Donors united to protect the Green Mountains
More than 100 donors gathered at a recognition event organized by the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Appalachian Corridor on Sunday, Oct. 14 in Sutton. Recognition panels were unveiled that contain the names of more than 400 donors from the Green Mountains since the organization’s first land acquisition in 1993.
"”I want to thank everyone who joined us in celebrating and protecting this jewel of biodiversity,” said Appalachian Corridor said Appalachian Corridor Chair Marie-josé Auclair “Together, we are helping to protect a vast, unfragmented 133 km2 territory in the Green Mountains, stretching to Vermont. For 25 years, several hundred individuals and families have contributed, financially or by donating land, to protect this vast territory. We thank them for their generous contribution in support of the Territorial Protection Project in the region."
The Green Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains that stretch from Gaspésie to the state of Alabama. The Quebec portion forms a major natural corridor linking Mount Orford to the Sutton Mountains and to the Green Mountains of Vermont (Jay Peak, Mansfield and Camel's Hump). The ecological importance of this territory has, for twenty years, attracted the attention and efforts of several stakeholders in the field of conservation. It is also the most dynamic region for conservation on private lands in Quebec. Ecologists, biologists, landowners and donors have joined forces to protect these hotspots of biodiversity.