Protect nature, inform visitors
Created: 05/09/2022, 07:02
Jackets as distinguishing features of the Nature Guides (from left): Klaus Götzl (gwt), district administrator Stefan Frey, Paul Wiecha, gwt boss Christoph Winkelkötter, Christian Jorda and the district chairman of the farmers' association, Georg Zankl.
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The district's so-called Nature Guides are starting their second season.
Those responsible made it clear on Saturday that the action of the 18 citizens in forests, meadows and at lakes is still necessary.
District
- It's back to nature - for locals, tourists and day visitors, as well as for the 18 so-called Nature Guides of the district of Starnberg.
Charming, friendly and competent, they should patrol through popular excursion areas and ensure that certain rules on behavior and nature conservation are observed.
There are new assignments at Maisinger See this season.
Last year, the citizens commissioned by the Society for Economic and Tourism Development (gwt) were out and about for the first time.
They are recognizable by their uniform jackets and backpacks, have a special ID with them and lots of information material.
"It's not a uniform," said District Administrator Stefan Frey at the press conference on Saturday.
"But an identifier that makes people recognize you."
Looking at the past year, Frey described the project as "profitable".
The guides had been on the road for around 700 hours and had more than 1000 discussions.
Pleasing: The amount of rubbish left behind has decreased and the number of hits on the Nature Guides website at www.starnbergammersee.de has increased, as Klaus Götzl from gwt reported.
"Around two-thirds of tourism turnover is generated here by day visitors," said Götzl.
“We don’t want to drive away the day visitors.
We just want to preserve our natural beauty in the district. ”There are quite a few people who don't care much about the rules.
Even car tyres, broken surfboards and electrical cables that are no longer needed were disposed of in forests and meadows.
Paul Wiecha is one of the nature guides.
Its area extends from the north station in Starnberg over the Leutstettener Moos to the district border to Munich.
He rides his e-bike there on weekends and public holidays.
90 percent of people are understanding as soon as he speaks to them, he said.
However, there are others.
"Once someone pushed me into the hedge," he said.
The person had been out and about in the protected area with a free-roaming dog and had shown no insight.
Götzl also had a lot to tell: "Barrier tapes are being torn down and cyclists are thundering through the prairie." The regular presence of the nature guides is needed, said gwt boss Christoph Winkelkötter.
It is the constant drop that leads to success.
The supervisory area at Maisinger See is new this year.
Christian Jorda wants to run up and down there in the summer.
Georg Zankl, district chairman of the farmers' association, welcomed the action.
"Many people park on the agricultural paths," he said, also with a view of Lake Maising.
“We farmers will then no longer be able to get through.
It's our work, people should be considerate."
The district and gwt are planning a further extension of the project together with their partners, including the farmers' association and the Bund Naturschutz.
In the future, guided tours through nature will also be offered, during which beautiful places will be shown and rules will be taught.
Anyone interested in becoming a nature guide should send an email to goetzl@starnbergammersee.de.
People are still being sought, especially for the area around Tutzing.
The hourly wage is 15 euros.
Vanessa Long