In the district of Starnberg, the course is set for more nature conservation

Created: 07/07/2022, 14:07

District Administrator Stefan Frey (from left) congratulates the new nature conservation wardens Herbert Gebauer, Jürgen Slawisch, Petra Trauner, Franz Pommer and Robert Weiß together with the head of the environmental protection department Stephan Hinze and the employees Lea Schlageter and Ursula Madeker.

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Starnberg - There are five new voluntary employees of the nature conservation watch in the district of Starnberg.

They come from Weßling, Gilching, Neuried, Andechs and Herrsching and are intended to inform citizens with a great deal of sensitivity about how to treat nature with care.

As reported by the Starnberg district office, the lower nature conservation authority can count five new volunteers on the nature conservation watch as of today.

Jürgen Slawisch from Weßling, Herbert Gebauer from Gilching, Franz Pommer from Neuried, Petra Trauner from Andechs and Robert Weiß from Herrsching were appointed nature conservation wardens by District Administrator Stefan Frey.

The nature conservation watch in the district of Starnberg now consists of a total of 13 people who work up to 25 hours a month on a voluntary basis.

“I am pleased that we can entrust this task to people who are in the middle of their lives and come from very different professional backgrounds.

Dealing with people and addressing the need to treat our nature and landscape with care will be an essential part of the tasks.

You also need a lot of tact.”

Training at the Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management

The new nature conservation guards recently successfully completed the relevant training at the Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management.

The training consists of an online course day and a one-week face-to-face course and ends with a final exam.

Jürgen Slawisch and Robert Weiß will soon complete additional training as beaver advisors.

In addition to their work as nature conservation guards, the two will therefore also be active in the beaver advisory service in the Starnberg district.

This means that there will be a total of five voluntary beaver advisors in the Starnberg district in the future.

Nature conservationists provide information and report changes in nature

The nature conservation guards are a valuable help in the field for the lower nature conservation authority. The tasks of the members of the nature conservation guard are diverse.

This includes activities such as educating, advising and informing local citizens, reporting changes in nature, helping to look after protected areas and biotopes and species protection measures.

They also keep an eye on compliance with existing regulations and nature conservation requirements.

In particular, they should help to shape the relationship between the authority and the citizens as a personal reinforcement in nature.

The members of the nature conservation guard are members of the lower nature conservation authority in the field during the exercise of their service, support them and are allowed to carry out official acts in their area.