Junior Rangers a
marvellous nature experience for the youngsters
Europarc Federation more details on www.europarc.org
The first Junior Ranger camp in Friuli Venezia Giulia was held in Prealpi Giulie regional nature park.
The wooden fence of
the hut needed a new paint … that was our first
job!
In the meantime Moira,
Lucia and Carlotta were preparing a beautiful cake for
tea time!
We learned how to use
the radio-tracking device and managed to receive the
signal from two of the radiocollared females (n°183 and
n°295) on Mount Canin,; we also downloaded the data
from the GPS radiocollar and got the exact position of
the ibex on the map…amazing! The monitoring of the ibex
during this camp was very exciting.
With a telescope we
managed to spot out and count the animals from a great
distance.
The Park assigned me
nine “small devils” who are all residents within the
park boundaries; just have a short look on what we did
together during a 4 days trip!
Cutting the grass around Canin mountain hut was also
great fun!
It was always a
pleasure to find water on our way up… and a good excuse
to stop and rest!
Up we
go to the top of Mount Guarda. The game wardens Paolo,
Flavio and Walter gave us some information about their
job and told us stories about their life in the
mountains.
After dinner Marco
took us for an evening walk; we saw many red deer and
surrounded by darkness we listened to the powerful
voice of the corncrake.
It’s time to milk the
cows…..so much work to drink a glass of milk!
This great
project aims at the youngsters to learn to love their
region and the Park. Therefore, I will follow them for
three years, also during winter…. and who knows ... maybe
in the future they will decide to remain in their valley,
develop some great new ideas together with the park….so
good luck!
