Description

CPAWS-OV led the campaign to have western Quebec’s Dumoine, Noire and Coulonge rivers protected from industrial development over the last several years. We are now working with partners to improve campsites, trails and other facilities for both the benefit of visitors, but also to reduce impacts to benefit the environment. To that end, we have identified a need for more ‘thunderboxes’ at certain campsites and along certain segments of trail. Thunderboxes are essentially and outhouse without the building, it is a box with a lid, approximately 2’x2’x2′ over a large hole to help manage human waste and built of plywood for easy transportation into remote locations by canoe or on foot. We are looking for volunteers to build another 5 to 10 units for deployment in summer 2023. We can provide plans, but we cannot provide tools or a workspace. We have funding to reimburse the cost of materials. The project would involve building the boxes, if the volunteer is keen on staining or painting them, that would be welcome, but not necessary as we have stain and paint available to treat the boxes before installation.