Tourbières et lacs de la Montagne jurassienne

Lac de Bouverans et marais du Varot
Tourbière et lac des Rousses - Vallée de l'Orbe
Restauration des Bief du Nanchez et de Trémontagne - Future RNR des tourbières du Nanchez
Belvédère des 2 lacs (Remoray/St-Point)
Tourbière active de Frasne
Marais du Châtelet après reméandrement de la Lemme - Grandvaux
lac Saint-Point
Source du Doubs et tourbière du Moutat - Mouthe
Tourbières du Moutat, Haut-marais et tremblants - Mouthe
Tourbière du Bief Belin restaurée (Malpas)
Tourbière et Lac des Mortes - Chapelle-des-Bois
Gouilles de Haut-Marais, tourbière de la Chaumoz - Chapelle-des-Bois
Gouilles de haut-marais de la Seigne des Barbouillons

Tourbières et lacs de la Montagne jurassienne

  • Country: 
    France
  • Site number: 
    1266
  • Area: 
    12,156 ha
  • Designation date: 
    02-02-2003
  • Coordinates: 
    46°42'N 06°08'E
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Overview

The Site extends between the towns of Pontarlier and Saint-Claude in the Jura mountain range. Originally named “Bassin du Drugeon” when it was designated in 2003, the Site’s area was extended in 2021 from under 6,000 hectares to cover over 12,000 ha. It now includes large emblematic peat bogs such as those in the Drugeon basin, the valleys of the upper Doubs and Orbe Rivers, and the valley of Chapelle-des-Bois and Bellefontaine. Its 18 lakes and 2000 ha of peatlands represent about 40% of the area of peatlands in the Jura massif. The limestone subsoil allows a juxtaposition of alkaline and acid peatlands which is unique in France for its size. The Site provides numerous habitats of importance for a variety of nationally or internationally protected species, from plants and fungi to dragonflies, butterflies, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Two thirds of the national population of the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) nest here, and the Site is also an important spawning ground for the northern pike (Esox lucius), the lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus), lake trout (Salmo trutta) and the white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes). In the past the peat habitats were greatly modified for the exploitation of peat, the development of forestry and agricultural activities, but peatland restoration activities have been successfully implemented. The Site is nonetheless still sensitive to droughts, and to pollution from the surrounding agricultural land.

Administrative region: 
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

  • National legal designation: 
    • Arrêté Préfectoral de Protection de Biotope - Bassin du Drugeon
    • Arrêté Préfectoral de Protection de Biotope - Tourbière et prairies des Placettes
    • Arrêté Préfectoral de Protection de Biotope - lac Saint-Point
    • Arrêtés Préfectoraux de Protection de Biotope - Ecrevisse à pattes blanches et espèces patrimoniales associées
    • Réserve Naturelle Régionale - RNR des Tourbières de Frasne-Bouverans
    • Réserve Naturelle Régionale - Tourbières de Frasne-Bouverans
    • Réserve Naturelle nationale - Lac de Remoray
    • Réserve naturelle Régionale - Seigne des Barbouillons
  • Regional (international) legal designations: 
    • EU Natura 2000
  • Last publication date: 
    01-02-2021