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After a storm at the end of last year left damage in the forests of the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains, experts fear further negative effects from the bark beetle. The district announced in Pirna on Wednesday that the dead wood t ..
A good 300 solid cubic meters of Brandenburg's finest tree trunks have been auctioned off at this year's state hardwood auction. Around 310,000 euros were realized at the auction in Groß Schönebeck, the Ministry of the Environment announced on Thursday. One bidder paid almost 2900 euros per cubic me ..
Under the slogan "Too much is too much", hundreds of farmers and foresters from several federal states protested against the federal government's budget policy in Magdeburg on Sunday afternoon. Many demonstrators drove to Magdeburg Cathedral Square on tractors, honking their horns loudly. Signs and ..
Under the slogan "Too much is too much", hundreds of farmers and foresters from several federal states protested against the federal government's budget policy in Magdeburg on Sunday afternoon. Many demonstrators drove to Magdeburg Cathedral Square on tractors, honking their horns loudly. Signs and ..
The sale of valuable timber has once again generated high proceeds for Saxony's forest owners this year. An average of 574 euros per cubic meter was paid at the timber submission, a type of auction. This was around nine percent less than in the record year of 2023, but 19 percent higher than the result in 2022.
According to the state government, Saxony's forests remain a permanent patient. "There is no all-clear in Saxony's forests. Their condition remains poor and continues to be a cause for concern. The climate crisis and bark beetle are leaving deep wounds," said Forestry Minister Wolfram Günther (Green ..
According to the state forestry company, the trees in Saxony's forests have yielded far too little seed this year to meet the demand for forest conversion. The result is "mixed to sobering", said state forestry president Utz Hempfling on Wednesday. A total of 110 kilograms of pure seed had been coll ..
The warm autumn is causing concern among Saxon forestry experts with regard to the bark beetle population. There is a high risk that the pests will survive the winter unscathed and infest new trees in the coming year, the state enterprise Saxony Forest announced on Monday. Therefore, bark beetle tre ..
The state enterprise Sachsenforst expects significant feeding damage by mice in parts of Saxony in the winter half-year.
Storms and droughts in recent years have weakened the trees in Saxony's forests. Climbing parks and climbing forests also suffer from this.