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The competition for the management of the refuge Casa Assietta "Jack Canali" in Pragelato will take place on March 7, 2024. The tender has been approved.

Saturday, March 9, 2024 the Parks of the Cozie Alps and the Ecomuseum Colombano Romean are organizing a thematic meeting on the topic of architecture in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Martina Motta will present her doctoral thesis focused on the major construction sites in Piedmont in the 1700s, with particular attention to the use of timber from the upper Susa Valley. The conference, enriched with images and unpublished documents, will be held at the headquarters of the Cozie Alps Parks in Salbertrand.

Il quarto video della Val Sangone presenta il "giardino botanico nascosto" del Rifugio Balma, tramite una guida del Parco Orsiera Rocciavrè.

In February 2024, three Cottian Alps park rangers already in possession of the title of AINEVA snow observer, participated in the specialization course in itinerant surveys in Valle d'Aosta to acquire advanced knowledge necessary for the assessment of local avalanche danger conditions and identification of avalanche problems on the ground.

The collection of deer and roe deer antlers is prohibited within protected areas.

Cahier n.32 of the Colombano Romean Ecomuseum, "ARCADIA ALPINA - Costumes of the Upper Susa Valley", will be presented on 24 February 2024. The heart of the work is the novel by Professor Enrico Cavalier Faure, found by chance and published in 1926 During the presentation evening part of the text will be read by the ArTeMuda actors.

The Council of the Cottian Alps protected areas management body has approved the creation of the Transfrontier Committee for Biodiversity within the ALCOTRA France - Italy cooperation. The Biodiversity Charter will be the starting point for new cooperation programs, promoting the protection of ecological heritage and collaboration between local development bodies.

Il resoconto delle attività del Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie dell'Università di Torino riguarda il monitoraggio delle zecche in due parchi delle Alpi Cozie. In entrambe le aree, sono state raccolte numerose zecche, in particolare nel Parco naturale del Gran Bosco di Salbertrand. Il monitoraggio continuerà nel 2024 per valutare la distribuzione altitudinale e temporale delle zecche. 

An article by Toni Mingozzi, Pierpaolo Storino, Giampalmo Venuto, Alessandro Massolo, Giacomo Tavecchia dedicated to the effects of climate warming on the reproductive season of the Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) at its altitudinal limit has recently been published in the scientific journal Current Zoology