As of: February 27, 2024, 12:06 p.m
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Trees are currently being harvested in the forest near Grafenaschau.
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There is criticism of a felling operation by the Bavarian State Forests that is currently underway near Grafenaschau.
However, the district manager emphasizes that this is not a case of clear-cutting.
Grafenaschau
– There is always criticism of the Bavarian state forests.
For example, that the public law institution, which is owned by the Free State of Bavaria, is primarily trying to make a profit from the forest.
A cutting operation is currently underway above Grafenaschau.
A citizen, who did not want to be named, is not enthusiastic: “It is not nature-friendly if you cut massive amounts of wood there,” she thinks.
“Harvesting with moderation and purpose would be better.”
According to district manager Thomas Meixner, around 34 hectares are logged in the Angerlwald.
Approximately 3000 cubic meters (one cubic meter corresponds to one cubic meter) should be removed.
The Oberammergau forestry company has hired a local company for this purpose.
“Young trees should be given more space,” explains Meixner.
He also wants to “put the fir tree in” into any gaps that arise.
This makes the forest more climate stable.
“The fir tree copes relatively well with drought and wind,” says the district manager.
According to him, the fir tree is only present sporadically in the old growth.
The workers cut down around 80 percent of the spruce trees, with beech and larch trees being cut down to a smaller extent.
The logs are transported down to the valley using a cable car.
Citizen: It looks “catastrophic”.
The citizen mentioned also complains that the forest in question looks “catastrophic”.
“There is the biggest mess everywhere.” Meixner points out that the peaks and trunks are still being transported away.
The fact that it looks like felling work “cannot be avoided.
You won't see much of the measure in the summer."
It is also not a case of clear-cutting.
“Actually, we should have done more.” According to him, ten cubic meters per hectare grow back every year.
What is felled now will easily grow back in ten years.
The question that still remains is what the bottom line will be for the state forests as a result of the cutting measure.
Meixner emphasizes that he can't say anything about contracts.
But if you assume a wood price of 100 euros per cubic meter of spruce, you end up with 300,000 euros.
However, the contract with the timber company could have been concluded a long time ago, when other prices were still being quoted.
The work was put out to tender.
The Bavarian State Forests achieved a significant increase in sales of around 25 percent in the 2023 financial year compared to the previous year.
It amounted to around 511 million euros (previous year: around 407 million euros).
The annual surplus amounted to around 68 million euros (previous year: 5.3 million euros).
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