We want to thank all the people that have taken the time to visit us at the Biosphère for our AGA. Our AGA have allowed us to welcome six new members in our committee as well as a new adminitrator. We welcome Mr. Alexandre Lampron that will be a part of the administration this year as a citozen representative.

June 16 - Evening seminars and discussion

Around thirty people have taken part in the evening seminars that took place after our AGA. With our three invited guest speakers, they have learned a few things about the St. Lawrence River. M. Nicolas Audet presented a little overview of the St. Lawrence Plan and the involvement of Stratégie Saint-Laurent. Mme Maïka Tardif underlined the main threats on the St. Lawrence river but her speech was not lacking hope. She compared the St. Lawrence to a person being under intensive health cares rather than someone under palliative health cares. Finally, we travelled back in time with M. Serge Bouchard that described the important moments that have changed the St. Lawrence river and have make it less resilient. The evening was closed with a discussion about the role of different groups of society for the protection of the St. Lawrence river.

We want to thank all the participants to this event, and more particularly our three guest speakers.

May 2008 - Tree planting on the shoreline of the Saint-Jacques river

On May 23, the Comité ZIP Ville-Marie coordinated the plantation of 400 trees along the shoreline of the Saint-Jacques River, at the entrance of what is to become the Regional Park of the Saint-Jacques River. This event was made possible by the participation of 40 volunteers from the firm AXA, as well as the collaboration of the ministère des Ressources Naturelles et de la Faune as well as the Golf La Prairie.

May 2008 - Kick off of the feasibility study for the creation of the Route Bleue of greater Montreal

Thanks to all its supporters, the Comité ZIP Ville-Marie has started the development of the sector of the south shore for the Route Bleu of greater Montreal, . a maintenant entamé le développement du secteur rive-sud de la Route Bleue du Grand Montréal.