RuisseauBlitz: Learning and Conserving. All welcome on 19 May 2018!

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Calling all budding scientists! Ruisseau Jackson aire naturelle protégée (RJANP) is inviting you to visit its website for details on the first RuisseauBlitz. Mark the date in your calendars and join our biologists in one of many activities to be held on May 19, 2018, starting at 7 am.  Boots not included! Participants are invited to bring their lunches and to take Lire la suite →

Ruisseau Jackson Water sampling: More Stations in 2018

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Great news! Water sampling will continue in the Ruisseau Jackson watershed with even more stations in 2018! From the MRC des Pays-d’en-Haut to the MRC d’Argenteuil, from Ruisseau Jackson‘s main water source to Rivière à Simon. Thanks to Lac Echo and to  Lake Daïnava’s Associations and thanks to Abrinord – Organisme de bassin versant de la rivière du Nord.  In order to Lire la suite →

Property value near natural protected areas

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Last September, Louise Gratton, a consultant in ecology and conservation, presented a conference in Morin-Heights for the friends of Ruisseau Jackson. The conference was entitled “Conservation Options on Private Lands”. Ms Gratton introduced participants to the impact of parks and open spaces on property taxes, or, in other words, the impacts of protected natural areas on the value of adjacent properties. The graph provided Lire la suite →

Happy Holidays!

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In these last days of 2017 and as we begin a new Holiday Season, the RJANP team wishes you the best for the New Year!  After a busy 12 months, another successful fundraising campaign and a lot of citizen action in the watershed, we are ready to meet the challenges of the New Year. We will need to work hand in hand Lire la suite →