On June 4th, 2010, more than six months of hard work and campaigning to protect boreal forest came to a climax as SNAP Quebec sent off 4,500 signatures to Quebec Premier Jean Charest.

 

 

 

Ten years into the new millennium and most of the Canadian boreal forest that rests above the 49th parallel remains at risk to industry and logging. SNAP Quebec wants to see at least 50% of the province's boreal forest protected.

 

SNAP Quebec is part of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and together with The Big Wild, they share a common vision of protecting wild spaces across Canada.

 

 

Canada's Boreal forest covers more than 290 million hectares of land. All together, Earth's boreal forests cover an estimated 1.7 billion hectares. It's no wonder these forests store more freshwater in its wetlands and lakes and more carbon in its trees than any other ecosystem on the planet.
 
The effort to protect Quebec’s Boreal forest and the habitat of the Woodland caribou are taking place on three different fronts with an incredible number of organizations taking part.
 
Front #1: The Quebec government has begun to implement the Plan Nord conservation engagement which will protect 50 % of the territory above the 49th parallel. The more support we have from Canadians, the more attention the government will give toward ensuring these ecosystems are properly protected.
 
Front #2: In April 2009, the provincial government released the recovery plan for the woodland caribou. SNAP is calling on the government to implement this recovery plan and protect woodland caribou through the creation of large protected areas.
 
Front #3: The Grand Council of the Cree Nation and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society have jointly called for an immediate stop to forestry development where woodland caribou are most vulnerable in Cree territory.