September 15th, 2020
ZIP Committee Clean-Up initiative
If you visited the west end of the Soulanges canal on September 11, you may have noticed a group of divers, volunteers and committee members from ZIP Haut-Saint-Laurent hard at work. They were all out in support of Semaine du Saint-Laurent, a week celebrating the famous river. ZIP coordinated an effort with multiple partners to clean up the riverbed and bank, in service of the greater goal of restoring the St. Lawrence River eco-system. The initiative was financed by the Fonds d’action Saint-Laurent (FASL) and the Programme maritime pour la biodiversité du Saint-Laurent in collaboration with the Government of Québec.
The clean-up was a great success. More than 50 people gave their time, removing a significant amount of trash from the waterway. We would like to thank the ZIP committee for this wonderful initiative and for their continued efforts to protect our natural environments!
For more information about the ZIP committee and its mission, please visit their website: http://www.ziphsl.org/
Photo credit: Elizabeth Leroux
Source : Marianne Sigouin-Lebel, chef de projet Canal de Soulanges
mslebel@developpementvs.com | 450 424-2262, poste 3231
