Restoration of Atlantic heaths and inland dunes in Denmark National Seminar Heathland management September 28’th- 29’th 2015.

LIFE09 NAT/DK/000370. Restoration of Atlantic heaths and inland dunes in Denmark

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Report on the National field seminar on heathland management held September 28’th-29’th 2015.

The national seminar. The national seminar was held at the Skarrildhus conference centre near one of the project site (site 64 Harrild Hede,). For dissemination reasons the seminar war arranged in cooperation with two local municipalities (Herning and Viborg) and EnviNA (The Danish association of envi-ronmental-, planning- and nature employees in the public sector).

Invitation was announced through the EnviNa network (webpage a direct to the members), published on the project website and directly to all the units in the Na-ture Agency. The result was very satisfying with 64 participants registering for the seminar. Participants were divided among 14 municipalities (19 participants), 5 consultan-cies, 3 contractors, and 4 from University of Copenhagen, 2 from the Danish De-fence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation, 8 students and from 23 from the Na-ture Agency.

In the annex is announcement, program and list of participants.

Seminar day 1.

Morning program. Presentations:

Welcome and general information about the project. Jesper Stenild, Naturstyrelsen, Kronjylland

What parameters control our choice of optimal management method? Carsten Funch Madsen, Viborg Kommune.

Controlled burning as a management method. v/Christian Hollesen Naturstyrelsen Vestjylland

Annex V2

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Controlled burning on one of the sites visited later on the day. Grazing as a management method. v/Ole Knudsen, Naturstyrelsen Blåvandshuk. Impressions from a visit to Netherlands and Belgium. Jesper Stenild, Naturstyrelsen, Kronjylland Impressions from the 14th European heathland-workshop in Poland v/Claus Simonsen Naturstyrelsen, Trekantsområdet. Seminar day 1. Afternoon. The afternoon field trip went to two sites: Trehøje Bakker and Skovbjerg Bakkeø. At Trehøje Bakker the topics were control of controlled burning, harvesting and dedicated grazing management using sheep under shepherd control. Lise Kjær Poulsen from the municipality of Herning explained about the coopera-tion with the owners of the area, and the multiple methods used for a long period of management.

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Participants looking for insects in a newly harvested area. The participants met the professional shepherdess Berit Kiilerich who told about the management of heathland with sheep.

Shepherd Berit Kiilerich tells about management of heathland with sheep.

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The sheep and the shepherd. At Skovbjerg Bakkeø the topics was to see the result of controlled burning for dec-ades, the effect of a large population of red deer on the heathland, and finally watching drift sands and dynamism in the inland dunes and the impact on biodiver-sity.

A discussion of grazing at Vind Hede At Nørre Vosborg Hede there was a short coffee break at one of the larger dunes of the heath, and besides watching the three cranes standing in a low wet part of the heath, the participants could experience an example of successful heathland man-

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agement by harvesting, burning and grazing by a large free range population of red deer.

Nr Vosborg, heather a few years after controlled burning At Østre Sande the effect of drifting sand in forming the inland dunes was demon-strated. During the last 30 years, more and more of the old sand drifts has been covered by vegetation, and it was discussed whether or not it will be necessary to artificially help new drift-sands to occur.

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Open sand drifts at Øster Sande, should there be more of them? At Øster Sande Christian Hollesen also showed us in situ the burned area we have seen on the slides at the lecture in the morning.

Overlooking the burned area at Østre Sande.

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Seminar day 1. Evening program. In the evening after the dinner it was time for the participants to do some network-ing and discussing the day’s program. Seminar day 2. Morning program. Field trip to Uhre Hede: At Uhre Hede Carsten Funch Madsen (Municipality of Viborg) gave an example on cooperation with a local landowner. Here a heathland area of 25 ha endangered by total encroachment has been saved by clear-cutting of mountain pine, (Pinus mugo) and subsequently has the top soil been removed. The contractor (Esper Thygesen) told in detail about the technical issues of the soil removal.

Carsten Funch Madsen (Municipality of Viborg) explains the process of topsoil removal at Uhre. To the right one of the organizers Lise Kjær Poulsen from the municipality of Herning.

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Seminar day 2. Lunch program. Lunch was taken at Harrild Hede Visitor centre dedicated to disseminate the nature and culture of the heathland. Included in the lunch was a possibility for the partici-pants to see the small exhibition in the centre financed by the LIFE project...

Hans Jensen (Nature Agency) briefs the participant at the Nature Centre at Harrild Hede. Seminar day 2. Evening program. Visiting demonstrations sites, demonstration of a new and gentler way to remove top soil (or more precisely heather plant litter), As part of the LIFE two demonstration sites has been established, informing of 5 different techniques for heathland management. One of the sites was visited.

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Hans Jensen informs about one of the techniques, here topsoil removal. Close to the demonstration sites it was arranged for the participants to see at simple and cheap technique for removal of the heather turf (plant litter) without disturbing the underlying mineral soil. The technique contains three steps.

1. Two perpendicular runs with a light disc harrow. 2. The litter are raked together with a mechanical rake. 3. And then the litter is collected, For example by using a beach cleaning ma-

chine

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The litter is loosened by a light disc harrow.

The litter is raked together.

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The litter ready for collecting. After the demonstration the participants saw examples of historically heath land cultivation, top soil removal, harvesting. The day ended at Nørlund Hede at a where the disc harrow system has been used with at very successful result, appraise by the participants. The visit at Nørlund Hede made a spectacular final on a successful seminar.

The participants of the seminar at Uhre Hede.

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In cooperation with

TM 44 – Seminar om Hedepleje Program for mandag den 28. september 2015 Kl. 09.30 – 10.00 Ankomst til Hotel Skarrildhus

med kaffe/the og rundstykker Kl. 10.00 – 12.00 Velkomst og orientering om LIFE projektet, herunder

den forvaltningshåndbog der er en del af projektet. LIFE projektets baggrund samt formål. Forventningerne til seminaret

v/Jesper Stenild Naturstyrelsen Kronjylland Hvilke parametre styrer vores valg af optimal

plejemetode Hvordan afvejes hensyn til fredninger, Natura2000, flora-/artsregistreringer, erfaringer/best practice overfor de muliges kunst og ikke mindst ejernes ønsker og indstilling til plejetiltag ? v/Carsten Funch Madsen, Viborg Kommune

Afbrænding som plejemetode (erfaringer gennem 20 år) Hvordan udføres en optimal afbrænding på et hede-areal, herunder en diskussion af de regler der gør det svært at gennemføre den optimale afbrænding v/Christian Hollesen Naturstyrelsen Vestjylland

Afbrænding kombineret med græsning Herunder muligheden for ar få tilskud fra NaturErhvervsstyrelsen til afgræsning i Natura 2000 områder v/Ole Knudsen, Naturstyrelsen Blåvandshuk

Indtryk fra udlandet, Holland/Belgien og Polen Har øget udvaskning af mineraler betydning for biodiversiteten på heden ? Nogle hollændere mener ja, og etablerer små gødede felter på heden og tilfører mineraler til den uberørte hede - har de en pointe ? Kan man lave afskrælning og samtidig øge biodiversiteten - i Holland prøver de på det v/Jesper Stenild, Naturstyrelsen Kronjylland

Hvad rører der sig i øvrigt Internationalt om bevarelse og pleje af hede. Indtryk fra den 14. europæiske hede-workshop i Polen v/Claus Simonsen Naturstyrelsen, Trekantsområdet

Kl. 12.00 – 13.00 Frokost Kl. 13.10 – 18.00 Afgang med bus mod Trehøje Bakker og Skovbjerg

Bakkeø Oplæg til ekskursionerne gives i bussen

Trehøje Bakker: Eksempler på afbrænding, slåning og målrettet

afgræsning med får Skovbjerg Bakkeø. Nørre og Sdr. Vosborg Hede og

Vind Hede Resultatet af afbrændinger gennem årtier. Effekten af en stor bestand af kronvildt. Vindbrud og dynamik i indlandsklitterne og deres

betydning for biodiversiteten

Kl. 18.00 – 19.00 Retur til hotellet, indkvartering samt pause Kl. 19.00 Middag.

Efter middagen er det tid til uformelt at diskutere dagens emner. Desuden vil der blive mulighed for at diskutere udkastet til forvaltningshåndbog/ idekatalog til hedepleje.

Program for tirsdag den 29. september 2015 Kl. 07.00 – 08.30 Morgenbuffet og check ud Kl. 08.30 – 12.00 Afgang med bus til Uhre hede ved Kølvrå

Hedeareal på i alt ca. 95 ha. Ikke fredet eller N2000-område.

I 2007 blev der gennemført overfladisk afhøstning på ca. 12 ha.

I 2014 gennemførtes massiv rydning af delvist tæt og delvist spredt opvækst af især bjergfyr på hele arealet – i alt blev der udtaget ca. 3.000 rm. flis.

Efter rydning foretoges afskrælning på ca. 30 ha målrettet steder med mange stød fra bjergfyr og hvor der ikke blev afhøstet i 2007

Kl. 12.00 – 13.00 Frokost på Naturcenter Harrild Hede Kl. 13.00 – 16.00 Ekskursion i/på Harrild Hede

Skånsomme metoder til erstatning for tørveskrælning.

Eksempler på historisk drift. Afbrænding

Kl. 16.00 – 16.30 Retur til hotellet. Kl. 16.30 – 17.00 Kaffe/the med kage og tak for denne gang

Mødested: Sinatur Hotel Skarrildhus, Sdr. Ommevej 4, 6933 Kibæk

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Fornavn Efternavn Ansættelsessted EmailMads Navntoft Olsen Billund Kommune mano@billund.dkGorm Pilgaard Jørgensen Brønderslev Kommune gorm.pilgaard.jorgensen@99454545.dkKeld Koustrup Sørensen Brønderslev Kommune keld.koustrup.sorensen@99454545.dkAnna Sünksen Forsvarets Ejendomsstyrelse FES-STKCDK13@mil.dkKaren Thingsgaard Forsvarets Ejendomsstyrelse FES-MINA17@mil.dkNina Kjær Pedersen Gribskov Kommune nkped@gribskov.dkTine Eggertsen HedeDanmark teg@hededanmark.dkBirgitte Mogensen Hedensted Kommune birgitte.mogensen@hedensted.dkDorthe Overgaard Ikast-Brande Kommune doove@ikast-brande.dkAllan Eskesen Jammerbugt Kommune als@jammerbugt.dkAnne-Kristine Lauridsen Kolding kommune trla@kolding.dkHans Jørgen Degn Degn's Naturconsult hjdegn@dlgmail.dkSøren Espersen kulturlandskab.dk tordenhuset@mail.dkRita Merete Buttenschøn Københavns Universitet rmb@ign.ku.dkUlrik Søchting Københavns Universitet ulriks@bio.ku.dkInger Hejlesen Lemvig Kommune inger.hejlesen@lemvig.dkAnna Bodil Hald Natur & Landbrug annabodil.hald@gmail.comErling Krabbe Naturstyrelsen, Haraldsgade ekr@nst.dkMorten Ravnholt Naturstyrelsen, Bornholm momra@nst.dkHans Hoyer Naturstyrelsen, Kronjylland hah@nst.dkRune Rauff Schultz Naturstyrelsen, Kronjylland, (studerende) rursc@nst.dkHans Jensen Naturstyrelsen, Midtjylland hjn@nst.dkTrine Munck Jensen Naturstyrelsen, Midtjylland trimj@nst.dk

Søren Agerlund Naturstyrelsen, Nordsjælland sar@nst.dkMikkel Bornø Clausen Naturstyrelsen, Storstrøm mibor@nst.dkBent Tenberg Naturstyrelsen, Storstrøm, (studerende) benttenberg93@gmail.comKristian Mandsberg Nielsen Naturstyrelsen, Thy kniel@nst.dkKristian Skou Bjerreskov Naturstyrelsen, Thy ksbje@nst.dkInken Breum Larsen Naturstyrelsen, Trekantsområdet INB@nst.dkLeif Hummelgaard Naturstyrelsen, Trekantsområdet leifhummelgaard@live.dkMichael Carlsen Naturstyrelsen, Trekantsområdet micar.nst@gmail.comPeter Bülow Naturstyrelsen, Trekantsområdet pebha.nst@gmail.comJens Hjerrild Hansen Naturstyrelsen, Vadehavet jehha@nst.dkJanni Egestad Kristiansen Naturstyrelsen, Vestjylland janek@nst.dkTage Jensen Naturstyrelsen, Vestjylland Femhoej9@hotmail.comNiels Dragsdal Naturstyrelsen, Vestjylland Dragsdal3@hotmail.com

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Fornavn Efternavn Ansættelsessted EmailDennis Johnsen Naturstyrelsen, Vestjylland, (studerende) dejoh@nst.dkMads Bank-Mikkelsen Naturstyrelsen, Blåvandshuk mabmi@nst.dkAnnette Limborg Madsen Norddjurs Kommune alm@norddjurs.dkHeidi Jensen Norddjurs Kommune hej@norddjurs.dkAnnette Holmenlund Sheep and Goat Consult annette@hyrdetimer.dkAnna Worm Skovskolen agwo@ign.ku.dkJane Kongstad Skovskolen jkop@ign.ku.dkLasse ? Skovskolen (studerende) bwf153@alumni.ku.dkJulie Spongenberg Thorup Skovskolen (studerende) nmf256@alumni.ku.dkNichlas Bøge Øgendahl Skovskolen (studerende) nbt138@alumni.ku.dkSara Toft Stagsted Sørensen Skovskolen (studerende) kdn191@alumni.ku.dkSimon Kjærhus Madsen Skovskolen (studerende) gvd301@alumni.ku.dkMorten Jørgensen Syddjurs Kommune maaj@syddjurs.dkMartin Hostrup Vesthimmerlands kommune Maho@vesthimmerland.dkDagmar Buksti Viborg Kommune dhb@viborg.dkFlemming Helsing Aalborg Kommune flemming.helsing@aalborg.dkGustav Schaarup Aalborg Kommune gustav.schaarup@aalborg.dkSvend Lassen Aalborg Kommune svend.lassen@aalborg.dkLars Christian Adrados Amphiconsult lca@amphi.dkErik Nielsen Skov- og Naturpleje, Sinding sinding@skovognaturpleje.dk

Esper Thygesen Aarestrup Planteskole esper@skovplanter.dk

OplægsholdereOle Knudsen Naturstyrelsen, Blåvandshuk okn@nst.dkSøren Rasmussen Naturstyrelsen, Kronjylland sra@nst.dkClaus Simonsen Naturstyrelsen, Trekantsområdet csi@nst.dkChr. Hollesen Naturstyrelsen, Vestjylland csh@nst.dkCarsten Funch Madsen Viborg Kommune cfu@viborg.dkJesper Stenild Naturstyrelsen Kronjylland ild@nst.dk

ArrangørerCarsten Funch Madsen Viborg Kommune cfu@viborg.dkJesper Stenild Naturstyrelsen Kronjylland ild@nst.dkLise Kjær Poulsen Herning Kommune ngolp@herning.dk