Softwood floodplains Riverside path Wasserwirtschaftsamt Landshut Shallow water zone Regierung von Niederbayern A joint project of the Wasserwirtschaftsamt Landshut (Water Management Authority of Landshut) and the Regierung von Gravel bank Niederbayern (Regional Government of Lower Bavaria). And the winner is … Partially funded by Isar The measures are primarily designed to increase the eco- Sample cross section of the logical value of the Isar River re-naturalised Isar River and its floodplains Titel Univers 65 in an effort to create natu- Bayerisches Staats- Bayerischer Landkreis Stadt Dingolfing Stadt Landau ministerium für Umwelt Naturschutzfonds Dingolfing-Landau (City of an der Isar ral habitats for species of Untertitel Univers 55 und Verbraucherschutz (Bavarian Nature (District of Dingolfing) (City of Landau (Bavarian State Ministry Conservation Fund) Dingolfing-Landau) on the Isar) animals and plants. What for the Environment and Objectives & Measures Consumer Protection) is more, the human popula- and the EU support programme LIFE Nature. tion will benefit as well, as Subject area of water these measures will afford them a more attractive river • Recreation of richly structured embankments landscape and more direct LIFE Nature Project • Development of gravel banks and shallow water zones access to the river, allowing • Restoration of undeveloped embankments them to enjoy the river with River Project number – LIFE14 NAT/DE/000278 • Creation of semi-natural shore and channel structures all of their senses. Overall, • Ecological enhancement of a rubble drain a win-win solution – for man Experience • Semi-natural design of an existing floodplain channel and nature. • New creation of an Isar branch Isar www.flusserlebnis-isar.de • Recreation and optimisation of floodplain waters Publisher: Wasserwirtschaftsamt Landshut, an agency under the direc- tion of Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Subject are of wood Verbraucherschutz, Seligenthaler Str. 12, 84034 Landshut E-mail: [email protected] • Conversion of thick floodplain shrubs to tiered floodplain Rare species of freshwater fish such Design: alma grafica UG, www.almagrafica.de forests Print: die Umweltdruckerei, www.dieumweltdruckerei.de as the common barbel, Photo credits: Wolfgang Lorenz, Klaus Leidorf • Development and optimisation of hardwood and softwood bird species populat- Last update: April 2016 floodplain forests that are typical for the location ing floodplain forests © Wasserwirtschaftsamt Landshut, all rights reserved • Recreation of hardwood and softwood floodplain forests such as the collared flycatcher or the flora Printed on 100 % recycled paper • Rehabilitation of pollard willows of the floodplain mead- This publication is issued free of charge as a public relations instrument by the State Government of Bavaria. ows including such It must neither be used by parties nor by election candidates or election workers for campaign purposes dur- ing the five-month period leading up to an election. 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Call +49 89 122220 or write an email to [email protected] to request information material and brochures and learn more about current topics and Internet resources or obtain information on agencies, responsible authorities and contacts at the State Government of Bavaria. waters, but also in an effort River Experience to reclaim land and generate Facts worth knowing Isar – the name power. about the project says it all! Today, the river is only allowed to flow freely in the area im- Official project title: Project management: Restoration of the river Isar and Wasserwirtschaftsamt Landshut mediately below the barrages. to a more natural state in the ing, Landau on the Isar and its floodplains in the region of and the Regional Government The Isar River – there is The gravel banks and islands, context of the EU-sponsored Plattling and ends into the the lower Isar valley of Lower Bavaria in their capac- hardly another river that is the branches, the bank scars LIFE project. Danube River opposite the ity as Höhere Naturschutzbe- tied so closely to the history and floodplain waters that City of Deggendorf. Brief title: hörde and tradition of Bavaria: it is used to be typical for this river To allow everyone to experi- River Experience Isar General management and and will remain the river of have disappeared or deterio- ence the Isar River with all The participants in the LIFE Applicant and lead partner: operative execution: the Bavarian people. rated, severely decimating the of their senses and, at the project have picked seven Bayerisches Staatsministerium Wasserwirtschaftsamt Landshut flora and fauna. The river has same time, give nature back sub-territories between Loich- für Umwelt und Verbraucher- supported by external project The Isar has always been con- turned from a vital line of our a piece of river landscape that ing and Ettling on the lower Current state of the fortified and straightened Isar River in Dingolfing schutz, first joint LIFE project un- management services sidered “torrential”, wild and homeland to a mere barrier is alive and vibrant – this is reach of the Isar River that are dertaken by the Naturschutz- und Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung in Project budget: dangerous. Not surprising – and alien element. our objective. supposed to serve as step- Bayern approx. EUR 6.4 million, making given that its flood waters ping stones that will eventu- it the largest LIFE project in have always had the capacity The time has now come to re- Project area following the ally form the ecological back- Project partners partially Bavaria to date to administer sudden hardship store the river to its old glory. stepping stone principle bone of the river landscape. Sub-territory Ettling co-sponsoring the project: and destruction to the nearby Together with numerous part- Together they span an area Bayerischer Naturschutz fonds, EU funding: Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau, The portion of LIFE nature fund- population. ners and supporters from the Stretching along a length of approx. 700 ha. Sub-territory Landau II Stadt Dingolfing, Stadt Landau ing that originates from the EU Since the mid-19th century the region, the Wasserwirtschafts- of 295 km, the Isar River is a. d. Isar support programme is 60 % Lower Isar has been fortified, amt Landshut and the Re- the fourth longest river in straightened, embanked and, gierung von Nieder bayern in Bavaria. The lower reach of Project duration: finally, converted into a chain their capa city as Höhere Natur- the river flows through the Sub-territory Landau I October of 2015 to December of 2022 of reservoirs, primarily for the schutz behörde have teamed cities of Landshut, Dingolf- Sub-territory Goben purpose of taming its flood up to restore the Isar River Sub-territory Mamming Sub-territory Dingolfing The territories of Landau II and Ettling see the development of a mosaic that is composed Sub-territory Loiching of floodplain forests, blossomy meadows and bodies of standing water that are a common phenomenon in floodplains. The stepping stones off Mamming and Goben offer great potential for developing floodplains with original hardwood and softwood floodplains and diverse floodplain waters. In the territories of Loiching, Dingolfing Model: Isar and Landau I the re-naturalisation of the re-naturalisation channelled Isar is put front and centre. near Landau.