In 2020 sanitary and recreational activities will be carried out on the area of 413 hectares on the territory of Zelenodolskiy forest district
Employees of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan “Zelenodolskiy Experimental Forestry Enterprise” carried out work on cleaning illiquid wood in blocks 114 and 126 of the Zelenodolskiy precinct forestry of Zelenodolskiy forest district. “Particular attention was paid to the area near the Mayak sports complex, said Director of the forestry enterprise Almaz Akhmetov. - The purpose of these works is to improve the sanitary condition of the forest fund, prevent the appearance of forest pests and reduce the risk of forest fires”.
In total, this year sanitary and recreational measures will be carried out on the area of 413 hectares, including illiquid wood harvesting - on 45 ha in the territory of the Zelenodolskiy forest district.
For reference. Illiquid wood - wood that cannot be used for economic purposes due to the loss of technical qualities due to rot damage, as well as fires and other natural disasters. Illiquid wood is harvested in places where windfall, windbreak, snow breaking, crown fires and other damages occur in the presence of illiquid wood more than 90% of the total stock of dead trees. First of all, work is carried out in specially protected areas, recreational areas, forest parks, forests that perform sanitary-hygienic and recreational functions, protective strips along roads, in memorial plantations and other especially valuable forest areas. On lands of other purpose and other categories of protective forests, illiquid wood is harvested if there is a threat of pest harborage areas or fire safety.