Every summer since 2003, the Parks Canada team has been scrutinizing the waters in and around Baie Sainte-Marguerite to tally belugas and understand their behaviour. This project aims to better understand beluga habitat and its particularities, detail the behaviour of these animals and watercraft users and understand their interactions with one another in order to assess whether current conservation measures are sufficient to adequately protect this species and its habitat. I have been involved in these research efforts since 2016.\u00a0 Over the years, I have learned so much about these animals and the bay has undoubtedly become my favourite place within the Marine Park.<\/p>\n
On September 2, I start my day by biking the three kilometres that separate the service centre from the beluga lookout in Fjord-du-Saguenay National Park. The trail is magical and I\u2019ve come to know it like the back of my hand! Once I make it to the top of the last big incline, I wonder if the belugas are there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every summer since 2003, the Parks Canada team has been scrutinizing the waters in and around Baie Sainte-Marguerite to tally belugas and understand their behaviour. This project aims to better understand beluga habitat and its particularities, detail the behaviour of these animals and watercraft users and understand their interactions with one another in order to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":59535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[690,20,1801,1816],"class_list":["post-59624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-field-notes","tag-baie-sainte-marguerite-en","tag-beluga-en","tag-parcs-canada-en","tag-sepaq-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n