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Order respecting the establishment of the Réserve écologique de la Forêt-la-Blanche and approval of the conservation plan.

Pays/Territoire
Canada
Type du document
Règlement
Date
2003 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén., Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Mot clé
Aire protégée Préservation de l'écosystème Planification territoriale Faune sauvage Flore sauvage Gestion/conservation Protection de l'habitat Espèces menacées Protection des espèces
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Entry into force notes
This Order comes into force on 8 October 2003.
Résumé

The permanent ecological reserve status is assigned to the land, the plan and technical description of which appear as schedules to this Order, under the name Réserve écologique de la Forêt-la-Blanche, on the dates below; — on 1 April 2006 for the parts of the land designated in the plan and in Section 3 of the technical description and for those parts that remain land set aside as a proposed ecological reserve until that date; — on the date of publication of this Order in the Gazette officielle du Québec for the rest of the land to which the plan and technical description refer. The conservation plan, the text of which is attached as a schedule, proposed for the area having permanent protection status as an ecological reserve and to govern the part of the area remaining a proposed ecological reserve until 1 April 2006, is approved. In this technical description, the boundaries defined by the shore of a lake or the bank of a river correspond to the normal high-water mark. Measurements are expressed in international system (SI) units. The survey of boundaries that are not established or renewed will define the perimeter of the ecological reserve. The Forêt-la-Blanche ecological reserve is in the natural region of the Mont-Laurier depression. It is one of the last few characteristic examples of old-growth forest remaining in southern Québec. It protects several rare old-growth stands of great interest that have sustained very little disturbance and provides a refuge for several species of flora and one species of fauna considered to be threatened or vulnerable. Permanent status as an ecological reserve will be applied to the land in two phases. In a first phase, the status of ecological reserve will apply to most of the land designated in the plan in Schedule A on the date of publication of the order establishing the ecological reserve in the Gazette officielle du Québec. Permanent protection status will apply to the other parts of the land, namely the strips land identified in that plan bordering on certain lakes, Lac au Poisson blanc, Lac Robert and Lac de l’Achigan, as well as the access trails to those lakes, on 1 April 2006. The Forêt-la-Blanche ecological reserve meets the objectives for which it is established, namely: (1) to conserve the elements constituting biological diversity in their natural state, as integrally as possible and in a permanent manner, in particular by protecting ecosystems and the elements or processes on which their dynamics are based; (2) to set aside land for scientific study or educational purposes; and (3) to safeguard the habitats of threatened or vulnerable species of flora or fauna. activities prohibited in an area designated as an ecological reserve are: — hunting, trapping, fishing, earthwork or construction activities, agricultural, industrial or commercial activities, and generally, any activity likely to alter the state or nature of ecosystems; — forest development activities within the meaning of section 4 of the Sustainable Forest Development Act (chapter A-18.1); — mining, and gas or petroleum development; — mining, gas or petroleum exploration, brine and underground reservoir exploration, prospecting, and digging or boring; and — the development of hydraulic resources and any production of energy on a commercial or industrial basis. In addition, no person may be in an ecological reserve, except for an inspection or for the carrying on of an activity authorized under the Act. The Minister may, however, authorize, in writing and on the conditions the Minister determines, any activity consistent with the purposes of an ecological reserve or with the management thereof.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca