About Forest District

Torzym Forest District is one of twenty forest districts of Regional Directorate of the State Forests in Zielona Góra and is located in Lubuskie province and is administered by three communes: Torzym, Sulęcin and Łagów. In the west it borders on Rzepin Forest District (RDSF Szczecin), east on Świebodzin Forest District.

Forest resources

Fresh mixed sylvan (45.7%), fresh mixed forest (22.4%) and fresh sylvan (26.5%) dominate in the structure of settlement types.

Silviculture

Forest unless came to being naturally is planted by foresters. The basic aim of silviculture is preserving and enriching the existing ones (regeneration) and creating new ones (forestation) considering natural conditions and processes. Silviculture takes advantage of achievements in climatology, soil science, botany and plant physiology.

Forest protection

Knowledge on processes occurring in nature and control of forest environment state allow foresters to diagnose early dangers which may negatively affect the forest. Forest protection is one of the basic fields of activity in a forest district. Each year they undertake actions aiming at retaining forest stability and increasing its natural resistance to destructive factors.

Forest use

Usage of forest is taking advantage of its resources - logging, collecting fruits of the forest, plants and their parts to be used in pharmaceutical industry, acquiring pines, exploitation of mines and other. Foresters allow society use the gifts of the forest but in a way assuring its continuity.

Hunting

Around 60% of 618 species of vertebrates in Poland inhabit forests. Civilisation caused the immemorial balance and rules governing forest ecosystems to be weakened. It influences the animals therefore currently their number, ways of nurturing and protection from animal damage is regulated by law both Polish and European.

Supervision over private forests

Lasy prywatne stanowią ok. 17% lasów w Polsce. Ponad 70% starostw powierza leśnikom z Lasów Państwowych prowadzenie nadzoru nad gospodarką leśną w lasach prywatnych.

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FORESTS OF THE FOREST DISTRICT

FORESTS OF THE FOREST DISTRICT

In accordance with nature and forest regionalization of Torzym Forest District is located in located in the 3rd Land of Greater Poland and Pomerania on the border of Lubuskie Lake District in Lubuskie mesoregion. The average annual rainfall is approximately 600 mm and temperature is 8.3 degrees. Vegetative period is about 225-240 days.

The area of the forest district is lowland and located nearly complete in mesoregion of the Torzym Plain. Outermost forest areas (south-eastern part) of the forest district belong to the Łagów Lake District mesoregion. Middle and northern part of the forest constitutes part of the Lubuskie forest located on vast slightly undulated outwash plains crossed by river valleys (Pliszka and Ianka rivers), numerous peat bogs and mushy areas. In the region of Torzym and Boczów lakes there are hills up to 129 m above the sea level. Additionally, in this forest district features the edge of bottom and morainic deposits. Northern part of the forest district is of completely different nature as the landscape is typical of early post-glacial areas. It includes diverse outwash landforms with outcrops of glacial deposits, numerous postglacial channels (the River Ilanka). In this part of the forest district the highest height of land reach 140 m above the sea level and difference in relative heights reach 40-50 metres.

Surface area of the forest district is 21 745.08 ha while its territorial range is 33 546.55 ha (includes 20 975.96 ha of forest lands). Aforested areas occupy 20 189.33 ha, non-forested - 171.96 ha and forest management lands - 614.58 ha.

Torzym Forest Districts is characterised by relatively low fragmentation. Dense, large areas of forest complexes occur in Gątków Wielki precinct, in the southern part of Torzym precinct and south-western part of Wystok precinct. The largest area of forest complex (10 000 ha) is within the following sub-districts: Torzym, Korytno, Drzewce, Dębrznica Środkowo and Gądków.

Woodiness of Torzym Forest District is 62.1%.