Northern Pike/Grand Brochet

Small Mouth Bass/L'achigan à petite bouche

Cerf de Virginie / White-tailed deerThe diverse physical geography of the Lievre watershed  (plain, plateau lakes, rivers) provides natural habitats for a large range of wildlife species.

However, changes to the natural environment, such as the draining of wetlands, construction of roads and homes, removing shoreline vegetation and waves, causes erosion and increase water temperatures. These impacts are especially negative when they occur during fish spawning periods, and may directly affect the survival of certain populations of fish. Which in turn may affect the survival of certain species of birds that nest or live near water bodies and even small mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Human changes to the environment can threaten the biodiversity of ecosystems.

Adapted from "Pour la qualité de l'eau du bassin versant de la Lièvre: PORTRAIT>", published by the Comité du bassin versant de la rivière du Lièvre (COBALI) (the Lièvre Watershed Authority), 2005.