{"id":557,"date":"2022-06-03T21:30:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T21:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/?page_id=557"},"modified":"2022-07-27T18:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T18:57:56","slug":"richelieu-river","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/en\/richelieu-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Richelieu River"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"557\" class=\"elementor elementor-557\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08f7b3b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08f7b3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-182b0f9\" data-id=\"182b0f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86fd512 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86fd512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Richelieu River<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b117647 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b117647\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95cae79\" data-id=\"95cae79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011ad44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"011ad44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Richelieu River <span style=\"color:#3CBA39\"> (Quebec, Canada)<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fcec37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fcec37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8eccd5\" data-id=\"c8eccd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290f32f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"290f32f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Riviere-Richelieu-297x300-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-550\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-819990c\" data-id=\"819990c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08cc594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08cc594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Richelieu River is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain. Its watershed is shared between Quebec (16%) and the United States (84%). The Richelieu flows into the St. Lawrence River near Sorel-Tracy. It\u2019s outlet is therefore near Lake Saint-Pierre, a fluvial lake that constitutes an ecological zone of great value. Wastewater, urban \/ agricultural runoff, artificial banks, and invasive exotic species are among the causes of a deterioration in the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quality of water and aquatic habitats in the Quebec region of the Richelieu River.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f7ebda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f7ebda\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77c4345\" data-id=\"77c4345\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496ea77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"496ea77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the American eel (Anguilla rostrata), the tasty shad (Alosa sapidissima), the eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida), the Channel Darter (Percina copelandi), the lake sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and the river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) are notable cases of species in the watershed whose situation is worrying, it is the copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi) which is particularly noteworthy. The only fish endemic to Quebec, its distribution area is small and the Richelieu River is the only place where there are active spawning grounds. Its limited diet (molluscs) and its late sexual maturity (10 years old) are factors that increase its vulnerability to the overall degradation of its habitat.<\/p><p>The vulnerability of the copper redhorse and its endemic nature to a restricted geographic extension area make it an excellent indicator of the overall health of the aquatic ecosystems that make up the Richelieu River and St. Lawrence watershed. Unfortunately, the recovery strategy for the copper redhorse seems helpless against the weak regulatory control of pollution, which is vital for the success of the program (DFO, 2012 ).<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is in this context that the OIDN intends to mobilize a coalition of environmental groups in support of a formal notice to the Government of Quebec under section 8. of the Act to affirm the collective nature of water resources and to promote better governance of water and associated environments, so as to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0help mitigate the risks associated with the aforementioned issues.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richelieu River Richelieu River (Quebec, Canada) The Richelieu River is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain. Its watershed is shared between Quebec (16%) and the United States (84%). The Richelieu flows into the St. Lawrence River near Sorel-Tracy. It\u2019s outlet is therefore near Lake Saint-Pierre, a fluvial lake that constitutes an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-557","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612,"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}