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Commitment to climate protection: Volunteers cleared parts of the Bacherner Moos of trees on Saturday.
The stacked bundles have been lashed down and will be transported away by helicopter at the end of February.
© Andrea Jaksch
Finding the right balance for wild diversity in the Bacherner Moos: The Starnberg district group of the State Association for Bird and Nature Conservation in Bavaria (LBV) is clearing part of the Bacherner Moos near Lake Wörth by the end of February.
A helicopter is also used.
Bachern
– water from above and from below: In light rain, 15 intrepid people are working in the Bacherner Moos on Saturday morning.
The group volunteers to help clear the moor of trees.
They stack branches and thin tree trunks lying around into high bundles that are later tied down and transported away.
“Moor protection is an important contribution to climate protection, which is why it is important that the areas do not continue to grow,” explains Claudius Birke, head of the LBV Starnberg office.
“The trees withdraw water from the moorland all year round and shade the ground.
Moor mineralization occurs and CO2 is emitted, which damages the environment.”
Moor protection also means species protection: highly specialized species groups are located in the Bacherner Moos, some of which are on the Red List, such as the common rush, certain types of peat moss, the stiff-leaved maidenhair, the rosemary heather and the round-leaved sundew.
Claudius Birke warns: “The peat mosses can withstand a certain amount of shading, but they disappear when the forest closes completely.
The rosemary heath and the cutting herb populations are also at risk if the area is not kept open.” With the decline of the moors, the habitat of acutely threatened animals is also at risk, such as the “blue-seed butterfly” or the marsh grasshopper, a type of grasshopper.
The LBV Starnberg district group is committed to preserving nature in the district.
“Debush removal campaigns are one of our core tasks,” says Stefan Schilling, first board member.
When it comes to maintenance measures, he sees the challenge in “finding the right balance: how much do I put out, how much do I leave in?” because: “We don’t want to create park-like landscapes.
It should be enchanted and wild, the diversity should be preserved, that’s art!”
The LBV was already active in Bacherner Moos two years ago: “The result was great.
The most difficult part, however, was the clean-up work.
We had to lay out boards; it was slippery and very difficult to get the material out,” remembers Claudius Birke.
This time we went even deeper into the center of the moor: a landscape maintenance company had initially felled trees in a two-hectare low and transitional moor area.
“The material now has to be transported several hundred meters.
Vehicles usually pull out the clippings.
“But the many tons of weight lead to compaction of the soil and the peat moss reacts sensitively to mechanical stress,” summarizes Claudius Birke.
Together with the Lower Nature Conservation Authority in the district office, the idea of using a helicopter came about.
“It’s gentle on the floor and quick.
The financial outlay is similar to that of a logging truck,” emphasizes Claudius Birke.
The flights are scheduled to take place in the last days of February, the specific date depends on the weather forecast.
“We will have around 80 bundles, each weighing up to a ton – that’s how much lifting power the helicopter has.
The bundles are flown to a neighboring meadow and then transported away and processed.”
Additional active helpers are welcome for the second clean-up date on February 24th: The meeting point is at 9 a.m. in the parking lot at the Alten Lautenbacher Hof in Bachern (registration at starnberg@lbv.de).
The LBV is also happy to have additional volunteers who can support school events, for example.
Petra Baier