Solidarity and mutual aid Protecting nature and the environment New Aquitaine

Volunteers of the association offers to guide you through the middle of the marshes of Seudre. You will learn the transmission there from traditional know-how, you discover oyster through its various phases of culture (collecting, breeding and maturing) and you can watch demonstrations with old tools. After the visit, the three oysters (flat, Portuguese and gigas) will be no secret to you! A nice discovery with qualified and passionate people.

Coutières's Permanent Environmental Initiatives Centre (CPIE) is very active throughout the Gâtine. The employees who make it up are all year-round raising awareness of the wealth of the local environment. The interventions with schoolchildren are the most numerous, but we can also take part in various nature events offered in particular in the summer at the Lac du Cebron de Saint-Loup-Lamairé (natural site managed by the general council) or in the garden of the Sens Senses.

SOS Wildlife runs a regional centre of protection. It is the association that it should be called when a bird or a injured mammal is found. A professional winner of a certificate of skill in treatments of the wildlife it then place in infirmary, looks after it with the support of a veterinary surgeon. When the boarder found its strength, it is relaxed on its territory of origin. Are welcomed the protected species found throughout Limousin (birds of prey, water, sparrows, hedgehogs, squirrels...). On the website, you can sponsor an animal. You will receive news of him by e-mail, as well as information on the characteristics of its species, his way of life, etc. the volunteers also sell balls of fat, nest boxes and small industry that you can get on different markets and lounges, or by calling the center. Needless to visit on-site: the laws prohibits the reception of the public (except bringing a wounded animal). The centre of protection operates thanks to volunteers, you can have your assistance throughout the year.