📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The National Nature Park Hunsrueck-Hochwald is the newest German National Park intended to protect nature. The park was just founded in May 2015. The landscape is dominated by huge forests, steep hills, small brooks and ponds, rocks and marshes. Only small hamlets interrupt the landscape, a perfect region for plenty of different species but also for hiking. Within this National Park you will work under the supervision of a Park Ranger to take care of special marshes situated on the slopes of the hill. . These marshes were drained with ditches in the last century to use it as forests, volunteers already started in 2015 with different measures to bring back the special character of this place and keep the water in the marshes. Many different species (especially amphibians and special plants) already returned. This workcamp will continue this mission and will take place in cooperation with the National Nature Park Hunsrueck-Hochwald and the Foundation for Nature and Environment Rhineland-Palatinate.
💼 What the programme involves
Under the supervision of a Park Ranger you will realise different measures to keep the water in the marshes and to undo the drainage of the area by blocking or filling ditches or by building small wooden barriers. Attention: The work might be physically hard and you will get wet and muddy for sure! Please bring rubber boots and working clothes.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in a holiday home on the local camping of Birkenfeld. This house provides beds, kitchen and sanitary facilities for eight people – quite luxury for a workcamp! You can use all facilities of the camping (small lake to swim, barbecue place…). The camping is about 1-2 km from the city of Birkenfeld. To the workplace it is a 15 minute drive.
📍 About the location
The workcamp will take place in the western part of Rhineland-Palatinate. You will stay in Birkenfeld, a small city with 7.000 inhabitants offering everything you need (shops, pubs, swimming pool…). The next bigger city is Trier (40 km), the oldest German city with many Roman sights, a huge cathedral and plenty of things to do (vineyard, shopping, clubs…). You can visit the city during the weekend.
ℹ️ Additional information
This is a special project for nature lovers and people interested in nature protection work. You will get wet and dirty!