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Dec 10, 2024

3000 Trees

More than 3,000 trees were planted in four project areas at the end of November. This action was part of the “forest conversion” measure, in which monotonous spruce forest is converted into species-rich deciduous forest.

Dec 05, 2024

Save the date!!!

The team of the LIFE project “Patches & Corridors” is organizing an international symposium with the title “Violet Copper, climate change and nature conservation” on 22 and 23 May 2025. The presentations will focus on the occurrence of Lycaena helle in different regions of Europe and perspectives on butterfly conservation in the context of climate change. Two excursions will lead to typical habitats of the Violet Copper in the Northern Eifel. The event will be held in two languages (German and English) and will be simultaneously translated by an interpreter. The venue will be the Aukloster in Monschau (Aachen region).

Nov 18, 2024

100 trees planted by Imgenbroich and Rotary Club

On the initiative of the Rotary Club Monschau-Nordeifel, 100 trees were planted last Saturday. The club had called on the citizens of Monschau-Imgenbroich to gather at the edge of the village near the Tränkhof in the morning.

Sep 23, 2024

Primary school children find their oaks again

In the fall of 2022, the primary school pupils of the second grade of the KGS Höfen-Mützenich buried previously collected acorns in the soil of a cutting site at the Kluckbach. The land was purchased as part of the “Patches & Corridors” LIFE project, and the spruce trees growing there had been felled...

Sep 23, 2024

Hand mowing at the Belgenbach

At Belgenbach, there was a lot of activity on grassland, that had been left to itself for decades. Formerly used meadows and pastures that have now fallen into disuse cannot always be reached by agricultural machinery. The access roads are too narrow or overgrown for modern tractors. Even...

Sep 13, 2024

Exchange of expertise with the authorities

Last Thursday, an exchange of information took place at the Biological Station StädteRegion Aachen. The employees of the two LIFE projects “Amphibienverbund” and “Patches & Corridors” welcomed the responsible employees of the Lower Nature Conservation Authority, the Department 51 of the Cologne District Government and the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport NRW.

May 24, 2024

Tree trunks ride a cable car

The Belgenbach valley is sometimes steep and has only a few passable paths. However, the forest conversion envisaged in the project requires the felling and removal of the non-native spruce trees. More complex, unconventional methods have to be used for this, but they also offer some advantages.