Hesse's wild streams: Ecological upgrading for natural diversity!
Hesse's wild streams: Ecological upgrading for natural diversity!
The program "100 Wild Breaks for Hesse" has its goal of revitalizing the ecological structures of Hessian river, with the successful renaturation of five streams. The Hesse Environment Minister Priska Hinz presented the extensive project that is focused on the restoration of natural water structures. In addition to the ecological upgrading of the streams, the program is also intended to support the European Water Framework Directive (WRRL), which provides that waters from a size of ten square kilometers must achieve a good ecological condition by 2027, such as Environment.hessen.de reported.
The Wäschbach in Wiesbaden, the Krebsbach in Nidderau, the Schmittgraben in Dietzenbach, the Kesselbach in Idstein and the Cold Lüder in Grossenlüder are among the first five successfully edited streams. The Krebsbach, whose renaturation project began in May 2020, is particularly noteworthy. After extensive preparations with specialist planners that designed measures such as bank flattening and the installation of dead wood, the necessary construction work took place in winter 2022/23.new admissions and support for municipalities
In addition to the already edited streams, another five waters were included in the program: Äschersbach (Reiskirchen), Eitra (Hauneck), Gude (Alheim), Seulbach (Friedrichsdorf) and Vöhlerbach (Merenberg). This commitment shows how the Hessische Landgesellschaft mbH (HLG) supports the renaturation projects as a service provider. It takes care of area management, project control and the organizational handling of the measures. In addition, the HLG helps with the application for funding to the construction acceptance, such as hlg.org describes in detail.
The approach to actively support maintenance municipalities and water associations in the renaturation is pursued in a total of 138 municipalities. This emphasizes the importance and urgency of the measures to restore the streams, which are often severely affected by human interventions.
advantages of natural waters
The renaturation not only has numerous advantages at an ecological level. Natural flowing waters offer living space for various plant and animal species and play a crucial role in improving the quality of life in both urban and rural areas. They contribute to reducing the flood risk and support the reduction of environmentally contaminating fabrics. These aspects can also be found on the online platform "Renaturation of Flow Water", where comprehensive information is provided for project managers in order to promote nature-related design, such as DetailsQuellen