Another good deed accomplished by our group in October 2021. The Ruisseau Jackson (RJANP) team and many volunteers cleaned up four illegal dump sites near Ruisseau Jackson. The sites were right next to municipal cross-country ski trails. Some of them were dating back to the 1950s! These dump sites are a scourge, and there are thousands of them in North Lire la suite →

Over the past few months, Ruisseau Jackson Protected Natural Area (RJANP) has been identifying sites for nesting boxes for two endangered bird species, the wood duck and the tree swallow, in line with the spirit of our mission of nature conservation and raising community awareness of the biological diversity in the area around Ruisseau Jackson. New tenants wanted Yesterday, four Lire la suite →

Mushrooms are a major component of local biodiversity! The Ruisseau Jackson watershed is rich in forest mushrooms of all kinds. Here are some specimens photographed by Martin Gauthier from our conservation organization. They are all beautiful and fascinating! Unlike plants, fungi cannot synthesize their own food using solar energy. They don’t have chlorophyll! The latter allows plants to capture energy Lire la suite →