RESULTS OF THE PROJECT

0n the 31st October 2010 the LIFE Nature Project Untersberg-Foreland has been finished officially.

What are its main results?

- Three and a half kilometers of forest edges were reshaped in such a way that they could be used as habitat for the Scarce Fritillary.

- Six hectares of hay meadows and fens were restored and saved from being overgrown.

- A special “mowing-mobile” for the maintenance of particularly wet hay meadows was acquired.

- Two hectares of grassland were purchased and regeneration into a species-rich wet meadow was initiated.

- Typical hay meadow plants were bred and then planted in the area.

- The maintenance of 20 hectares of hay meadows was optimized together with the farmers for the butterflies and plants present there.

- Numerous small ponds to be used as spawning pools were laid out for the Yellow-bellied toad.

- A “butterfly path”, an “observation tower” and a “hay meadow exhibition” were established for the visitors of the Salzburg open-air museum "Freilichtmuseum Großgmain".

- There are new guided tour offers for school classes about “Butterflies and Hay Meadows” at the open-air museum.

- The film “Land of Butterflies” was produced in professional quality and is continually shown in the open-air museum.

- Various public relations and conscious-shaping information were provided (flyers, brochures, posters) and numerous excursions

and informational meetings were held for farmers, other interested people and students.

A good overview over the results of the projects is given by the final project brochure ("layman´s report"), which is available on this Website for download.