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Since 2013, experts of the Ministry have been cooperating with their colleagues from the Forest and Hunting Industry Committee of the Republic of Crimea

On the threshold of the first anniversary of the Crimea integration with Russia, the Ministry was visited by the delegation of Bakhchisaray and Kuybyshev forestries. An Agreement on cooperation and mutual activity in the field of forest reclamation, forest cultivation, landscaping, delivery of planting material and tree seed stock was signed at the conference room between the State Public Establishment “Arsk forestry” and the State Autonomous Establishment “Kuybyshev forestry” by Head-forester Shamil Khayrullin and Director Andrey Volkov.     

During their stay in Tatarstan, the Crimean guests visited the territories of Arsk and Saby forestries, where they inspected III type fire and chemical stations and production wood processing territories, and they also familiarized with work of school forestries.

As it was noted by Director of Bakhchisaray forestry, Alexander Berezin: “We wanted to vividly see specificity of work of forestries and forest entities and to talk with people. Here, in Tatarstan we can have any consultation – from legal to forest management matters, they advise us and help with practical issues. We are delighted by the level of forest management, technical equipment of establishments and beautification of forest villages”.

Saby citizens presented elite pine and larch seeds from the Forest Selection and Seed Center.

State flags of the Republic of Tatarstan are lowered at every state establishment of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan in order to bewail deaths of those who perished in the fire in the Trade Center “Admiral” in Kazan.

Very soon spring will be filled with migrating birds’ warbles. Every bird will return to where it came from. It might be surprising but birds are never mistaken.

Rooks are the first to come back home. They are for a reason called spring messengers. Common plovers, grackles, larks, ducks and geese are the next to return. Then we will meet cuckoos, swifts, sparrows and other migrating birds.

Forest groves, fields and meadows are filled with happy chatter of birds. The same is observed in cities and villages: in parks, gardens and front gardens.

Birds make new nests or repair the old ones using branches or rods. Indeed, many birds left their nests here when migrated to the South. Birds get ready to bring out nestlings in their nests and birdhouses among fresh leaves. Pupils from school forestries help them with this task.

Fellow workers of Tyubyak-Chirkovsky local forestry of the State Public Establishment “Buinsk forestry”, Yu. I. Listratov and V.N. Listratov, together with pupils visited Apastovo secondary school in quarter No. 11 of the local forestry to hang the birdhouses they made during shop classes. Very soon birds will fill forests with their sonorous spring mood.

A conventional Spartakiade “Forest ski race 2015” will be held on Sunday, March 15th, in Lubyany village of Kukmor municipal district at the premises of Lubyany Forest Engineering College, where the teams of forestry workers of the Republic will participate together with students of forest educational establishments.

Head of Administration Valery Makarov and Head of the Military Registration and Enlistment Office for Agryz district Ilgiz Galeev expressed their gratitude to veterans for their military and labor exploits during the wartime, wishing them health and well-being. During the celebration they recalled those foresters who had worked their way up from the start of the war but weren’t able to survive to celebrate this significant day. Forest expert of Agryz forestry Ivan Glukhov, engineer Alexey Vakhrushev, frame-saw operator Nurgayan Muratov, and driver Nakip Bagautdinov are among them.

During the wartime, the expert of forest cultures Lidiya Vasilyevna Zakharova and economist Basima Saetzyanovna Sharipova helped the injured in hospitals after work in the forest entity. Both women celebrate their 85th anniversary this year.

This is the initiative that was offered by a school forestry “Nature heirs” to the pupils of Leskhoz secondary school of Arsk municipal district. Owing to pupils from the school forestry, each spring new birdhouses appear in Urnyak village, as well as on roadside forest belts and on forest areas.

“Nature heirs” have already made 25 birdhouses to protect the birdkind. This work will be carried out until April 9th.

The meeting “On the matters regarding cooperation of law enforcement agencies in the area of revelation and prevention of crimes and offences in the field of forest use and protection” is held with participation of the Volga Nature Protection Prosecutor’s Office.

The Minister Almas Nazirov told about implementation of the federal state forest surveillance and fire control in the forests of the Republic, the dynamics of crimes and the rate of detection of forest rules offenders, as well as the measures aimed at implementation of the Federal Law “On making amendments to the Forest Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of the Russian Federation on administrative offences” approved of on December 28, 2013.

Director Murat Kaliev and fellow workers of “Kommunkhoz Petropavlovsk” LLP take an interest in the activity of forest nurseries and they are willing to cooperate with forestries of the Republic of Tatarstan. According to M. Kaliev, on the threshold of the 70th anniversary of the Victory, “Kommunkhoz Petropavlovsk” plans to carry out landscaping work on the central streets and in municipal parks, and thus it needs high quality planting material of coniferous and broadleaved species.

Guests of the Northern Kazakhstan region will visit the Forest Selection and Seed Center in Saby district and a nursery of the Scientific and Experimental Prigorodny Forest.

The briefing was devoted to the Year of Parks and Square Gardens in the Republic of Tatarstan. The Minister acknowledged that the Ministry had carried out work together with municipal formations of the Republic on collection and analysis of the information related to the extent of future work. According to the submitted data, it is necessary to carry out work on establishment and beautification of parks and square gardens on the area of about 800 ha. Achievement of these goals will require about 500 thousand pieces of various planting material including more than 200 thousand pieces of large-sized planting material.

“We believe, - acknowledged A. Nazirov, - that for the purposes of beautification we should use the main forest-forming species that grow on our territory. Such species include big-leaf linden, mountain ash, drooping birch, blue spruce, pine, Norway maple, and poplars, while bushes include lilac, acacia, barberry, spirea, briar, japonica, bird-cherry, snowball, wild apple and other. Such wood species easily adjust to new conditions and don’t really depend on external factors. The use of the planting material brought from southern countries is not always a success. Such trees are characterized by low survival rate, and they can’t adjust to rather harsh winter conditions of our climatic zone, so in the end they die”.

Deputy Head of Kazan Executive Committee – Chairperson of the External Beautification Committee Igor Kulyazhev, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Olesya Baltusova, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on parks and square gardens Natalya Fishman participated in the briefing.

Head-forester Shamil Khayrullin acquainted the guests from Bakhchisaray and Kuybyshev forestries with territories and business units of Arsk forestry and the State budgetary establishment “Archales”, a fire-chemical station located on the territory of the forestry.

The Crimea citizens also visited Leskhoz secondary school, the team whereof works in close rapport with the forestry. Head of the school forestry Firaya Gaynanova shared her experience of arrangement of practical and research work with pupils, and she also told about their success in the All-Russian and international contests. The school forestry “Nature heirs” was rated the best one in the Russian Federation during the 1st All-Russian Meeting of School Forestries.