The next time the volunteers will be knocking over utility poles on Lake Saimaa this coming weekend. Metsähallitus has permission to continue the pile-driving until mid-February.
Last weekend, the first collisions of auxiliary reindeer to help the endangered Saimaa ringed seal in its breeding season began on Lake Saimaa.
– It is estimated that over 50 utility stacks were knocked over last weekend. So far, I haven’t received accurate information from all the groups,” says Alakoski.
According to Alakoski, there were several dozen volunteers knocking over the auxiliary pile.
In Puumala, the cinemas were made slightly smaller than usual over the weekend, so that the ice can withstand the weight of a large snow mountain. Ice can loosen the weight of a large kinos and be a danger to the cubs born in the kinos in February-March.
– We were fishing with our daughter at our cottage in Saimaa, we stopped at the edge of the reeds, when young Kuutti came to peek at us from the lake. Kuutti closed under our boat for two hours, says Hatakka about one memorable encounter.
Norpa nesting starts at the turn of February–March. The next time the volunteers will be knocking out help boxes in Saimaa this coming weekend. As a matter of principle, auxiliary nests are now culled every year, and a separate decision is not made at the beginning of each breeding season.
Metsähallitus has permission to continue collapsing auxiliary pines until mid-February.
Last spring, a record 92 cubs were born in Saimaa. Last winter was snowy, and the nesting of the norpa was successful, and only five dead nestlings were found. This year, the snow situation is weaker.