Removing trees and shrubs and mowing on xerothermic grasslands. Carrying out active protection activities in the Wzgórza Sobkowskie nature reserve

Removing trees and shrubs and mowing on xerothermic grasslands. Carrying out active protection activities in the Wzgórza Sobkowskie nature reserve.
The scope of active protection activities planned for all parts includes: 1. Marking the operational areas in the area indicated by the Ordering Party in accordance with the GIS layers on which the treatments will be carried out. 2. Mowing (at a height of 10 to 15 cm above the ground surface) herbaceous vegetation and suckers of trees and shrubs. Vegetation must be removed in a way that does not cause it to be shredded into small pieces that cannot be raked out. The work must be carried out manually. The use of mechanical lawn mowers and trimmers is allowed, except for devices equipped with string heads. Vehicles are not allowed to enter the reserves, including mowing with mowers combined with agricultural tractors. 3. Cutting down trees and shrubs and their offshoots applies to specimens with a trunk diameter of up to 10 cm measured at a height of 1.3 m from the ground surface: a. trees and shrubs with a diameter of 5 to 10 cm - removed at the ground surface, b. in the case of trees with a diameter not exceeding 5 cm, cutting should be done below the root neck; perform the work, e.g. with a mountain hoe, digging it below the ground surface and then removing the plant, or - in the case of smaller specimens, less than 3 cm in diameter - it is advisable to uproot the plant. 4. Collecting and removing the resulting biomass outside the reserve. 5. Cleaning up after completing the Task all rubbish left in connection with the work performed.