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Moyenne vallée de la Charente

  • Conservation action already undertaken
    14 March 2013, by Julien Lusson

    The Moyenne vallée de la Charente was one of several French sites to develop a Life programme for the Corncrake in the mid 90s (RSPB, 1994 - 1996). Since then, a management plan has been written and applied by the LPO.
    The implementation of the first agri-environmental measures on the site was carried out simultaneously with the development of the Natura 2000 management plan and following the Life programme for the Corncrake launched by the LPO within three municipalities (Les Gonds, (...)

  • Discovering the Moyenne vallée de la Charente
    14 March 2013, by Julien Lusson

    The site covers the river valley of the Charente between Cognac and Saint-Savinien, and the valleys of its tributaries : the Seugne between Saintes and Pons, the Coran, the Bramerit, the Rochefollet…
    Upstream, the site begins near Cognac, and downstream, the site ends at the dam at St Savinien. This dam, built in 1968, prevents salty sea water from rising; whereas before this, the influence of the Atlantic tides was felt right up to Cognac.
    Between these two points, Cognac (Charente (...)