Since its creation in 2006, the Allier Sauvage Association has been working to preserve the Allier River, a major ecological corridor and migratory route of European interest, by seeking to reconcile this preservation with appropriate human activities, for the primary benefit of the areas through which it flows. Although the association is interested in the whole of the Allier basin, it is particularly mobilised in the alluvial part of its course. Allier Sauvage considers the northern part of the Allier valley (from Villeneuve-sur-Allier to Apremont-sur-Allier, between Moulins and the Bec d'Allier) to be the richest sector in terms of biodiversity and landscape, but also in terms of local life linked to the river. This is particularly noteworthy in this sector, which is not protected by a nature reserve and where much of the agricultural activity has remained compatible with the preservation of its environmental riches. That's why, faced with the human pressures that threaten this rare and precious balance, in particular the expansion of irrigated agriculture and the growing popularity of canoeing and kayaking, the Association has decided to concentrate its efforts on the northern Allier valley and to strengthen its presence there by creating the Maison de l'Allier sauvage in Villeneuve-sur-Allier (see attached document).

The project of the Allier Sauvage Association is an interesting proposal that can be integrated into the IRC-SAE (CAP 20-25) approach to sustainable agro-systems, and more specifically into Axis 4 "Integration of agro-systems in territories".

Discussions have led to the creation of a scientific council and the definition of a first phase of work to draw up an inventory of agricultural activity in the Val d'Allier Nord, based on a descriptive inventory of farms describing their type of activity, their economic balance, their integration into the territory and their potential impact on the environment.The perimeter of this inventory has yet to be defined according to various criteria: topography, flood zone, alluvial water table.