Rainettes sent to Biodôme to extend a Longueuil street.

Le Devoir has heard that the City of Longueuil will be able to resume work on extending a street if they are able to capture chorus frogs on Wednesday.

These frogs will then be transported to the Biodôme. The destruction of “essential habitat” for the survival of this endangered species will continue as a result of this road project, which was initially halted by a directive issued by the federal government.

Many of the chorus frogs have relocated towards pools of water, which are vital to the life cycle of the species, which have formed on the site of the extension of the boulevard Béliveau. The chorus frogs are currently in the process of breeding, and the breeding phase is currently underway. Because of this, an essential environment that is favorable to the survival of the little amphibian that is in risk of extinction is cut in half.

The road project was initially permitted by the Legault government in 2021, and it has already partially destroyed the “critical habitat” of the chorus frog, which is a species that is protected under the Species at Risk Act of Canada. Additionally, in November of 2021, the federal Minister of the Environment, Steven Guilbeault, issued a “emergency decree” in order to halt the work that was already well begun.

The City of Longueuil, on the other hand, declared in July 2023 that it intended to finish the road, despite the fact that this marsh could not be “restored as a whole.”

After that, she was successful in obtaining a federal permit that enabled her to construct a “barrier” along the location of the planned boulevard in the vicinity of the tree frog’s existing habitat. However, due to the development of ponds, tree frogs have settled there for the breeding period this spring. This was done with the intention of preventing amphibians from accessing the work area.

In light of the fact that the City intends to resume work in order to finish the 300-meter expansion of the street, a tree frog capture operation is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. This is done in order to clear the area for the road construction site, which will continue to destroy this vital habitat.

In March, Longueuil was successful in obtaining the requisite authorization from the government of Quebec to “capture amphibians with the aim of relocating them outside the work zone.” It is mentioned in an email that “even if there is water on the construction site favoring the presence of tree frogs, it is not a place suitable for the species, and there is therefore a relocation operation.” This is because the construction site is not ideal for the species involved.

Ville au Devoir has announced that the amphibians that have been captured will be transported to the Biodôme. Therefore, the chorus frogs will be incorporated into the scientific breeding and reintroduction program that the institution has been conducting for a number of years as a pilot project.

Alain Branchaud, who serves as the general director of the Society for Nature and Parks of Quebec, expresses his disapproval of the choice to catch an individual tree frog. As far as we are aware, we are currently in the process of removing the tree frog that was found on the premises. In all seriousness, I believe that it would be preferable to put a halt to breeding and allow the young that will emerge in a few weeks to return to the environments where they were breeding.

His explanation is that the tree frogs choose this location because the conditions are favorable for the vital part of their life cycle that they are currently experiencing. Consequently, we run the risk of preventing a whole breeding season for a species that is experiencing a precipitous drop if we remove all amphibians from the specific location.

Regression
After the federal government intervened in the situation in 2021, he came to the conclusion that this new chapter represents a move in the wrong direction. It’s all for nothing, right? At the same time as the tree frog is reclaiming its rights on the site, the government has decided to reverse its decision to stop the work that was being done to extend Béliveau Boulevard. This decision was made using the extraordinary measure of the emergency decree. It is intolerable that this should occur.

The new portion of Béliveau Boulevard will destroy “a key crossing point” and “breeding habitats” of the species that are “particularly active,” as stated in a scientific opinion that was made by specialists working for the government of Quebec in the year 2021. The position of this endangered species is discussed in the document, which states that it “represents an indicator of the loss of ecological goods and services provided by temporary wetlands and natural environments in urban and peri-urban areas.”

More than ninety percent of the habitat that the chorus frog once inhabited in Quebec has been destroyed, primarily as a result of urban growth. Less than twenty-five percent of the populations that are currently present in Quebec will be able to live, according to a report on “threats” that was authored by specialists from the government of Quebec and dated March 2021. This is the case unless the mounting threats are contained.

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