We are preparing the complex restoration of Vojcianske side arm
We are changing pipe culverts to frame culverts. We are following with this activity on Vojcianske side arm
Fish monitoring is currently ongoing on the Veľkolelské side arm
After we restored the arm in 2013 and dug another inflow channel last year, it is necessary to check the species composition of the fish. And that is happening right now – experts, ichthyologists from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Comenius University are conducting such monitoring these days. They catch, identify, measure and…
Near the airport, we are dealing with the largest ground squirrel rescue capture
It is not any news that the largest population of ground squirrels in Slovakia lives at the Bratislava airport. Well, these squirrels naturally also run into the open countryside from there, and the mowed grass meadows between the technical buildings provide them good living space.
Conservationists, water managers and fishermen released 20,000 small sturgeon into the Danube
On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, a total of 20,000 small sturgeon juveniles were released into the Danube as part of the LIFE Living Rivers project. Sturgeons were released in three localities of their natural habitat – below the Čunovo dam, near the village of Sap and on Veľkololéský ostrov. Direct release of sturgeon fry into our rivers is one of the tools to strengthen the populations of this endangered fish species.
When grazing is succesfull
For several years now, we have successfully grazed sheep and donkeys at Devín Castle, and this year we managed to expand the pasture to the Devín castle Rock – which is located in the southern part, directly under the walls.
Together with municipality we are restoring grazing in Spišské Podhradie
Sheep grazing has a long-term tradition in Spiš, and for its restoration in the meadows of Spišské Podhradie, several entities sterted to cooperate – the conservation association BROZ, the Administration of the Slovak Raj National Park, the city of Spišské Podhradie, and the Bishopric of Spišské with its seat in Spišské Podhradie at the Spišská Kapitula.
The sheep have arrived to Spiš, so that we will soon restore grazing for ground squirrel there
On Monday, sheep of our original breed – valaška – traveled to Spiš to get to know the new barn and meet the shepherd. As early as next week, we are going to release them at a beautiful location, on a meadow near Spišské Podhradie with a view of UNESCO location Spišský hrad.
Visiting Pannonian root voles with our stakeholders
In September 2022, the first Microtus II study tour, previously postponed due to the pandemic was finally organized. Together with our stakeholders, we explored the wetlands of Balaton-felvidéki National Park in Hungary. Around Lake Balaton
Microtus II team networked in the Netherlands
The project team (BROZ and PRIF UK) headed to explore the Netherlands in September 2022. The reason is that a relative of the pannonian root vole lives here. Another endemic subspecies – Microtus oeconomus arenicola has found a refuge there after the ice age.
The ground squirrels woke up a month earlier due to the warming
This is also the reality of a cliamte change. Ground squirrels wake up every year in the middle to the end of March, which is about a month from now. This year, several localities report us that they have woken up and have already moved through their burrows, which means they have been awake for about a week.