Project: The Mixed Intercommunal Syndicate of Gestion du Buch and its Tributaries (Le Syndicat Mixte Intercommunautaire de Gestion du Buch et de ses Affluents, SMIGIBA) handles the ecological management of the purification and the protection against floods of the rivers of the Buch valley in the Hautes-Alpes. Since 2011, our association, Les Villages des Jeunes, has organized several international workcamps in partnership with the technical team of SMIGIBAwhile working to conserve riverbanks and encourage the local population to get involved with river preservation. Work: In 2014, a project will take place to maintain the Buch river vegetation, in between Montmaur and Chabestan. This project will take care of the clearing the riverbanks, pruning small trees, and removing blockages in the river bed. Given the floods and the seasonal snow melts that occur during the winter, the task will be to eventually restore the sections of the banks that have been damaged. This restoration will be brought about using plant-based engineering techniques: seeding, planting shrubs, creating reinforcements out of branches. Thanks to the experts of SMIGIBA, this workcamp will allow you to discover trades linked to environmental preservation of the environment and the aquatic environment and to reflect on the management of rivers and streams. Leisure activities: Your free time will be an opportunity to participate in local events, to organize hikes and bivouacs in the surrounding areas and to visit the region. Accommodation: in tents on a campground of at the Farm of Fa, in 4 to 5 person dormitories Location: Veynes, 25 km from Gap Nearest train station: Veynes Devoluy