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Outaouais Environmental Campus (known as Eco Echo), the non-profit environmental organization based in Wakefield (LaPeche) Quebec, was established on March 19, 2008 under the Quebec Company Act, Part lll (L.R.Q., Chap. C-38, art. 218). As of December 2009 the board members were Eric Corneau, President; Christopher Minnes, Vice-President and Reina Lahtinen. The organization has a 20-year lease on a 160-acre site from the Minnes Family where it fulfills its primary mandate to develop environmental education and cultural programming. Its mission includes: 1) Preservation of the natural, historical and cultural heritage of the Outaouais region of Québec 2) Establishing, maintaining and managing protected areas and nature reserves including those with features of natural, scientific, environmental, historical or cultural value, and to encourage scientific research and educational services and 3) Educating the public on the conservation and preservation of the landscape, ecology and wildlife.