Une portion de la forêt urbaine au coin de René Émard et Anselme Lavigne à Pierrefonds-Roxboro a été coupé à blanc un peu avant le 24 avril 2010
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Ces photos dessus ont été prises samedi 24 avril 2010
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Nous collectons vos souvenirs de cette forêt cliquez ici
We are collecting memories of that forest – click here
2010-06-22: Lettre du Conseil Régional de l’Environnement Montréal (CREM) à la mairesse de Pierrefonds-Roxboro demandant de protéger ce qui reste du Boisé Anselme Lavigne
2010-06-05 West End Times – Letters to the Editor – See Page 5
2010-06-05 – West End Times – It’s not people versus trees – see page 7
2010-05-22 – West End Times See article on page 7
2010-05-12 – Investigation de la MDDEP
Merci à la MDDEP pour l’appel pour discuter de l’investigation en cours pour déterminer si des plantes menacées ou vulnérables auraient été détruites lors des travaux dans le boisé Anselme Lavigne.
Nous savons qu’il y avait probablement de l’ail des bois dans la portion détruite du boisé. La Ville de Montréal aurait un inventaire des espèces en sa possession. Il est possible que d’autres échantillons d’espèces à protéger existent sur le site du boisé en question.
Un résident aurait des photos démontrant la preuve de l’existence d’espèces menacées ou vulnérables.
Nous avons alerté la MDDEP afin que quelqu’un de ce bureau, puisse investiguer les lieux pour confirmer la présence d’espèces qui pourraient et devraient être protégées.
Merci de nous aider à identifier si des espèces auraient possiblement été détruites et à assurer que le boisé puisse être traité avec le respect qu’il mérite, surtout en cette année 2010 de la biodiversité.
2010-05-05 Clearcutting in Pierrefonds Angers Residents – West Island Gazette
Documents obtenus par accès à l’information concernant ce projet
Partie 1 de 5 — Partie 2 de 5 — Partie 3 de 5 — Partie 4 de 5
Partie 5 de 5
Information du registre foncier concernant les lots du boisé
2010-04-29 Radio interview CBC: Click here to go to CBC Radio site and then click on the « When a tree falls interview »
There is a large urban forested lot in that area about 1 block away from Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough hall. This clearcut is on the western portion of that urban forested area. Is this the beginning of the end for that forest?
Espèces menacées ou vulnérables – Rare and endangered plants

We have photos of wildflowers in bloom in this forest that are now officially listed as at risk in Quebec. This photo above demonstrates a very typical example of the rare black maple is found in the forest at the opposite end from the clearcut. The trees here are typical of the species found in a climax forest of this region: bitternut hickory, beech, ironwood, sugar and black maple among them. They are very special.
Voir aussi:
Flore Laurentienne
Espèces menacées et vulnérables du Québec
Retour au printemps 2001
486 résidents avaient signé le registre pour démontrer leur désir de protéger ces terrains. Apparemment, suite au registre, le maire Tremblay aurait mentionné que ces terrains seraient un parc. Le propriétaire du terrain aurait même offert son nom pour être utilisé comme le nom du parc.
Other questions:
Should we be clearcutting urban forest habitat in 2010 – the year of biodiversity?
Was a permit obtained and provided for this clearcut? A permit was not found when the site was visited
Who did the clearcutting? When ecactly was it done?
What do our existing borough bylaws say about clearcutting. Do existing property owners actually have the right to clearcut their lot under existing regulations? Should they not have a permit?
What do the boroughs proposed urban planning and zoning bylaws say about clearcutting. Is clearcutting allowed if area is less than 60m2? Is this area less than 60m2? Is the property owner rushing to cut down trees because of the pending new bylaws?
Were any environmental considerations were taken into account before the trees were brought down? That urban forest probably played a role as an air conditioner in the summer. If we are not careful, we risk having more urban heat island contributions.
Some Historical context
The land was expropriated decades ago for public uses for very little money.
It is possible the LBPSB would have information on how they became owners of this land at one point and was part of the PCHS school. PCHS still uses the woods as a park and or for science and other classes. The public still uses the land as a park as it is not fenced.
The wooded portion was sold in 2001 by LBPSB chaired by Marcus Tabachnick who is still the chair. The sale had also been approved by the Education Minister of Quebec
The decision by LBPSB to sell the land was opposed by most people who heard about it and especially by nearby residents but the public was not consulted except when there was a proposed zoning change to multiplex residential for condominiums in about 2002.
Considerable effort by volunteers who opposed the development plan of about 500 condominium units of at least 5-stories, resulted in getting more than 400 voters to sign a register requiring about 175 signatures. Residents have this well documented.
After the register in 2002 some elected politicians including Mayor Tremblay, Monique Worth and maybe the owners publically stated that they would consider keeping the land as a public park or woods through purchase by the city of Montreal.
As the land is zoned institutional, its market value may be less than if the land were zoned residential. If the city had acted in 2002 to buy the land, the cost to taxpayers would most likely have been considerably less. By waiting the city of Montreal has benefitted the promoters and not the public and allowed some or all of the woods to be destroyed.
It appears the present project is for a public nursing home.
It would be interesting to find out how much was paid for the lot that is being developed now, the cost estimate for the nursing home and the cost estimate for the public. Also, it is important for the public to know what is really planned for the rest of the lot.
Photos have been taken that show the trees that were cut down are not rotten. This is important since sometimes it is claimed that trees had to be cut down because they were sick or rotting.
Références
Lois – Laws
Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme
La plantation et l’abatage des arbres – voir item 12.1 de l’article 113
Loi sur les forêts – voir article 24.4