Mémoire sur le nouveau cadre réglementaire agricole – Projet de règlement sur les pratiques agroenvironnementales (RPAE)

13 April 2026

La Fondation Rivières s’inquiète des changements qui pourraient avoir un impact non négligeable sur l’état des cours d’eau du Québec en milieu agricole qui sont déjà passablement dégradés. Qui plus est, l’absence de renseignements supplémentaires de la part du MELCCFP quant à l’application du nouveau règlement au sujet des cibles fixées et les modalités de mise en œuvre des cultures de couverture nous inquiète.

Agricultural pollution of waterways: why should we be concerned?

August 8, 2022

Agriculture occupies an important place in the list of sources of contamination of our waterways. But how exactly does agricultural pollution have a damaging effect on lakes and rivers?

Report on megapig farms: another agriculture is possible!

March 22, 2022

Press release - To mark World Water Day, the Mégaporcherie, non merci! coalition is releasing a report that presents a historical and critical portrait of the pork industry in Quebec, and suggests possible solutions.

Rivière Batiscan - crédit : Gilles Douaire / CC

River water quality: when megapig farms get involved

February 4, 2022

The proposed construction of a megapiggery in Saint-Adelphe, in Mauricie, raises concerns about the consequences on the water quality of the Batiscan River and surrounding waterways.

Letter to the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change: A BAPE for the project of 3 pigsties in Saint-Adelphe

January 28, 2022

Eau Secours and Fondation Rivières request that the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) be mandated to carry out a complete study as well as a public consultation of the project to construct three piggeries of 3,999 pigs each in the municipality of
Saint Adelphe.

Dépistage de pollution en terre agricole, près d'élevages de porc

Pollution screening in Témiscamingue: Fondation Rivières highlights unexpected sources of contamination

October 10, 2021

Press release - Fondation Rivières has released the report on a pollution survey carried out in Témiscamingue in collaboration with the Organisme de Bassin Versant du Témiscamingue (OBVT).