ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANGELL WOODS
MEMBERS’ RESOLUTION
MARCH 29, 2011
WHEREAS the Council of the City of Beaconsfield is formulating a Particular
Planning Program for the Angell Woods sector and is both soliciting public input and
requesting that citizens and interested parties participate in an advisory group which will
assist Council in its deliberations;
WHEREAS Angell Woods has been designated by the Quebec Ministry of
Natural Resources and Fauna as an Exceptional Forest Ecosystem (EFE);
WHEREAS the flora, fauna and especially the hydrology of Angell Woods form
a critical part of the Rivière-à-l’Orme Ecoterritory;
WHEREAS the Association for the Protection of Angell Woods (“APAW”) is
made up of over 850 members, the majority of whom are Beaconsfield residents; and
WHEREAS since 1998 APAW has been carrying out comprehensive
stewardship of Angell Woods, with a view to promoting its responsible recreational use
while fiercely defending its ecological integrity;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT APAW form part of the City of Beaconsfield advisory group on the Particular
Planning Program for Angell Woods, by way of a representative or representatives to be
determined by the Board of Directors of APAW;
THAT the representative or representatives of APAW on the advisory group for the
Particular Planning Program vigorously promote the continued municipal protection of
Angell Woods, based on the following key principles:
i)
the responsible and sustainable governance of Beaconsfield as a whole
must recognize that the scope of the City’s residential and
commercial/industrial development is essentially complete; any future
development and enhancement of the welfare of its citizens is best carried
out in an efficient, “brownfield” manner, using and improving only the
currently-existing footprint of public and private infrastructure and
construction within the City;
ii)
the best use for the citizens of Beaconsfield of the lands that make up
Angell Woods is the continued protection and stewardship of the extensive
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wetlands, old-growth forest and required adjacent buffer and regeneration
areas that these citizens so treasure, and which provide invaluable habitat
for many rare and threatened species, including in particular those
described in Appendix A to this resolution;
iii)
there is an urgent need for cooperation among the land-owners of Angell
Woods, including in particular APAW, Ducks Unlimited Canada, the
Province of Quebec, the City of Montreal and the City of Beaconsfield, in
rapidly taking steps to coordinate recreational use, dog access and wildlife
protection zones so as to stop the recent ecological degradation of Angell
Woods, as documented in the 2010 Marineau Biological Study, and to
rebuild its habitats in a sustainable manner; and
THAT the Board of Directors report back to the APAW membership on a regular basis
as to progress in respect of the above.
PROPOSED BY: Pauline Faguy-Girard
SECONDED BY: Alison Hackney
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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APPENDIX “A”
RARE AND THREATENED SPECIES OF ANGELL WOODS
Nom latin
Nom français
Nom anglais
Statut
Acer nigrum
Érable noir
Black Maple
Adiantum pedatum
Allium tricoccum
Asarum canadense
Cardamine diphylla
Carex hitchcockiana
Adiante pédalé
Ail des bois
Asaret du Canada
Dentaire à deux feuilles
Carex de Hitchcock
Northern Maidenhair
Wild leek
Canadian Wildginger
Crinkleroot
Hitchcock’s Sedge
Celtis occidentalis
Dryopteris
clintoniana
Juglans cinerea
Micocoulier occidental
Dryoptéride de Clinton
Sugarberry
Clinton’s Woodfern
Espèce susceptible d’être
désignée menacée ou
vulnérable (ESDMV) au
Québec
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Ancienne ESDMV au Québec
retirée en 2008
ESDMV au Québec
ESDMV au Québec
Noyer cendré
Butternut
Matteuccia
struthiopteris
Sanguinaria
canadensis
Trillium
grandiflorum
Uvularia grandiflora
Matteuccie fougère-àl’autruche
Sanguinaire du Canada
Ostrick Fern
ESDMV au Québec
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Bloodroot
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Trille grandiflore
White Trillium
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Uvulaire grandiflore
Désignée vulnérable au Québec
Veronica anagallisaquatica
Véronique mourond’eau
Largeflower
Bellwort
Water speedwell
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En voie de disparition au
Canada
ESDMV au Québec