Successful realizations
The Pfyn-Finges Nature Park implements a wide range of projects to preserve and enhance the natural and cultural landscape. Through targeted measures, it promotes biodiversity, protects valuable habitats and supports local initiatives. The following implementations impressively show how the nature park actively contributes to the preservation of biodiversity and to ensuring an ecological balance in the region.
Petit Bois - Nature in the city
From a vineyard to a local recreation area
The vineyard in “Petit-Bois” forest, south of Sierre railroad station, was renaturalized and ecologically enhanced in 2022/23. “Petit-Bois” is now a meeting zone that invites visitors to linger and discover. It is a prime example of the promotion of biodiversity in urban areas and of the strong cooperation between the individual partners.
Brentjong display field
The Pfyn-Finges Nature Park is committed to enhancing and preserving the traditional cultural and natural landscape. In Brentjong, it creates opporunities with its display field: The rare species found in the Acker fields are specifically promoted and preserved here. The field is freely accessible to interested parties.
Dry stone wall project “Rumelingweg”
The dry stone walls along the Rumelingweg trail in the nature park municipality of Leuk are very prominent and immediately catch the eye of hikers. At the start of the joint project in 2020, almost all of the dry stone walls were overgrown with vegetation, in need of renovation and in some cases in serious danger of collapsing. The Pfyn-Finges Nature Park and the nature park community of Leuk set themselves the goal of preserving and renovating the dry stone walls along this historic transport route of national importance.
Since 2020, sections have been maintained, renovated or rebuilt every year in accordance with the upgrading concept developed. The measures are implemented by specialists, supervised community service or volunteer groups and as part of adult courses.
Maintenance of hedges and copses in public areas
In the nature park municipality of Salgesch, hedges are a valuable part of the cultural landscape. Some of these hedges and copses are located on public land. In collaboration with the Pfyn-Finges Nature Park office and the Swiss Ornithological Institute, the municipality of Salgesch has launched a project to maintain its hedges and copses in the long term.