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The trees have been donated by the National Center for Forest Genetic Resources Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment
The elms have returned to the Rambla de Tobarrilla (Yecla) thanks to the repopulation just ended in this place the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (CHS).
In total, the basin organization, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, has planted 1,000 trees in the area, which was home the most important olmeda of the Region of Murcia until many of the specimens were affected by a plague of Dutch elm disease.
In March 2015, the CHS began restocking in the Rambla de Tobarrilla with 200 trees and has now been a year later, when work has been completed with the planting of 800 more elms.
The species, which were provided free of charge by the National Center of Forest Genetic Resources, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, are resistant to Dutch elm disease and come from the 'National Programme for Improvement and Conservation of Genetic Resources Iberian Olmos'.
The project, which involves an investment of 60,000 euros, also includes the runway clear to ensure its hydraulic capacity and reinforcement work on the margins and protecting access to ancient irrigation galleries.
In this sense, the CHS has regrown the walls of manholes and ventilation irrigation gallery located in the area and dating from the eighteenth century, making possible accidents visitors to the promenade are avoided.
In addition, these cavities are the habitat of many insectivorous birds and other species.
Agreement care olmeda
In order to survive and elms that place again regain the optimum environmental status, the CHS will maintain a direct collaboration with the City of Yecla.
Thus, it is proposed the signing of an association agreement with the Nests, which also collaborate Consistory for land stewardship.
With this agreement maintaining the action taken by the commitment of the local population will be guaranteed.
As regards the olmeda, once it was considered the most important of the Murcian Community, with about 4,000 copies of elms, which in the nineties were affected by a fungal disease called Dutch elm disease.
As a result of this evil, Grove declined to be limited to a few copies, negative effect added that the logs sick blocked the boulevard.
Thus, the works have involved the removal of dead trees and removing invasive vegetation, especially reeds, over a length of 1.5 kilometers on the runway.
Source: CHS
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