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News from the April Public Forum

Challenges and conservation projects for Mount Royal’s natural environment

The public forum was held Wednesday, April 1st at Smith House.

Numerous citizens were in attendance to learn about and discuss the challenges and projects related to the mountain’s natural environment, as well as other issues in the news concerning Mount Royal.

Joëlle Lapalme and Claude Drolet, respectively coordinator of conservation activities and conservation patroller with Les amis de la montagne, made a presentation on the the protection of a natural environment in an urban context and explained the various activities Les amis and the Ville de Montréal have undertaken to increase Mount Royal’s biodiversity. The activities include, but are not limited to the following: litter pick-up in the mountain forest, the cutting of exotic invasive plants, the planting of indigenous trees and shrubs and the continuation of a research project on the control of common buckthorn and Norway Maple.

Discussion with participants following the presentation centred upon the balance between environmental activities and respect for landscape heritage.

The April forum documents may be consulted by clicking here.