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In the Municipality of Jönköping, Conservation Programme and Forestry respective area are included. The ma- many people are involved in nature Programme for the Municipality of nagement plans for the reserve are nor- conservation and outdoor . The Jönköping’s and Woodland. mally updated at least every ten years Planning Office has general re- Management plans for nature re- or as required. Several reserves are in sponsibility for , serves and other natural areas in- the process of being designated, and and the Technical Office administers clude conservation management. The the Häggeberg-Granbäck and the Municipality’s natural areas and Municipality’s General Plan sets out Kaxholmen’s deciduous woodland park areas, The Environment Office the general objectives for use, and will soon be protected as nature reser- manages nature conservation in wa- conservation on a smaller scale is regu- ves. In total, one third of the ’s ter environments. Fritid Jönköping lated in detailed plans. reserves lie within the Municipality of coordinates outdoor life and main- The Municipality of Jönköping ad- Jönköping, 40 of the county’s 120. But tains long-distance and the ministers nine nature reserves. These more reserves are needed. Education Department works with are Domneån, Dumme mosse, Taberg, Many positive things have happened nature education. Municipal Strömsberg, Rosenlunds bankar, in recent years as regards nature con- work often involves input in nature Rocksjön, Bondberget and Vista kulle. servation and outdoor matters in the and outdoor life. The Municipality Rocksjön and Strömsberg were inau- municipality. cooperates with open-air, outdoor and gurated by the Municipality, while • We have made an inventory of trees interest organisations in the Nature the others were inaugurated by the worthy of protection throughout Conservation Group which meets on . the Municipality in cooperation average once each month. Management advisory groups have with the County Administrative Our most important document in been formed for Taberg, Bondberget, Board. In total, about 26,000 trees this work is Programme for Sustainable Rocksjön and Strömsberg, where were included in this inventory. Development – Environment, Nature various interested parties in each • Urban areas close to natural areas

148 have been surveyed as regards key • We participate in the improvement habitats. We have many valuable of Vättern brooks for better envi- biotypes, mostly woodland on ronment, and we remove impe- steep terrain and old oak trees with diments to assist the migration of tree-living lichens. salmon trout, grayling and river • Management plans and measures lamprey. for nature conservation and out- • The Rocksjön with door life are established in many its marsh woodland and wetland urban areas, for example, the which is situated in the middle Vattenledning area and Junebäcken of Jönköping was inaugurated in in Jönköping, the Huskvarnaån 2010 by the Municipality. river and Stensholmskärret in • The Municipality is one of the Huskvarna. principals for the area of • Some twenty LONA projects Östra Vätterbranterna – appointed (Local Nature Conservation input by UNESCO in 2012 – a biosphere projects) have been implemented or area shall be a model area for sus- are ongoing in the form of restora- tainable development. tion of natural environments. • Work with more nature-friendly management methods has commenced, including through continuity forestry, such as the Lübeck method.

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