We started with spring capture of ground squirrels
Over the weekend we started with capture of ground squirrels at the Bratislava airport, these days we are continuing in the Slovak Kras and the Muránska planina will follow.
We are feeding ground squirrels, we are preparing catches
In recent days, our volunteers have been going to the Bratislava airport to feed the ground squirrels. Every roughly 20-30 meters they throw a little sunflower to get them used to going to these places. We are planning to catch ground squirrels there and transport them to other locations in order to strengthen several populations in southern and western Slovakia.
Apálsky ostrov Island – Forest reserve at the confluence of rivers
National Nature Reserve Apálsky ostrov with 5th the highest degree of protection represents one of the exceptional and rare project sites of BROZ. This area with surface of 85.97 ha was declared in 1954 to ensure the protection of unique communities of willow-poplar floodplain forest.
A page connecting farmers is almost finished
A website that promotes farmers who manage their land in an environmentally friendly way and connects them with buyers of their products is almost finished. The site, called Krajina živá, will be launched soon, and farmers who practice extensive grazing—keeping fewer animals or grazing over large areas—will be able to join gradually. In this way, they contribute to the biodiversity of the agricultural landscape.
Ground squirrels qre waking up
From several ground squirrels localities in Slovakia, they tell us that the squirrels are waking up.
Even Pannonian root vole has the boundaries
On the borders of ÚEV Čiližské močiare, the home to a large population of the Pannonian root vole, we planted a tree line of hawthorns, oaks and alders and completed it with an agate stakes.
The volunteer’s actions are continued on Veľký Kopec
In the middle of February, the volunteers had met to help again the pasture species in Site of Community Importance Veľký Kopec. The locality is known by the occurrence of steppe and forest-steppe habitats.
Connection of wetlands by Čiližský potok brook restoration
As part of the LIFE Microtus II project, we will modify the end of the Čiližský potok brook so it will flow freely and create new wetlands on an area of approximately 40 hectares.
We were working hard on Pieskovcové chrbty
We are trying to restore grazing to the Pieskovcové chrbty locality, which will be crucial for the protection of rare species. So far, we are at least cleaning and removing air raids.
Restoration of Svarkovica protected area in cooperation with PLA Strážovské vrchy administration
Pine trees and spruce trees gradually overgrew even the territory of Svarkovica prtected area. The shading and acid fallout of needles increasingly changed the ecological factors of the environment, and without human intervention, the rare habitat and the species bound to it would gradually disappear even from this hotspot of biodiversity.