A day of awareness on the Lot and its environment, a central watercourse of the city of Mende

Une sortie en raft pour découvrir le Lot et ses endroits inaccessibles à pied. Midi Libre – Lucas Manouvrier

The ’Lot à la bouche" event, organized this Saturday, May 25, 2024 in Mende, made it possible to highlight all aspects of this watercourse to the general public .

The Lot was at the center of attention, this Saturday, May 25, 2024, on the occasion of "Lot à la bouche". Throughout the day, activities allowed the public to discover this watercourse in all its aspects: history, biodiversity, functioning, role, ecology, etc.

"What we realize is that when we organize this type of event, the people who come are already convinced and sensitized, explains Guillaume Canar, director of the Lot Dourdou joint union, who initiated the project. The objective of "Lot to mouth" was therefore to bring new people by focusing on the playful and artistic aspect." To do this, the mixed union contacted the Real CPIE de Lozère, a network which brings together associations and stakeholders in environmental education.

Timéo and Corentin showed patience when fishing for minnows in the Lot. Midi Libre – Lucas Manouvrier

Fishing for minnows

Around the Mirandol stadium, the youngest were able to learn about coarse fishing, under the eye of Grégory Richard, responsible for activities at the federation of fishing, and teenage members of the Balsièges and Mende fishing clubs. Corentin and Timéo, aged 9 and 10 respectively, were over the moon: "We caught five fish!" Small minnows that were placed in an aquarium before being released.

The artist Grumo created this fresco with the help of ten high school girls and their plastic arts teacher. Midi Libre – Lucas Manouvrier

Meanwhile, the artist and graffiti artist Grumo inaugurated his fresco created on the stadium locker rooms with the help of ten students from the Notre-Dame high school in plastic arts option. "We are super happy to have participated in this project", smiled Alice and Nina, high school students involved. For his part, Grumo thanked the students for their investment: "All their ideas inspired me and allowed me to achieve this final result." It was also the high school girls who traced the outlines of the fresco before Grumo added the color.

Nothing better than being on a boat to discover the secrets of the Lot. Midi Libre – Lucas Manouvrier

A boat trip

Who says Lot, says river and above all navigation. The public was able to enjoy a one and a half hour outing on a raft, from Mirandol to Bressal, to be as close as possible to the water. With the theme of fauna and flora. "This walk completely changes the perception we have of Lot, testifies Charles Duterte, employee of Alepe and host of the exit. There are Mendois who have difficulty finding their way in certain places." Portions usually inaccessible on foot but which travel thanks to the current.

And a current that finally took the audience to the last location of the event in the afternoon: Wunsiedel Park. There, people were able to taste Lozère waters from the "water bar" and try to distinguish them. Or take a quiz and listen to tales about water. All in a festive spirit.

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