The Restigouche is one of Eastern Canada’s most spectacular wild watersheds, spreading over 1 million hectares of northern New Brunswick and Quebec’s Gaspésie areas. It shelters wild Atlantic salmon, moose, black bear, marten and abundant forest and coastal birds. Its natural areas allow Canada lynx populations to move for shelter and food across the wide landscape between the Gaspé and northern Maine.

Our Goal

To protect the wildest parts of Restigouche from industrial development – 100,000 hectares forever wild!

Within the Quebec portion of the Eastern Woodlands three (3) priority conservation areas were identified:

• Enlarging the Gaspésie national park with new adjacent protected areas to ensure the protection of the Gaspé Caribou herd;

• Focusing on the Restigouche Watershed as it is one of the most important linkages within 2C1F ecoregion ;

• Working on the connectivity concept between Forillon and Gaspésie national parks.

Less than 1% of the watershed in New Brunswick is protected from development, leaving most areas open for mining, logging or new development proposals. Forest management plans show that most uncut areas of the Restigouche will be logged within 10 years.

Take action to keep the Restigouche wild!