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The national park is one of the most popular excursion and tourist regions in Bavaria. Over 9,000 hectares of flora and fauna are protected. Details of the work can be found in the new annual report.
Bare slopes, masses of damaged wood - the bark beetle hit Saxony's forests hard from 2018 to 2020. Now the situation is calmer, the trend is downwards. But how long will the recovery last?
Saxony launches a large-scale reforestation program in the state forest. But extreme weather conditions and a shortage of seeds are causing problems.
Working in nature with visible success at the end of the day - the forestry profession is booming. But the coveted training places are limited.
Saxon wood is in great demand: whether for furniture, veneers or musical instruments - the best logs are offered at a special auction every year. Interested parties come from far and wide.
The forest condition report for Saxony has not been a pleasant read for years. Bark beetles, storms and drought are leaving their mark - more and more trees are sick.
Some Christmas tree producers in Saxony are expecting prices to rise in 2024. Nevertheless, the Christmas tree should remain affordable for everyone.
The 2024 forest fire season shows unusual developments in Saxony. Special measures and human behavior play a decisive role.
The bark beetle situation in Saxony's forests remains tense. The early swarming of the bark beetles due to the warm weather at the end of March was unfavorable.
The bark beetle situation in Saxony's forests remains tense, with up to three generations this year and a slight increase in wood infestation.
The bark beetle situation in Saxony's forests remains tense. Warm weather favors reproduction. Water supply to the trees has a positive effect.
After a storm at the end of last year left damage in the forests of the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains, experts fear further negative effects from the bark beetle. The district announced in Pirna on Wednesday that the dead wood that had been felled served as a suitable breeding ..
A good 300 solid cubic meters of Brandenburg's finest tree trunks have been auctioned off at this year's state hardwood auction. Around 310,000 euros were realized at the auction in Groß Schönebeck, the Ministry of the Environment announced on Thursday. One bidder paid almost 2900 euros per cubic me ..
Under the slogan "Too much is too much", hundreds of farmers and foresters from several federal states protested against the federal government's budget policy in Magdeburg on Sunday afternoon. Many demonstrators drove to Magdeburg Cathedral Square on tractors, honking their horns loudly. Signs and ..
Under the slogan "Too much is too much", hundreds of farmers and foresters from several federal states protested against the federal government's budget policy in Magdeburg on Sunday afternoon. Many demonstrators drove to Magdeburg Cathedral Square on tractors, honking their horns loudly. Signs and ..
The sale of valuable timber has once again generated high proceeds for Saxony's forest owners this year. An average of 574 euros per cubic meter was paid at the timber submission, a type of auction. This was around nine percent less than in the record year of 2023, but 19 percent higher than the result in 2022.
According to the state government, Saxony's forests remain a permanent patient. "There is no all-clear in Saxony's forests. Their condition remains poor and continues to be a cause for concern. The climate crisis and bark beetle are leaving deep wounds," said Forestry Minister Wolfram Günther (Green ..
According to the state forestry company, the trees in Saxony's forests have yielded far too little seed this year to meet the demand for forest conversion. The result is "mixed to sobering", said state forestry president Utz Hempfling on Wednesday. A total of 110 kilograms of pure seed had been coll ..
The warm autumn is causing concern among Saxon forestry experts with regard to the bark beetle population. There is a high risk that the pests will survive the winter unscathed and infest new trees in the coming year, the state enterprise Saxony Forest announced on Monday. Therefore, bark beetle tre ..
The state enterprise Sachsenforst expects significant feeding damage by mice in parts of Saxony in the winter half-year.
Storms and droughts in recent years have weakened the trees in Saxony's forests. Climbing parks and climbing forests also suffer from this.