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Starting from the second half of August, those who ventured along the Assietta Road will have noticed some conspicuous orange fences and may have wondered what they are. Let's try to explain it in a few lines, also to the benefit of those who will be frequenting the watershed ridge between the Susa Valley and the Chisone Valley until the end of September.

Issue n.8 of Avvoltoi Piemonte with reports and observations related to the first half of 2024 is now online

After 5 intense years of work in the field and coordination of activities and actions, the final conference of LIFE WolfAlps EU, organized in Trento from May 17 to 19, marked the milestone of a project that since 2019 has been able to disseminate a wealth of scientific knowledge and informative tools on the coexistence between human activities and wolves in the Alps.

In early May, the first experimental fishing activities for European catfish were carried out on the Lago Grande di Avigliana as part of the European project Life Predator. Biologists and technicians from Biologické centrum AV ČR, a research institute of the Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic, captured a total of 45 individuals of Silurus glanis using fishing techniques such as gillnets and electrofishing.

The income tax declaration moment has returned and this year taxpayers can support the Alpine Parks by donating 5x1000 to the management body of the protected areas of the Cozie Alps. By entering the tax code 94506780017 in the box "Funding of Scientific Research and University", you contribute to tick research conducted in collaboration with the University of Turin. Monitoring ticks in the Alpine parks is essential to assess the transmission of pathogens. Contributions from the 5x1000 for the scientific research of the Cozie Alpine Parks have shown a constant increase in recent years. Contributing will not change the IRPEF tax and can make a difference.