{"id":560,"date":"2012-06-04T14:20:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T18:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=560"},"modified":"2012-07-27T14:38:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T18:38:56","slug":"montreal-archipelago-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/montreal-archipelago-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Archipelago Project Now Has 101 Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/montreal-archipelago-project\/montrealarchipelagomap\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?fit=600%2C388&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,388\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MontrealArchipelagomap\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?fit=600%2C388&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561\" title=\"MontrealArchipelagomap\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?resize=600%2C388\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?resize=386%2C250&amp;ssl=1 386w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?resize=309%2C200&amp;ssl=1 309w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/MontrealArchipelagomap.jpg?resize=96%2C62&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal joined those asking Quebec for an official greenbelt around the island last month.<\/p>\n<p>On May 14, Montreal City Council voted to become a partner in the Montreal Archipelago Ecological Park, known in French as <em>Les <\/em><em>Partenaires du Parc \u00c9cologique de l\u2019Archipel de Montr\u00e9al (PPEAM).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The idea was launched by the Green Coalition in 2007 and immediately received support from 80 conservation groups, municipalities, political parties and others. Every year, others join the call for a greenbelt around Quebec\u2019s most important economic generator.<\/p>\n<p>According to an article by Monique Beaudin in the Gazette,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the park plan calls for the protection of forests and wetlands in a 14,000-square-kilometre area between Lachute in the west and Sorel in the east, from the foothills of the Laurentians in the north to the United States border in the south.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The partners include:*<\/p>\n<h2>Regional Environment Councils<em><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Conseil r\u00e9gional de l\u2019environnement de Laval<br \/>\n<em>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Conseil r\u00e9gional de l\u2019environnement de Lanaudi\u00e8re<br \/>\n<em>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Conseil r\u00e9gional de l\u2019environnement des Laurentides<br \/>\n<em>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Conseil r\u00e9gional de l\u2019environnement de la Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie<br \/>\n<em>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Conseil r\u00e9gional de l\u2019environnement de Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<h2>Towns, Cities and Boroughs<em><\/em><em><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough<br \/>\n<em>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Beaconsfield<br \/>\n<em>8. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Boisbriand<br \/>\n<em>9. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Boucherville<br \/>\n<em>10. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Brossard<br \/>\n<em>11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> C\u00f4te Saint-Luc<br \/>\n<em>12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Hudson<br \/>\n<em>13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Longueuil<br \/>\n<em>14.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Montreal<br \/>\n<em>15.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Montreal West<br \/>\n<em>16.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Notre-Dame-L\u2019\u00eele-Perrot<br \/>\n<em>17. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Plateau Mont-Royal<br \/>\n<em>18. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Pointe-Claire<br \/>\n<em>19.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Rosemont La Petite-Patrie<br \/>\n<em>20. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> Saint Anne de Bellevue<br \/>\n<em>21. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Senneville<br \/>\n<em>22. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Westmount<\/p>\n<h2>Citizen Groups<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>23.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Action pour l&#8217;environnement (APES)<br \/>\n<em>24.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Alliance Southwest21<br \/>\n<em>25.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Approche-Nature de Montr\u00e9al<br \/>\n<em>26. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Association Arboretum Morgan<br \/>\n<em>27.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Association des Citoyens Perrotdamois<br \/>\n<em>28.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Association pour la protection des milieu humides de la Cumberland<br \/>\n<em>29. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> Association pour la protection du parc de la Cit\u00e9<br \/>\n<em>30.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Association pour la protection du bois\u00e9 Ste-Doroth\u00e9e<br \/>\n<em>31.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Association for the protection of Angell Woods<br \/>\n<em>32. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Association pour la sant\u00e9 environnementale du Qu\u00e9bec<br \/>\n<em>33.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Centre d&#8217;\u00e9cologique urbaine de Montr\u00e9al<br \/>\n<em>34.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Centre d&#8217;information sur l&#8217;environnement de Longueuil<br \/>\n<em>35.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Citoyens pour une qualit\u00e9 de vie<br \/>\n<em>36.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Citoyens pour le Bois Franc<br \/>\n<em>37.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Citoyens pour les for\u00eats Annebelloises<br \/>\n<em>38.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Coalition Verte<br \/>\n<em>39.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Coalition des amis du parc Jarry<br \/>\n<em>40.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Coop\u00e9rative du Grand-Orme<br \/>\n<em>41.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Comit\u00e9 ad hoc de Milton Parc pour sauveguarder Parc Oxyg\u00e8ne<br \/>\n<em>42. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Comit\u00e9 des citoyens pour l&#8217;am\u00e9nagement du bois\u00e9 Saint-Sulpice<br \/>\n<em>43. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Comit\u00e9 \u00e9cologique du Grand Montr\u00e9al<br \/>\n<em>44. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> Comit\u00e9 environnement des citoyens de Dorval<br \/>\n<em>45.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Comit\u00e9 Environnement les Moulins<br \/>\n<em>46. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> Comit\u00e9 de sauvegarde du patrimoine b\u00e2ti et naturel du quartier Desmarchais-Crawford de l&#8217;arrondissement Verdun<br \/>\n<em>47.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Comit\u00e9 Pour la Pr\u00e9servation du secteur des Rapides de Cheval Blanc<br \/>\n<em>48. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> Comit\u00e9 pour la protection du patrimoine &#8211; \u00cele des Soeurs<br \/>\n<em>49.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Comit\u00e9 pour la Protection de l&#8217;environnement<br \/>\n<em>50. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Comit\u00e9 pour un environnement sain \u00e0 Roxboro\/DDO<br \/>\n<em>51.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Corporation de la protection foresti\u00e8re en Beauce-Etchemin (CPFBE)<br \/>\n<em>52.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Corporation pour la mise en valeur du bois de l&#8217;\u00c9querre<br \/>\n<em>53.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> \u00c9co-Nature, Parc de la Rivi\u00e8re-des-Mille-\u00celes<br \/>\n<em>54. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> Environ Mille-\u00celes<br \/>\n<em>55.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Environnement Nature Boucherville<br \/>\n<em>56.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Expedition Montreal Route Bleue<br \/>\n<em>57.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Flora Quebeca<br \/>\n<em>58. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Fondation David Suzuki Montr\u00e9al<br \/>\n<em>59.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Fondation Rivi\u00e8res<br \/>\n<em>60.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Front Vert<br \/>\n<em>61.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Greening Marianopolis<br \/>\n<em>62.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Green Schools Coalition<br \/>\n<em>63.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Greenpeace<br \/>\n<em>64.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Green Warriors<br \/>\n<em>65.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Go Green Hudson<br \/>\n<em>66.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> H\u00e9ritage Laurentien<br \/>\n<em>67.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> H\u00e9ritage Saint-Bernard<br \/>\n<em>68. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Institut Qu\u00e9becois de la biodiversit\u00e9<br \/>\n<em>69.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Jardin Collectif de l\u2019Allee des Tanneries<br \/>\n<em>70.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Jeunesse Coalition Verte<br \/>\n<em>71.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> La Cour Calixa Lavall\u00e9<br \/>\n<em>72.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> Lake Ashton Land Owners Association<br \/>\n<em>73. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Le Groupe uni des \u00e9ducateurs-naturalistes et professionnels en environnement<br \/>\n<em>74.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Le Mouvement \u00c9cologique du Haut-Richelieu<br \/>\n<em>75.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Le regroupement de citoyens de Saraguay inc. (1987)<br \/>\n<em>76. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Les amis de Meadowbrook<br \/>\n<em>77.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Les sentiers verts de l&#8217;ouest de l&#8217;\u00eele<br \/>\n<em>79.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Nature Connection<br \/>\n<em>80.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Nature Qu\u00e9bec<br \/>\n<em>81.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Patrimoine Naturel \u00eele de Soeurs<br \/>\n<em>82.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Projet Rescousse<br \/>\n<em>83. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Protection des Oiseaux du Qu\u00e9bec<br \/>\n<em>84. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Regroupement environnemental J\u00e9r\u00f4mien<br \/>\n<em>85.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Regroupement pour le jardinage \u00e9cologique de Longueuil<br \/>\n<em>86.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Regroupement Qu\u00e9bec Oiseaux<br \/>\n<em>87. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Sauvons nos bois\u00e9s et milieux humides<br \/>\n<em>88.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Senneville As a Village Environment (S.A.V.E.)<br \/>\n<em>89. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Sirra Club du Canada, section du Qu\u00e9bec<br \/>\n<em>90. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Souvons nos trois grandes \u00eeles de la rivi\u00e8re des Mille \u00eeles<br \/>\n<em>91.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Sentiers Vaudreuil Soulanges (SVS)<br \/>\n<em>92.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Societe d&#8217;Histoire de Pointe-Saint-Charles.<br \/>\n<em>93. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du patrimoine de l\u2019Ouest-de-l\u2019\u00eele<br \/>\n<em>94.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> SOS Dorval<br \/>\n<em>95. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> SOS Planete<br \/>\n<em>96. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Triangle Vert Quebec<br \/>\n<em>97.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Union Pour les Droits de la Nature<br \/>\n<em>98.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Vigile Verte<br \/>\n<em>99.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Vigilance Action Citoyens<br \/>\n<em>100.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Voix pour la Nature<br \/>\n<em>101.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em> Walk the Region<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Archipelago in French, click on the PPEM button on the green coalition website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greencoalitionverte.ca\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.greencoalitionverte.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the Gazette story at:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gazette Story about Greenbelt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/technology\/Montreal+throws+support+behind+southern+Quebec+greenbelt\/6619530\/story.html#ixzz1wNZW2gjQ\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/technology\/Montreal+throws+support+behind+southern+Quebec+greenbelt\/6619530\/story.html#ixzz1wNZW2gjQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Correction:<\/p>\n<p>Originally, this list incorrectly included groups who are not partners in the project, although they have sent letters of support, such as Mascouche, Eco Justice, ZIP Ville Marie, SNAP and the political parties: Parti Vert du Canada, Parti Vert du Quebec, Parti Qu\u00e9becois, Projet Montr\u00e9al, Parti Liberal du Canada, Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire and\u00a0<em><\/em>Nouveau Parti d\u00e9mocratique du Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal joined those asking Quebec for an official greenbelt around the island last month. On May 14, Montreal City Council voted to become a partner in the Montreal Archipelago Ecological Park, known in French as Les Partenaires du Parc \u00c9cologique de l\u2019Archipel de Montr\u00e9al (PPEAM). 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