The forests of Forest District

The area of the Forest District is diversified naturally. There is very rich local animal and plant world.

Forests of the region

Państwowe Gospodarstwo Leśne Lasy Państwowe zarządza gruntami leśnymi (zalesionymi i niezalesionymi ) w imieniu Skarbu Państwa na obszarze ponad 71 344 km².Grunty leśne zalesione (czyli głównie drzewostany) stanowią 69 796 km² natomiast obszar przyszłych upraw (grunty leśne niezalesione) zajmuje powierzchnię 1 548 km². Zasięg terytorialny Polski wynosi 322 575 km². Lasy Państwowe gospodarują więc drzewostanami pokrywającymi blisko 22 % całego kraju.Państwowe Gospodarstwo Leśne Lasy Państwowe zarządza gruntami leśnymi na terenie obejmującym cały obszar Polski.

Polish forests

Poland is in the European lead, while concerning the area of all forests. They cover about 29,2 % of the country territory, and grow within the area of 9,1 million hectares. The overwhelming majority of the forests is state owned, of which almost 7,6 million hectares are managed by the State Forests National Forest Holding..

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The State Forests National Forest Holding is the largest organisation in the European Union managing forests, which belong to the State Treasury and celebrating its 90 anniversary this year.

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HUNTING

HUNTING

The areas of the Forest District Świebodzin, concerning hunting, belong to II Hunting Region. Within this area in 8 hunting districts, there manages 5 hunting associations and the Pedigree Breeding Establishment (OHZ). The hunting district 104 operates in the area of 9560 ha, including 5510 ha of the forests, while the hunting district 114 operates in the total area of 7280 ha, including 4345 ha of the forests.

The state of the hunting game within the area of the Forest District Świebodzin during the hunting period 2013/2014 presented as follows:

  •  678h head of stags  including  262 head of harts,
  •  1941 head of deer including 696 head of cuckold,
  •  1014 head of wild boars,
  •  144 head of fallow deer including 57 head of harts.

Within the area of the Pedigree Breeding Establishment (OHZ) in the hunting district 114, there is a cold storage to keep hunted game, which is used by two hunting districts.

The Forest District Świebodzin, undertaking actions to the benefit of adverse tendencies in the quantity of European hares and grey partridges, in 2004, established the net – cage farms of hares  within the area of the Pedigree Breeding Establishment (OHZ) of the State Forests. In 2005, there started the aviary breeding of grey partridges. The aim of the animal breeding is to breed appropriate number of European hares and grey partridges accustomed to live in natural conditions  and to restore their species through their re – introduction in the areas of the proper site conditions for the above mentioned species.

In 2015, in the Forest District Świebodzin, there reopened the Closed Fallow Deer Breeding Farm. The aim of this undertaking is re - introduction  and strengthening the gene pool of this species within the whole west belt of the country controlled by the State Forests.