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Apr 23, 2021

Eifel3TV reports about "Patches&Corridors"

The Internet TV channel "Eifel3TV" has reported about our project and wants to accompany us in the future...

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Mar 26, 2021

Against natural succession

Meadows and pastures are usually cultivated habitats; they have to be mown by humans or grazed by cattle. If these activities are stopped, sooner or later woody plants will grow and the areas will develop into forest.

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Jan 11, 2021

Butterfly of the year 2021

"Moths" are not necessarily thought of as butterflies. They appear at night unexpectedly, quickly and more or less chaotically flying around. Thus, they fulfill the image generally expected from them of the unpleasantly disturbing and disgusting insect...

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Nov 27, 2020

Wych elms planted

In November, we planted offspring of the old wych elm from Rohren in the wild. This is linked to the hope…

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Aug 26, 2020

Rotational mowing in the National Park shows desired effect

Nature conservation can be that simple! A meadow in the Eifel region with a wealth of original flowers simply has to be...

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Aug 13, 2020

Monschau rupft(e)!

Last Saturday, in response to the call of the administration of Monschau, the StädteRegion Aachen and the LIFE project "Patches & Corridors", around 40 volunteers got together to fight the himalayan balsam under the motto "Monschau rupft!" ("Monschau pulls up").

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Jul 13, 2020

Scythe and hayrack

On Saturday 11th July the "Scythe Course" organised by the LIFE project took place in Monschau-Höfen. The speaker Jan-Roeland Vos imparted his extensive knowledge about meadow mowing with muscle power. In any case, the participants were satisfied with their work in the afternoon!

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Jul 06, 2020

Mowing wet meadows at the Tiefenbach

On Saturday, a wet meadow in the Tiefenbach valley with a particularly high amount of Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) has been mown.

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Jun 10, 2020

Sown seeds of the wych elm are growing

On May 18 we picked seeds from the lower branches of the old wych elm in Rohren. Two small but full bags of seeds were selected in the evening for well developed seed fruits...

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Jan 16, 2020

Measures implemented in the area of alluvial forest development

We had actually imagined the beginning of the forest restructuring differently. It was planned to remove about 4 hectares of spruce forest in winter 2019/20 on the slopes of the Rur valley. The extreme bark beetle infestation throughout Germany put a damper on our plans. At the moment we found neither a forestry company for felling nor a sawmill for processing. The processing of damaged wood has priority.

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