Granby citizens group launches survey to protect natural environments

Les Ami.e.s du boisé Quévillonare, a citizens group with the goal to protect Granby’s natural areas, more particularly 60 hectares in boisé Quévillon, is launching an online public consultation to gather the opinions of Granby citizens on natural areas that are within the urbanization perimeter of the municipality.

According to the press release, the purpose of the probe is to direct elected officials in Granby to take measures to protect all natural environments of great ecological value throughout its urban perimeter.

The objective is to collect the responses from a minimum of 1,500 Granby citizens. The survey will be available from June 21 until August 31 at the following link:

https://www.sondageonline.com/s/ milieuxnaturelsgranby

Les Ami.e.s du boisé Quévillon invites all residents of Granby to complete the survey which has seven questions. Everything takes less than four minutes. The results will be used to measure the attachment of the citizens to the natural environments remaining in the urban perimeter. They could help the future board to take the necessary actions to ensure their sustainability.

“On the eve of municipal elections,

it is important to know what Granby residents think about the conservation of natural environments in urban areas. This survey is a great opportunity for people to think about this issue, to make their voices heard and their ideas heard about what the town should do to preserve them,” explained Madeleine Gauthier, spokesperson for Ami.e.s du boisé Quévillon.

The Natural Environment Conservation Policy adopted by the Town of Granby in March targets the protection of 50% of five remaining natural environments in its urban perimeter. Les Ami.e.s du boisé Quévillonare believes this is a step in the right direction but it is still insufficient.

“People are looking for natural space. We saw it with the pandemic. Our large natural parks

are essential services. We must create more” emphasized Gauthier.

To ensure full transparency in its initiative, all survey results will be made public by Les Ami.e.s du boisé Quévillon.

For more information, visit the group’s Facebook page, Ami.e.s du boisé Quévillon, their website

www.sauvonsboisequevillon. org, or reach out by email to sauvonsboisequevillon@gmail.com