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Quest’anno l’Ecomuseo Colombano Romean ha decorato la vetrina dell’Hotel Dieu con una collezione di vecchie lanterne che illumineranno la notti di dicembre e simbolicamente la notte più corta dell’anno, Santa Lucia, il 13 dicembre. Ha poi dato spazio a Dario e Rosalba Milesi che hanno realizzato la “crèche provençale” con le statuine della loro collazione privata.

On Saturday, December 3, 2024, an interesting report was broadcasted on Geo about the Orsiera Rocciavré Natural Park. The popular RAI program dedicated to the environment and its wonders narrated the story of a herb - thyme - and its multiple culinary and medicinal properties with its usual expertise, spiced up with spectacular shots inside the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps. A real source of pride for a Park Authority that is responsible for safeguarding and enhancing the natural heritage of its territories.

Winter is the most challenging season for many species living in the mountains. Winter hiking and ski mountaineering activities can disrupt - sometimes threaten - the delicate ecological balance of an environment already strained by natural elements.

Located in western Piedmont on the border with France, the Chisone, Germanasca, and Pellice valleys are studied in this volume from the perspective of communication routes and the mobility of people, goods, and ideas.

The municipal road from Balboutet to Pian dell’Alpe is closed for the winter season 2024-2025 from November 30, 2024, to April 30, 2025.

They do not hunt in the parks.

In Piedmont, Regional Law no. 19/2009, article 8 states that "In protected areas established and classified as a natural park and nature reserve, the following prohibitions apply: a) hunting activities; b) introduction and use of weapons, explosives, and any destructive or capture means by individuals, unless nominatively authorized."

The best weapon against livestock poisonings comes from the precise knowledge of plants and early detection. A project involving ASL TO3, Ipla, the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Piedmont, Liguria, and Valle d'Aosta, and the Parco Alpi Cozie with the aim of developing a new diagnostic test methodology to identify toxic plants.

The new calendar of the Cozie Alps Parks is dedicated to the silent invasion of plants and animals from distant countries, as usual illustrated with the watercolors by Elio Giuliano and Valentina Mangini with texts by Luca Giunti.

Reasons for a prohibition

In Piedmont, mushroom picking is regulated by Regional Law no. 24/2007, which, in summary, allows harvesting from dawn to dusk of a daily individual quantity not exceeding 3 kg for all those who are equipped with the appropriate permit. Geographical limitations apply within protected areas established in accordance with the current regional regulations and sites that are part of the Natura 2000 network identified by the respective managing bodies.

In the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps, as in the entire Piedmont region, circulation with motor vehicles on off-road routes is forbidden according to Regional Law No. 32/1982. The ban, as stated, "also applies to mountain paths and mule tracks, as well as forest tracks and roads." This is Article 11 inserted, not by chance, in the text entitled "Rules for the conservation of the natural heritage and environmental structure" because undoubtedly vehicular traffic has an impact on ecological balances. But what is meant by "off-road routes"? Essentially, everything that is not part of the state, regional, provincial, or municipal road network.