#TECT2611960ACreation of the La Chatte Pendue Strict Biological Reserve in Bas-Rhin
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This order creates a 52.88-hectare strict biological reserve in the Donon state forest, covering parts of several forest parcels in La Broque and Plaine in Bas-Rhin. The reserve is meant to let mountain forest ecosystems in the sandstone Vosges evolve naturally, while protecting biodiversity and supporting scientific knowledge. Forestry operations and most human interventions that could alter the forest habitat are banned. Limited work remains allowed for safety, trail and road maintenance, fire prevention, removal of non-native species, and controlled hunting of ungulates when needed to protect ecosystem balance. Visitors are restricted to marked walking trails, and new public-access facilities are generally not allowed.
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Key Changes
- Creates a 52.88-hectare strict biological reserve in the Donon state forest in Bas-Rhin.
- Approves the reserve management plan for 2023-2042.
- Bans forestry operations and most habitat-changing interventions, with narrow exceptions for safety, fire prevention, invasive species removal, and ecosystem management.
Obligations
What this law requires
Do not carry out forestry operations or other human interventions in the RBI de la Chatte Pendue that could modify the composition, structure, or functioning of natural habitats, except for actions expressly allowed under the reserve management plan.
Manage the parts of the Donon state forest included in the RBI de la Chatte Pendue in accordance with the approved reserve management plan for 2023-2042.
When tree cutting is carried out for authorized maintenance or safety work in the reserve, leave the cut wood products inside the reserve unless directional felling is impossible.
Limit maintenance and safety works in the reserve to the reserve fence, the marked pedestrian hiking trail including the Chatte Pendue rock site and surroundings, and forest roads bordering the reserve, in accordance with the management plan.
Regulate ungulate populations by hunting only where needed to avoid ecosystem imbalance, and follow the modalities set by the Office national des forêts.