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The January events of the series Chantar l'Uvèrn: from Epiphany to Easter, fragments of Occitan, Franco-Provençal, and French language and culture

On December 27, 2024, the Community of the Protected Areas of the Cottian Alps met to initiate the procedures for the designation of the new Council of the Park Authority. As established by the Regional Law of Piedmont No. 19/2009, Consolidated Text on the protection of natural areas and biodiversity, the Community has an advisory, propositional, and verification role regarding the activities of the Authority and is composed of the mayor of the Metropolitan City of Turin, the presidents of the Mountain Unions, and the mayors of the municipalities – or their delegates – whose territories fall within the Cottian Alps Parks.

On the Piemonte Region website, the Fact sheets on poisonous plant species created as part of the project "Accidental poisonings from toxic plants in domestic animals"

On the occasion of the Christmas holidays and winter Sundays, the Metropolitan City of Turin has allocated a contribution in favor of the Val Chisone and Germanasca Mountain Union for the management of a free shuttle service between Fenestrelle and Pra Catinat. This is an extraordinary intervention activated to solve the problem of parking shortages in the area where Provincial Road No. 173 is closed to traffic in winter and where some popular hiking trails also start during the cold season.

The extremely fluctuating weather conditions of the ongoing winter require the utmost caution when embarking on any mountain excursion due to the presence of ice on forest trails and paths.

Nei periodi dal 26 dicembre 2024 al 6 gennaio 2025 e dal 13 al 23 gennaio 2025, viene attivata una navetta gratuita a Pragelato tra le frazioni di Souchères Basses e Pattemouche.

E’ in arrivo la Sedicesima edizione di "Chantar l'Uvèrn. Dall’Epifania a Pasqua, frammenti di lingua e cultura occitana, francoprovenzale e francese": la rassegna culturale che valorizza creazioni originali e promuove la lingua e la cultura occitana, francoprovenzale e francese attraverso una ricca e capillare animazione territoriale con eventi musicali, teatrali, antropologici, documentaristici ed ambientali.

Il Presidente della Giunta regionale, Alberto Cirio, con comunicato del 19 dicembre 2024, apre la nomina dei componenti dei Consigli degli enti strumentali di gestione delle aree protette regionali in rappresentanza delle Associazioni agricole nazionali più rappresentative presenti e attive sul territorio della Regione Piemonte e delle Associazioni ambientaliste.

Among the protected species within protected areas, one must not forget homo sapiens. This column, which usually discusses the limitations imposed on human activities to preserve the environment, takes a diversion dedicated to an obligation introduced for safety reasons in avalanche danger situations: that of carrying an Artva, shovel, and probe on snowy terrain throughout the Italian mountainous territory, not just in the parks.

On December 9 and 16, 2024, the first capture activities aimed at specimens of catfish took place in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park. The session is part of the actions promoted by the Life Predator project aimed at controlling an alien and invasive species like Silurus glanis in the freshwater basins of Southern Europe.