{"id":105396,"date":"2025-03-12T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/illegal-wood-felling-and-bonfire-in-femundsmarka-national-park-news-inland-local-news-tv-and-radio\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:49:13","slug":"illegal-wood-felling-and-bonfire-in-femundsmarka-national-park-news-inland-local-news-tv-and-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/illegal-wood-felling-and-bonfire-in-femundsmarka-national-park-news-inland-local-news-tv-and-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal wood felling and bonfire in Femundsmarka National Park – news Inland – local news, TV and radio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The case summarized: There is environmental crime in Femundsmarka National Park, with illegal harvesting of trees. The Mountain Inspectorate and the National Park Board have observed an increase in damage and wear in the area since the late 1980s. This winter, new damage was revealed, with around 30 percent of the trees along a pond recently cut. It is illegal to light bonfires of living and dead trees in the protected forest and national parks. The National Park Board and Engerdal Fjellstyre require more resources to safeguard the areas protected by the state. State Secretary in the Ministry of Climate, Kristoffer Andr\u00e9 Hansen, says that they are seriously looking at the problem, and they must provide enough resources to be able to supervise. The summary is made by a Ki service from Openai. The content is quality assured by news’s \u200b\u200bjournalists before publishing. – The area here is a horror example. This is stated by Tore Stengrundet, which is mountain supervision for Engerdal mountain board. He spends many of his working days patrolling in Femundsmarka National Park, which is inland and in Tr\u00f8ndelag. In the upper roast he shows vandalism made in the forest around a small dot on the small lake. A couple of years ago, 30-40 dead and vibrant trees were cut down and used to burn bonfires. In the middle of a protected forest area. Several of the trees estimate Stenggrundet to be around 300 years old. – This is a common sight, he says. One of many tree trunks that has been used to fire bonfires in Femundsmarka. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news See more pictures of the damage further down the case. Major injuries In the winter in February, by a small pond just off the upper roast, new damage in the protected forest was uncovered. Stenggrundet estimates that around 30 per cent of the trees along the pond have recently been cut. – This is from now on this winter. And we see fresh stumps across the whole water here. It should not be so, there is a violation of the protection rules. Femundsmarka National Park. It was the work of the work that first mentioned the case. Since 2014, he has been working with supervision in Femundsmarka, and he believes the worst cases have come in recent years. – There is no indication that this is a problem that is on a trip away. These are some of the injuries Fjellutsyn Stengrundet referred to news: One of many trees that is fielded by a small pond in Femundsmarka this winter. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news A tree that was carved this winter. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news Increased wear and tear on the Engerdal mountain board national park is one of several players responsible for following up on the protection regulations in the area being complied with. Together with the National Park Board for Femundsmarka and Gutulia, the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate and Statskog, they monitor the traffic in the national park. Christian Elgaaen, leader of the National Park Board, says that since the late 1980s there has been a large increase in wear and tear in the area. – It is great, and, in my view, constitutes one of the biggest problems we have in Femundsmarka. We have seen over time that people on the trip either traps live wood and use them on bonfires, or take dead trees and turn on. Christian Elgaaen, heads the National Park Board Femundsmarka National Park and Gutulia National Park. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news In protected forests and national parks it is illegal to light bonfires of living and dead trees. Only dead twigs are basically okay to use for bonfires. The moose believes ignorance may be part of the reason people do damage to the forest. – You have to assume that in Femundsmarka, then dead trees are also a very important part of the protection purpose and what we are going to take care of. Tore Stengrundet by one of many trees recently chopped down. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news will have more resources for prevention Both the Elgaaen and Engerdal mountain board now require more resources to safeguard the areas protected by the state. – We need more resources from the government and the Storting in order to be able to both carry out protected areas and not least drive information to people. Then we take even better care of nature than we can already today. The Elgaaen is supported by Ole Opseth, general manager of Engerdal mountain board. He calls the damage inside the land for vandalism and environmental crime. Engerdal mountain board wants more resources to be added directly to the mountain board. At the entrance to the national park there is clearly told bonfire firing. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news – We believe that more resources must be added, and the most sensible way to use the resources is to use the existing mountain supervision services. Had our frames been better, we could have done even more, says Opseth. – Must provide resources Kristoffer Hansen, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Climate and Environment, says that the cases in Femundsmarka are serious. – This type of vandalism is criminal environmental crime. – A good enough job is done to prevent such things? – We need to make sure that there are resources to be able to supervise, especially in the protected areas where there are a lot of people. But at the same time, it is not the case that we can welcome ourselves against the fact that people do not do stupid things or things that are illegal. A tree that was fielded two years ago by someone who would fire bonfires in Femundsmarka. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen \/ news They are also open to evaluate the way they distribute funds as efficiently as possible, he says. Gives fines the chances of vandalism being taken on peaches are quite small. Opseth says that there are very few cases they have reported by this type of vandalism. – If we take someone on a fresh deed then there will be a review, and a fine that burns a little. Last year, a visitor received a fine of NOK 3000 for firing wood in the national park. And in 2021, two people were fined NOK 10,000 for illegal harvesting. But it is very rare that we take someone on fresh deed, says mountain supervision Stenggrundet. Published 12.03.2025, at. 05.12
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