Karine Mateu It is receiving $1.2 million in funding over five years from the Government of Canada
Source: Radio-Canada Published on June 6, 2017 The Zoo sauvage de Saint-Félicien is giving up its claim to the Val-d'Or, Québec woodland caribou herd. The organization has decided to do so because of the social acceptability issues that have been raised in recent weeks, a decision that ecologists and activists welcome. The members of the
