Mont-Mégantic’s ecosystems are comprised of:

• A high plateau with an altitude varying between 450 and 600 m and a diameter of eight kilometers surrounding a central peak, Mont-Mégantic (1,105 m), and including two other peaks of over 1,000 m (Monts Victoria and Saint-Joseph);
  
  
• An altitudinal layering of ecosystems, ranging from the yellow birch maple grove at the base to the fir-oxalis montana at the peaks, and including the red spruce-fir on certain intermediate peaks;
  
  
• About twenty species of mammals and more than 125 species of birds, including the Canadian chickadee, a species of boreal affinity, and the Bicknell’s thrush, a species with a limited geographic distribution that is protected by the Quebec and Canadian laws governing at-risk species.

The outskirts of Mont-Mégantic are comprised of:

• A predominantly forested landscape, sparsely fragmented, where agricultural activity is relatively marginal;
  
  
• The Scots Swamp (276 ha), managed by Ducks Unlimited and considered one of the most important wetlands in the Eastern Townships;
• Waterways with brook trout spawning grounds, beaver ponds and various types of wetlands;
  
  
• Several species with precarious status, such as 8 species classified as vulnerable, including the bald eagle, the purple salamander and the wood turtle, as well as 13 species likely to be classified as threatened or vulnerable;
  
  
• The confirmed presence of 7 species of bats, 6 of which are classified as at-risk.
  
  

Through this conservation project, NET aims to protect the core conservation area of the PNMM and the Samuel-Brisson Ecological Reserve through legal conservation agreements and sustainable management of current uses: forestry, maple syrup production, resorts, etc.

To learn more about voluntary conservation options, click here