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Forest District arrangement

The Forest District Torzym is basic, independent organizational entity of the State Forests working pursuant to the Forest Act. It is subordinated to Regional Directorate of the State Forests in Zielona Góra, which supervises and coordinates all the actions within its territory.

 

The most important posts in the Forest District and scope of duties:

District Forest Manager – is the head of the forest district, manages the whole entity as the basic unit of the State Forests and is responsible for the forest district outside.

Deputy District Forest Manager – manages the affairs connected with the production zone in the forest district and , is responsible for appropriate Sub-District Forest Managers work.

Supervising Engineer – the worker of internal control, who carries out the control over the correctness of forestry operations performance, protection of  resources and accesses to the forest, including giving instructions approved by the District Forest Manager of the forest district.

Sub-District Forest Manager directly manages the Forest Rangers Area and is responsible for the whole issues connected with running the forestry and for the protection of mandated Forest Rangers Area property.

In order to help the Sub-District Forest Manager, the District Forest Manager assigns the Deputy Sub-District Forest Manager, trainee or other assistant workers, who are  directly subjected to the Sub-District Forest Manager.

Forest District Secretary deals with all the things connected with the whole administrative services of the forest district and is responsible for administering infrastructure and repairs'  matters.

Forest Service Guard Station is an organizational entity  by the forest district, established to combat crimes and fight infringements as regards forest poaching.The Station is managed by the Chief Commander of the Forest Service Guard, who supervises guardians.


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NATURE RESERVES

NATURE RESERVES

On the area of Torzym Forest District in 2000 a sanctuary "The Ilanka River Valley" was founded and covers 239.23 ha. The aim is to preserve various forms of peat bogs, complexes of springs within natural and semi-natural landscape standing out for its flora, fauna and particularly rare phytocoenosis due to their scientific and didactic characteristic.

In the area of "The Ilanka River Valley" there are 380 species of plants (around 320 of them are vascular). 7 of them are protected species (the early marsh orchid, western marsh orchid, common twayblade, marsh helleborine) and many other are partially protected. The reserve is the largest known Polish sanctuary of blunt-flowered rush.

"The Valley of Ilanka River" is also an important sanctuary for animals. The greatest and best researched group are birds as 80 species have been recorded (endangered black storks, cranes, the grey wagtail, common rosefinch

 

Designed sanctuaries:

- "Lake Ratno" - area of the lake in the valley of Pliszka River and the surrounding bogs - 23.55 ha.

- "Pliszka Peat Bog" (115.43 ha), "Moss area of Kosobudka" (27.41 ha) - complex of lowland bogs, meadows and mush forests subject to protection