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Brucker moss is blooming: Galloways secure habitats for animals!
In the Ebersberg district, the “Brucker Moos” project optimizes habitats for insects and birds through sustainable grazing and moor rewetting.
Brucker moss is blooming: Galloways secure habitats for animals!
What's going on in nature in the Ebersberg district? A lot is happening in the heart of the Brucker Moos, as work has been going on here since 1995 on promising habitat optimization for insects and breeding birds. The focus is on rewetting and landscape management in order to increase biodiversity in this region. Various measures have already been implemented, including damming ditches, closing drainages and maintaining litter meadows, such as the one Bavarian Landscape Agency reported.
The impressive project covers a total area of 54 hectares and aims to have the area completely grazed by the end of 2025. From 2023, more than just fresh grass will be harvested: Galloway cattle and, from 2024, Exmoor ponies will graze here. These measures are particularly important to prevent bush encroachment, which at the same time creates habitats for various species. Water buffaloes will also be supporting the project from this year onwards.
Cooperation and future prospects
The “Brucker Moos” project aims to protect areas for insects and meadow breeders and to secure their food supply. The project managers work closely with various partners, such as the Garnreiter family from Doimahof in Alxing. Those too Galloways from Kastensee have been there right from the start: They not only bring animals to the pastures, but also valuable experience in grazing in accordance with nature conservation.
In the summer of 2022, the population was informed about the status of the project at an information event. A short time later, the first grazing began with 18 Galloways, who are clearly comfortable there. “Every animal has a name and shows individual character traits,” they proudly report. Another plan is to moderately expand the Galloway herd and also use wild horses for grazing.
Climate protection through rewetting
A central point of the project is the rewetting of moor areas. This measure not only contributes to the creation of a natural habitat for a wide variety of animals, but also has a significant climatic impact. According to the Study on CO2 emissions By rewetting drained moorland, emissions can be reduced by more than 80 percent. Wet peatlands act as important carbon sinks and are even more effective than all the world's forests combined.
The initiative is under the patronage of the Bavarian Nature Conservation Fund and pursues comprehensive monitoring to examine the effects on vegetation and wildlife. Initial results show a clear structural enrichment, which raises hopes for a successful further development of biodiversity in the Brucker Moos.
The animals are regularly checked and cared for by the two families involved, and although it takes some patience until the entire area of approx. 54 hectares is fenced in and farmed organically, the team remains optimistic and has their hands full.
The Galloway meat is marketed under the brand name “Weidefleisch Brucker Moos” and represents an important connection between farmers and consumers. Those responsible are setting new standards with a focus on quality, environmental and climate protection, animal welfare and regionality. The consumption of high-quality beef not only promotes responsible use of resources, but also sustainable cattle farming.