Water buffalo coming soon?
First plans for Brucker Moos presented
Created: 08/05/2022, 12:46 p.m
By: Michael Seeholzer
Water buffalo like these and other large livestock will soon be grazing in the Brucker Moos.
The herd should be up to 54 animals strong.
This will start a year-round grazing project.
© Stefan Rossmann
Nature conservation authority and landscape conservation association present unusual grazing project on ecological compensation areas.
Bruck – there will be something going on in the Brucker Moos soon!
If the plans of the Lower Nature Conservation Authority and the Landscape Conservation Association become a reality - which everything looks like - water buffalo and other large cattle may soon be grazing here.
The herd should be up to 54 animals strong.
A year-round grazing project is being started on eco-compensation areas hoarded together by the Ebersberg district office, which is of this magnitude unrivaled in Bavaria.
It covers 54 hectares.
A few weeks ago, there was skepticism, especially at the Brucker water and soil association (we reported).
The fear that the moss could "drown" again due to a grazing project has obviously receded into the background, as an information evening in the Ebersberg Sparkasse hall made clear.
The Lower Nature Conservation Authority and the Landscape Conservation Association had invited to him.
Numerous farmers and hunters turned up to have the project explained to them in detail.
Concerns have surfaced about the new flow of visitors, the security that the animals remain peaceful even when they have calves, and the hunters who may no longer dare to retrieve a dead deer or fox from the gate.
After all, the fence will be eight kilometers long, reported biodiversity consultant Amelie Vießmann,
540 euros per hectare of compensation area
Morning fog over the Brucker Moos, which is already exposed to some leisure pressure.
© Stefan Rossmann
The hunt for foxes must take place, otherwise the meadow breeders, which do not yet exist, have little chance, said Karem Gomaa, chairman of the Ebersberg district group in the state hunting association.
"Unfortunately, the meadows are poor in species," admitted Vießmann verbatim.
Deer retrieval from the gate has been the subject of several inquiries.
In any case, the mood has changed.
There is an interest in participating.
The 54 hectares will be rent-free to farmers who have to take part in a tender.
A maximum of 540 euros in funding will flow per hectare.
Up to three farmers could get a turn here, it was informed, although Josef Erl from the nature conservation authority made it clear.
"We would prefer to have a single point of contact." Erl assured the farmers once again: "Third parties must not be harmed" by the project.
Animals should mow themselves
In Ebersberg, hunters and farmers were informed about the project in Brucker Moos.
© PETER KEES
Once before, an idea of the landscape conservation association together with the solidarity community “Unser Land” took off: It was the production of apple juice from fruit from local orchards.
A similar possibility could also arise with the grazing project, as Erl suggested.
Even an "own brand" could be created by marketing grass-fed beef.
The areas are neither manured nor mowed.
The cattle do this themselves, creating "a wide variety of habitats" through their behavior while grazing and helping various insect species with their dung.
The complete grazing equipment is provided by the Lower Nature Conservation Authority.
Shelters and fixed places at the drinking troughs are also included in the support package.
The water is to be taken from the Moosach.
The care of the facility is taken care of by the selected farmer or farmers.
It will start with a small area, and in three years the electric fence should cover the entire 54 hectares.
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Fear of growing leisure pressure
Max Schmidt, a hunter from Bruck, is concerned that the large-scale fence around the pasture will "push visitors to other areas where there is even greater pressure to spend free time".
Josef Rüegg from the Landscape Conservation Association assured him: "It's not about creating a new visitor hotspot here.
We want to channel the flow of visitors.” “This is new for us, we don't have a project of this magnitude in the Ebersberg district,” Erl asked for patience.
Safety was also of great concern.
Water buffalo, or any other species of cattle, are not in the mood for fun when they have calves.
This was reported by a farmer who has Galloways himself at Kastensee.
There are also hard-working beavers in the Brucker Moos who like to put on the drainage.
Farmer Martin Hutterer wanted to know what would happen if a tree fell on the pasture fence.
However, it was clear from some of the statements that there were farmers among the visitors who could well imagine taking part in the new project in Brucker Moos.
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