Nature Interpretation Plan for High
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Nature interpretation plan for High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago - to communicate the Ice age and land uplift Text: Malin Henriksson and Anna Carlemalm Translation: Lingsoft Layout: Consid Communication and KMG Turku Cover image: Malin Henriksson Published in 2020 by County Administrative Board of Västernorrland and Parks and Wildlife Finland Lystra - awareness and activities in the World Heritage Site High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago The EU-funded transboundary Interreg Botnia-Atlantica project Lystra developed the High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site in the time period of 1.1.2018–31.12.2020. The project produced a nature interpretation plan, updated the knowledge on the geological values of the Site and classified them, produced digital solutions and renewed the pedagogical material on the World Heritage Site. Project Lystra’s lead beneficiary was Parks & Wildlife Finland, and other beneficiaries were the rest of the project partners: County Administrative Board of Västernorrland (Sweden), Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) and City of Vaasa in Finland. Project’s total budget was 1,38 million euros. Besides the EU-funding, the other providers of funds in Finland were the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, Association of the World Heritage Site of Kvarken Archipelago, and Visit Vaasa/ the City of Vaasa. In Sweden, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the municipalities of Örnsköldvik and Kramfors funded the project. 3 INTERPRETATION PLAN Contents Abstract ................................................................. 7 1. Introduction ......................................................9 What is nature interpretation?.......................................................................................... 9 1.1 Purpose .........................................................................................................................................10 The most important World Heritage values in the High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago ......................................................................11 1.2 How the plan is to be used .............................................................................................. 12 1.3 Hands-on for those in a hurry ....................................................................................... 14 2. Main theme and subthemes .........................15 2.1 Main theme ................................................................................................................................18 2.2 Subthemes ................................................................................................................................. 21 Traces of the ice ........................................................................................................................22 Land uplift and the impact of the sea ...................................................................... 25 One World Heritage Site - so different ...................................................................... 28 Biodiversity of the World Heritage Site ......................................................................31 Humans and land uplift ...................................................................................................... 33 Discovery and research ....................................................................................................... 36 The World Heritage idea..................................................................................................... 38 3. Target groups ..................................................41 3.1 Target groups of the nature interpretation plan ........................................... 41 3.2 Accessibility .............................................................................................................................44 4. Places for nature interpretation ...................45 4.1 Nature interpretation today: Starting point for planning ......................46 High Coast ...................................................................................................................................46 Kvarken Archipelago ..............................................................................................................47 4.2 Geographical demarcation ...........................................................................................48 4.3 General information on the selected sites ........................................................49 How place descriptions should be used ................................................................... 51 4.4 High Coast .................................................................................................................................. 53 Smaller regional centres .................................................................................................... 53 Mosjön............................................................................................................................................ 54 Skeppsmalen ............................................................................................................................ 54 Gullvik Recreation Area ...................................................................................................... 55 Trysunda Nature Reserve ..................................................................................................56 4 INTERPRETATION PLAN Skuleskogen National Park ...............................................................................................57 Skuleberget Nature Reserve ............................................................................................58 Ulvön islands ............................................................................................................................. 59 Mjältön island ............................................................................................................................ 59 Norrfällsviken and Storsand, Villmyran and Ramberget Nature Reserves .................................................................................60 Högklinten Nature Reserve ............................................................................................... 61 Stortorget and Mannaminne ........................................................................................... 61 Bönhamn ...................................................................................................................................... 62 Högbonden Nature Reserve ............................................................................................ 63 Barsta .............................................................................................................................................64 Rotsidan Nature Reserve ...................................................................................................64 Storön Nature Reserve ........................................................................................................ 65 Valkallen ....................................................................................................................................... 65 Hornöberget ...............................................................................................................................66 Smitingen Nature Reserve ................................................................................................66 4.5 Kvarken Archipelago .......................................................................................................... 67 Villages and harbours on the mainland ....................................................................67 Kummelskär, Mickelsörarna islands ..........................................................................68 Västerö Hiking Trail ................................................................................................................69 Valsörarna islands ..................................................................................................................69 Svedjehamn, around Bodvattnet and Saltkaret ................................................ 70 Klobbskat and Kikanberget ..............................................................................................72 Björkö-Panike Hiking Trail, Vargis and Björkören ................................................72 Sommarö ......................................................................................................................................73 Kvarken Visitor Centre World Heritage Gateway and Replot bridge ....................................................................................................................74 Terranova ......................................................................................................................................75 Fäliskäret (Rönnskär) ...........................................................................................................76 Molpehällorna............................................................................................................................ 77 5. Implementation of the plan ..........................78 5.1 Administration, finances and priorities ............................................................... 78 Priorities ....................................................................................................................................... 80 5.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................81