Trees were sawed off at the Hasenbürener Umdeich. Brigitte Stümpel and Werner Köhler see this as clear-cutting. (Roland Scheitz)
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“I was off my socks because of the deforestation,” is how Brigitte Stümpel expressed her surprise when she saw several trees sawed off on the dike on the Hasenbueren Umdeich. “It’s a nature reserve,” she says of the route that she and her husband Werner Köhler regularly walk with their dog. Alder trees would now lie on the slope of the dike – the Bremische Deichverband would always carry out tree pruning work on the left bank of the Weser at this time of year, but: “These are the only nesting sites”, and these nesting sites would now be lacking for the birds during breeding times.
So she called the dike association, but they “just shook their heads with a smile”. She was told that the dyke association was responsible for landscape conservation, “but such clear cutting cannot be called landscape conservation,” says Stümpel.
Trees are nesting places for native bird species
Hundreds of birds would nest there during the breeding season and apart from these woody trees there would be nothing there. Now there are only a few trees that do not offer any protection to the birds. And further back on the dike, the city of Bremen has created rest and resting areas for migratory birds for a lot of money, then the city should not deprive the native birds of the nesting and resting opportunities.
“I would like the dyke association to be more cautious,” she says, “they have big equipment and when they mow there, everything is gone.” Brigitte Stümpel says there are many people who cannot appreciate trees the question arises, and whether such a deforestation should even be carried out in a protected area.
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-Excitement about felling work
