Life to Ad(D)Mire

Life to Ad(D)Mire

Life to ad(d)mire Restoration of wetlands and mires in seven counties The project Life to ad(d)mire has during 2010-2015 restored 35 drained and overgrown wetlands and mires in seven counties. LIFE The restoration has meant that the ground water level has been LIFE is the EU's restored, which ensures a continuing favourable conservation environmental fund, from status for the plants and animals dependent on this environment. which projects are financed to protect and Cover photograph: County Administrative Boards, Peter Jonsson. manage the natural and environmental areas of Europe. The objective for the specific programmes Nature and Biological diversity and Published by Environmental programme The County Administrative Board of Jämtland is to contribute to the implementation of EU policies Compiled by and legislation for nature and biological diversity as well as Lisa Tenning promoting integration with other areas of policy. Text Lisa Tenning Natura 2000 Natura 2000 was created by Photo the EU to stop County Administrative Boards, Thomas Holmberg, Bergslagsbild AB the eradication of animals and plants and to prevent the disturbance of their Printing habitats. Taberg Media Group Every EU member country must protect its valuable nature Serial number through Natura 2000 and 2015:21 care for these areas in order to preserve or strengthen the natural world. Diary number More information about LIFE 511- 6968-2011 can be found at the websites of the Swedish Environmental The publication can be downloaded from our website Protection Agency and the EU. lansstyrelsen.se/jamtland 2 Table of Contents Introduction ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 About the project ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 This is what we have done ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 8 What is wetland and what is a mire? ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 It is important that we restore wetlands ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 11 Hay making �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13 Life in the mire �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14 Filling the ditches �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 17 Building dams ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������20 Inventories ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������22 Follow-up �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������24 3 Introduction Many of the mires in our Financing We turned to the east country are in need of We wondered if there was At first we travelled to our restoration. The target of the anything we could do and neighbour country in the east. project during 2010-2015 was we heard about LIFE. This is Mires have been restored over to restore 35 of these areas the EU*s environmental fund a period of 20 years in Finland to a so-called favourable from which you can apply for and their experience would conservation status. co-financing for restoration of assist us in becoming time- and Natura 2000-areas and their cost-effective. During the mid 2000s a major species. review of mires and wetlands We have been in contact was started in Sweden's Natura Other co-financiers were with our Finnish colleagues 2000 areas. the participating county during the whole of the project administrative boards as well period and have met on several Those who worked on the as the Swedish Environmental occasions in both countries. inventory created a network to Protection Agency. discuss and share experiences The starting gun was of the theme. In 2008 the seven county administrative boards wrote fired A recurring discussion point an application and in 2010 the During the first year of the in the group was the drained project Life to ad(d)mire was project we talked to the people mires that were present in the started. who would be affected by the areas we visited. Most of the work. mires were drained and the hay The purpose of the meadows abandoned. Places We spoke to landowners and designated as Natura 2000 project neighbouring property owners, areas must according to the EU The work included filling the fish conservation areas, hunting represent the finest Europe has ditches so that the mires were clubs, colleagues at the seven to offer. no longer being drained and county administrative boards, opening up the hay meadows to affected municipalities and the light. 4 others. After this the first methods and progress in excavators drove onto the mires Sweden, Europe and the USA. and filled in the ditches, some of which had been dug more It is important to share than a hundred years before. experiences. Knowledge must be shared. The project received Knowledge is also the key to a lot of attention cost-effective progress. In this The project received both booklet, you can follow our national and international journey through the enormous Lisa Tenning, project manager attention work of restoring some of Sweden's most beautiful The project manager has given wetlands. lectures about the project About the project The county administrative bushes that would not Reporting to the EU normally grow there had boards that took part in The project has been reported established themselves. the project were Jämtland, to the European Commission Västernorrland, Dalarna, » This has meant that every 18 months. Reports of Östergötland, Jönköping, golden plovers and ruffs how the project is keeping to Kronoberg and Skåne. regained 3,800 hectares the project plan approved by to rear their young. the European Commission at The project has restored more the start of the project have » Seven fens* have been than 40,000 hectares of mires been sent to Brussels. cleared for mowing. and hay meadows in Sweden. Thanks to this project, The excavator drivers who were orchids will be flowering » The budget was 6.8 commissioned to undertake the on a further 152 hectares million Euro. The work work were unaccustomed to of fens. included the following: this type of work. There had to » The ground water level has » Five bird-watching towers be close cooperation between been raised in 29 drained have been built for visitors the project and the contractors. mires by filling in the to experience the wonders ditches. of the wetlands. The excavator drivers knew what the excavators could do » Excavators have been » Nine areas have new and we knew what results we used to fill in several miles walkways in order for wanted. of ditches on these mires. visitors to gain access to the fields. » Trees and bushes have We worked methodically and been removed from 31 » Five wind shields have creatively together to find the drained mires. The mires been built. best solution for each of the were so dry that trees and mires. * Fens are richer in species than other wetlands and are most usual in chalky grounds. 7 This is what we have done Hay meadows and mires have Västernorrland Fjällmossen, Bredsjömossen, been restored to functioning County Kärnskogsmossen, living environments for birds, Bibergskärren, Trolleflod and fish, insects, plants and Five mires were restored to Rocks. people. their original condition by filling in the ditches and removing The ditches have been filled in vegetation such as birch, Jämtland County Fjällmossen, Bredsjömossen spruce and scrub. and Kärnskogsmossen. The Five mires were restored vegetation that appeared after in Jämtland - Tysjöarna, The areas in Västernorrland are the drying effect of the lowered Öjsjömyrarna, Stensundet, called Mossaträsk, Stensjöflon, water level has been removed Brötarna and Ånnsjön. Gideåbergsmyrarna, which resulted in the wetlands Sörlappmyran and Prästflon. being opened up. In all these areas, the ditches have been filled in order for the Dalarna County Hay-making has been ground water to rise to ground performed at Bibergskärren, level, so as to stop the mires Three areas were restored Trolleflod and Rocks. from becoming overgrown and in Dalarna – Haftahedarna, disappearing. Koppången and Blåbergsåsflyten. The ditches Jönköping County have been filled and the ground In the county of Jönköping, water has risen. old peat extraction areas at Anderstorp great mire and The areas that should be wet Store Mosse national park have are now restored. been restored to living wetland again. Östergötland County Seven mires have been The forest land drain at restored in Östergötland – Komosse has been filled in. 8 Kronoberg County Five areas in Kronoberg have been restored to their original condition, at Årshultsmyren, Horsnäsamossen, Hästasjömyren and Tängsjöfly. Here too, the ditches have been filled and the vegetation that had grown due to the drying effect of the lower water level has been removed. Skåne

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