The FISH FOR LIFE project team marked Natura 2000 Day with two activities carried out together with students from schools in Albeni and Bengești Ciocadia, ecological education actions and tree planting. The students organized excursions to the Natura 2000 site Gilort River, where they took photos with the flora and fauna specific to the area. The photos were then presented in exhibitions organized in each school, on which occasion teachers and representatives of the Gorj Environmental Protection Agency spoke to the children about the Natura 2000 Network,
Month: May 2021
Conservation status of fish populations
One of the documents underlying the ecological reconstruction measures was the report entitled The study of the conservation status of the fish population on the Gilort River. The study focused mainly on species of community interest, namely: southern barbel, golden spined loach, brook lamprey, white - finned gudgeon, danube whitefin gudgeon and european bitterling. Samples were collected from 21 sampling sections (13 at the Natura 2000 site, 8 outside it)