DESCHÊNES FOREST ECOFORESTRY INVENTORY

The Deschênes Park Alliance was born out of the citizen mobilization to protect the Deschênes Forest natural area. Since 2021, the Alliance has been working to identify the forest habitats and ecosystems of the future Deschênes Park, in order to gain a better understanding of its biodiversity and carbon storage capacity. To help achieve this, the first phase of an ecoforestry inventory was planned and carried out between 2021 and 2022 with the help of volunteers and a grant from the city of Gatineau’s Fonds vert (Green Fund) in 2022.

The information collected in the sampled area during this first phase was presented in a booklet in which a total of 268 plant species, 28 tree species, 29 shrub species and 211 herbaceous plant species are recorded. Data collection was resumed in 2023 and is still on.

The ecoforestry inventory will provide answers that will help us better understand this urban park ecosystem and support better preservation and protection of this unique and precious environment.