A citizen and resident of Frelighsburg since 1974, Danielle has been actively involved in efforts to conserve the natural environment of her region since the late 1980s. At the time, she took part in a citizen-led fight surrounding a controversial recreational tourism development project on Mount Pinacle, a natural jewel of the region.

It was in the context of this movement, in order to propose a positive solution to the conflict, that the Mount Pinacle Land Trust (Fiducie foncière du mont Pinacle, FFMP) was born in the spring of 1991— a registered charitable organization dedicated to the voluntary conservation of natural areas on private lands, to maintaining the rural character of the region in harmony with biodiversity protection, to environmental education, and to research.

A co-founder and member of the FFMP’s board of directors—where she has held several executive roles over the years—Danielle worked on the organization’s first land acquisition in 1993 and on negotiating its very first conservation easements in the early 2000s (at a time when no tax incentives yet existed). She set up recurring fundraising activities and built relationships with private donors to ensure the gradual creation of management funds, the material foundation for educational activities, and the organization’s visibility.

After serving ten years as president of the FFMP (she returned to the role from 2012 to 2022), she remains actively involved as a board member, particularly in conservation and communications files.

She joined the board of directors of Appalachian Corridor in 2023.

Alongside her passion for the natural environment, she is also an author and professional screenwriter.