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ZENIT Bank’s Volunteer Day
On September 30 the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve hosted volunteers from ZENIT Bank as a part of the traditional volunteer day. More than 50 volunteers came to help the reserve.
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Congratulations to the Winners of the BioTournament!
The third National BioTournament ended on September 27 in Puschino. The staff of the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve took an active part in the event organization that made the BioTournament even more environment- and ecology-oriented.
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MAB Report
The regular report on the activities of the Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Reserve was presented to the Russian Committee of MAB in August, and then in the middle of September sent for consideration to the Secretariat of the UNESCO program “Man and Biosphere” (MAB program) in Paris.
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Counting the Rodents
In the middle of September, the reserve held an autumn census of its rodents. Such a research has been conducted for monitoring purposes twice a year since the establishment of the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve.
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Volunteer Autumn Clean-up
The autumn advances more and more rapidly leaving less time for our traditional Volunteer Days. This season last but one open volunteer clean-up took place on September 24.
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The Knights of Science
The third Russian Biotournament starts in the science city of Puschino on September 23 as a team competition of biology students. The staff of the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve took an active part in creating the complex competition tasks and has been included in the jury as well.
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Muzhichok has left for warmer lands
Along with the autumn, came the time of bisons resettlement in places where they are kept in their natural habitats. The young bison Muzhichok was the first to head towards warmer lands, he was sent to the Rostov Zoo.
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Bialowiezians Visit Us
The Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve discussed the possibility of importing the animals from Poland to form a group of bisons of Bialowieza subspecies in the Bison Breeding Centre.
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Ungulates Start and Win
For the 70 year old period of the Prioksko- Terrasny Reserve’s existence, researchers have observed an increase in the species composition of ungulates, some species’ hybridization as well as the change of the dominant species in different periods of time: moose – until the 1970s, dappled deer and wild boar – 70-80 years, roe and wild boar – […]
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Results of “The world of wilderness” contest
The results of the inter-regional art competition “The world of wilderness” were released. The competition was organized by the Centre of Wildlife Conservation in the framework of the annual international campaign “March of parks”.
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