Restoration of the Schellenbergmoor

As part of the moor and climate protection program "KLIP 2020" of the Free State of Bavaria, the approximately 3.3-hectare Kesselmoor within the Schellenbergmoor was restored. The aim is to preserve the original Spirken moor forest (Vaccinio uliginosi-Pinetum rotundatae), which is threatened by dehydration. The Kesselmoor was crossed diagonally by a strongly overgrown drainage ditch, whose drainage effect has been prevented since the installation of 10 peat dams in January 2011. The resulting increased soil water level should have the effect that the competing spruce growth is pushed back, the acrotelm (= bog soil) formation in the inner bog area is spatially expanded and thus the peat formation is stimulated again. A monitoring program will be carried out to accompany the restoration measure.