What does the ground squirrel team do while ground squirrels sleep?
The ground squirrel team is working hard on clearing the beautiful, grike ground squirrel field in Tisovec, abundant with rocks and biodiversity.
The ground squirrels are sleeping. What does our team do in the meantime?
Our team is definitely not sitting idle, they’re running over the sleeping ground squirrels’ heads and working on clearing future pastures. For example, on the Muránska plain. You surely know the ground squirrel site Biele vody, which is very popular for the purpose of observing and “feeding” ground squirrels, sort of like a ground squirrel safari.
It’s not only farmers helping the ground squirrels, but also vice versa.
For example in the Tisovský kras area:
A local farm has also recently had its grike fields excluded from subsidies. This story is familiar to many farmers and can shuffle the financial stability of many of them.
Restoration of the lower Vojčianske side arm
Rehabilitation of the water regime of the lower Vojčianske side arm is our biggest restoration in the area of the Danube inland delta so far. That’s why it deserved a short video contribution.
We continued to clear the pastures in Beckovské skalice.
We didn’t sit idle even this winter and continued to clear meadows and former pasture forests in the natural reserve Beckovské skalice from overgrown shrubs.
The members of the project steering committee met again after a year
On Wednesday, November 29, a meeting of the project steering committee members took place. Thirteen participants attended the meeting, including seven members of the steering committee. Together, we visited the successful implementation of project activities in Čiližské močiare.
SCI Čiližské močiare just got a new “pond.”
Competition for water is high in the Danubian Lowland, especially during spring and summer. During those seasons, the water from the melioration canals is used to irrigate the surrounding fields.
Helping farmers means helping biodiversity
This weekend, we were once again restoring grazing at Drieňové. In cooperation with a local farmer, staff from the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area, and volunteers, we cleared an overgrown pasture near the village of Petrovce, removing invasive shrubs and black locust trees.
Danube Gates – where did they lead and why are they closed?
Those who knew the Danube and its branch system before the construction of the Gabčíkovo waterworks, knew what the so-called Danube gates are and where they are located. Of course, they were not real gates, but just a name for the connection of the main flow of the Danube and its branch systems.
Together with a local shepherdess, we take care of the protected area near Topoľčany
One of the more than a hundred locations where we have restored grazing so far is the Dolné lazy protected area. It is located at the southeastern foothills of Považský Inovec above the small village of Závada. It consists of famous orchid meadows with a lot of junipers, which gradually disappeared in the shade of…