With support of the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the Blackfoot Challenge, Slovenian and Croatian representatives of the LIFE Lynx project visited Montana, USA for a 10-day exchange. The exchange strengthened existing partnerships among Slovenian, Croatian, and US conservationists and researchers and explored key lessons from the LIFE Lynx and Blackfoot Challenge wildlife projects. The exchange focused on sharing best...
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The northern Dinaric Mountains are the natural habitat of the lynx and other large carnivores. To present this environment to the public from the lynx’s perspective, the LIFE Lynx project created the Lynx Walk. This thematic hiking route for mountaineers and nature lovers runs through the Dinaric Mountains between Slovenia and Croatia. It starts at Mašun in Slovenia, where the information and education center Forest House Mašun and...
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One of the issues we were facing when preparing our project proposal and reinforcement program, was a lack of published scientific data about previous lynx reintroduction and reinforcement programs. To spread our knowledge to experts and scientists and to help future projects with our experience, we are dedicated to publishing scientific papers and presenting our project on congress and other meetings with experts. Thus, our partner...
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Last week, the Young Lynx Guardians from the Josip Vandot Kranjska Gora Primary School came to Jelovica for an excursion. They visited the enclosure where Zois and Aida spent their time adapting to their new environment under the watchful eyes of the Nomenj-Gorjuše hunting club. They also experienced the forest through the eyes of a field worker and played a game to understand the food web and the role of the lynx in the forest...
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We have published a booklet “Follow the footsteps of the lynx Mala“, which complements the Lynx Trail, which starts and ends near the Jelenov studenec hut, south-west of Kočevje. The booklet will take children on a very special adventure with lynx Mala and Urša the explorer. Together they will observe the forest, learn about the tracks of different animals and the places where the lynx likes to walk or rest. They will find...
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On August 18, the LIFE Lynx project team had successfully recaptured and replaced a telemetry collar on remnant male lynx Klif on the cliffs above Kolpa River. Capture and sedation was led by the project team from Department of Forestry from Biotechnical faculty and ZOO Ljubljana. Klif was in very good health condition and looked physically fit. He gained 1.5 kg since the previous capture and now weighs 24.5 kg. He shares a territory...
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The camera trapping survey in Slovenia between 2021 and 2022 was a record year in terms of the area covered and the amount of data collected. The survey extended from Dinarics to the Alpine area, involving 57 hunting grounds in camera trapping. 318 lynx events were detected at 71 out of 173 locations in total, which is 100 more detections than one season earlier. A minimum of 30 adult animals were identified from the photos. This...
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A translocated lynx Goru and a resident lynx Teja have had several litters so far. Their first offspring is lynx Mala, from the next litter we have telemetry-collared lynx Niko, and from the third litter we have telemetry-collared lynxes Valentina and Neža. Here is an update what is happening with them. After the photos from camera traps and the genetic analyses confirming the paternity of Goru, the female lynx Mala was good news for...
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With an aim to confirm the presence of lynx with malfunctioning telemetry collars; Tris, Lenka and Zois, camera trapping in Gorenjska started already in July. Besides, August is the month when females with kittens increase their movement rates and replace breastfeeding with feeding with natural prey. That makes them possible to record on camera traps. After a month of camera trapping, we were more than successful; we managed to record...
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Bohinj Municipalty is very familiar with nature conservation, since about 66% of its area lays in Triglav National Park and 82% is included in Natura 2000 Network. They recognized the work of local hunting club Nomenj – Gorjuše and their efforts in nature conservation, with an award for lynx reintroduction in the Alps. At the Municipality celebration, the mayor of Bohinj, Mr. Jože Sodja presented the awarded for special achievements...
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On our website, we have published the Annual evaluation of indicators for project LIFE Lynx for 2021. We are monitoring the indicators for assessing impacts on ecosystem functions and socio-economic impact of project actions since the beginning of the project, and each year (2018, 2019, 2020) we prepare a short report on them. In these reports we show how the project engaged the public and especially key target groups (e.g., hunters,...
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