Would you like to make an important contribution to the conservation of peatlands and their animals and plants? Then this workcamp in the beautiful nature of northern Germany between Bremen and Hamburg is just the right place for you.
With your workcamp group you will work in four protected areas. In the fauna-flora habitat (FFH - protected habitat of animals and plants according to EU law) and nature reserve (NSG) "Bullensee und Hemelsmoor", you will decussate pines and birches (remove non-native plants) in order to create a habitat for endangered and moor-relevant plant species such as Bult peat moss, cranberry and smooth snake. In the landscape conservation area (LSG) "Stellingsmoor", your group will clear sensitive bog areas to preserve bog development and habitat for the protected smooth snake. In addition, you will protect rare and endangered plant species such as orchids, thyme or lung gentian by partially raking out matted vegetation. In the “Swatte Flag” nature reserve (NSG) you will remove young willows to preserve an important spawning ground for the moor frog.
But your group will not only protect endangered animal and plant habitats by removing plants, you will also plant individual groves to create wind-calming areas to preserve the habitat for butterflies in the FFH area "Borstgrasrasen bei Badenstedt".
The full-time and voluntary staff of the NABU Ecological Station Oste-Region will professionally supervise all measures.
In addition to the practical work, you will learn a lot about nature conservation and environmental protection in general as well as about the natural habitat of the moor and its protection in particular from the staff of the Ecological NABU Station Oste-Region. You will learn a lot about the local flora and fauna, their relevance for the ecosystem and the various measures for their protection.
Cooperation partners for this workcamp are the European Union-funded Integrated LIFE Project "Atlantic Sand Landscapes" (Project Team Lower Saxony in the Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)), the Rotenburg Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management and NABU Bremervoerde-Zeven.