Jane Meagher
Margot Graham Heyerhoff
Eric van Bochove
Fondation Masswippi FoundationAlan Capes
Fondation Masswippi FoundationJonathan Elkas
Fondation Masswippi FoundationHamnett Hill
Fondation Masswippi FoundationNadia Martel
Fondation Masswippi FoundationMartin Primeau
Fondation Masswippi FoundationClaude Séguin
Fondation Masswippi FoundationThomas Wilcox
Fondation Masswippi FoundationThe Trust
The purpose of the Massawippi Conservation Trust (MCT) is to conserve the natural state of the land adjacent to Lake Massawippi and its tributaries, and to provide stewardship services for that land in perpetuity.
The MCT is a registered charity which accepts cash donations as well as land. Americans can support our work as well as benefit from a US tax receipt by donating through the American Friends of Canadian Conservation.
Our conservation efforts are focused at the moment on undeveloped land on the west slopes of Lake Massawippi, stretching over six kilometers and rising up to the high ridge. The government of Quebec has identified this particular area as containing old growth forest of significant interest. Biologists employed by the Appalachian Corridor Association have identified a wide variety of rare or threatened flora and fauna on these lands.
The Trust protects land adjacent to lake Massawippi and its tributaries by:
- acquiring land through either purchase or donation
- establishing easements or servitudes on land
- helping landowners understand the ecological and tax benefits of limiting the types of activities permitted
- helping landowners understand the potentially disastrous effect of over-development on the overall well-being of the Massawippi watershed.
Our Founding Trustees
All trustees are permanent or part-time residents of the Massawippi Valley: Jake Eberts (1941-2012) film producer, Margot Graham Heyerhoff, volunteer, Carmand Normand, businessman Norman Webster (1941-2021) , journalist and newspaper editor, Thomas Wilcox, former executive director, Baltimore Community Foundation. In memoriam: David Rittenhouse, our first Executive Director, university professor, died on August 16, 2011.