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Położenie, fot. Archiwum Nadleśnictwa Torzym
Położenie, fot. Archiwum Nadleśnictwa Torzym
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.
The forest district includes forest complex owned by State Treasury located around Torzym - between Koryto (east) and Pniów (west). The area of the district is directly by a trunk road no. 2 (international road E-30). Through the area A-2 motorway will run in the future.
Surface area of the land comprises of three precincts: Gądków Wielki (7 671.72 ha), Torzym (7 524.90 ha) and Wystok (6 527.15 ha).
The area of Torzym Forest District is in the following counties:
1. Sulęcin
- commune and town of Torzym (21 234.40 ha)
- Sulęcin commune (180.75 ha)
2. Świebodzin
- Łagów commune (308.79 ha).
The forest district also manages non-forest lands (706.74 ha).
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NATURE RESERVES
NATURE RESERVES
Rezerwat Dolina Ilanki, fot. Michał Taszarek
Rezerwat Dolina Ilanki, fot. Michał Taszarek
Jezioro Pniów w Rezerwacie Dolina Ilanki, fot. Michał Taszarek
Rezerwat przyrody, fot. K Moroz
Rezerwat przyrody, fot. K Moroz
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
