News from the Italian Parks

(08 Ago 19) From Thursday 1st August, the 2019 blueberry harvest season is open in the Frignano Park, on the upper Modena Apennines.The harvest is allowed every day from 6 am to 8 pm and it is forbidden in the Park areas with integral protection (Zones A and A1).Authorizations are issued in the headquarters of ...

(Vogogna, 30 Lug 19) The following bivouacs will not be available for the hikers in the places: Colma di Premosello: the night between Agoust 5th and 6th One of the bivouacs at Alpe In La Piana: from August 6th to 8th. One of bivouacs at Alpe Mottac: the night between August 8th and 9th. (D.D. n.225 del 29 lugli...

(Manarola - Sede Parco Cinque Terre, 16 Lug 19) White and red. New trail markers on the final section of trail n. 502, marked yesterday by the Italian Alpine Club. This section was officially inserted in the REL (Ligurian Excursion Network), with a variant, trail n. 502c, that leads to the marina of Manarola. The extreme verticality of trail n. 5...

(15 Lug 19) In Lama Mocogno has been presented the Dossier for the extension of the Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO MaB) of the Tosco Emiliano Apennines to the Modena mountain municipalities. Read more (Italian text)...

(Vogogna, 14 Giu 19) With ordinance no. 75 of 13th June 2019, the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola ORDERS the closure of SP road no. 90 Rovegro - Cicogna for works from 17th to 21th June 2019, 8.00 a.m.- 12.00 a.m. and 1.00-6.00 p.m. The passage of emergency vehicles is always allowed....

(Pantelleria, 12 Giu 19) "It is one of the biggest and the most evocative among small Italian islands. After the violent fire in 2016 that destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests, the island has been able to recover thanks to the newly established National Park and the appointment of the President and the Boards of Di...

(Primiero San Martino di Castrozza, 10 Giu 19) Fifty years after the first Meeting, the next European Carabidologists Meeting, the 19th, will be held from 16 to 20 September 2019 in Italy, in Primiero. The European Carabidologists Meeting is traditionally a meeting point where researchers from all over Europe (and not only) discuss in an inform...

(Vogogna, 07 Giu 19) Tomorrow the 21st edition of the Club Alpino Italiano National Hiking Week will start. From 8th to 16th June the Val Grande National Park organizes many excursions and events with the Coordination of East Monte Rosa Sections, Val Grande National Park and its offici...

(Vogogna, 31 Mag 19) The Municipality of Premosello, with Decree no 6/2019 has forbidden the transit of vehicles and pedestrians along the Alpe Lut - Alpe La Piana track on June 3rd from 7.30 a.m. This closure is necessary to allow the security work of a landslide. The reopening of the road wil...

(Vogogna, 21 Mag 19) The "Comuniterrae. Mappe di Comunità Culturali di Paesaggi Alpini nel Parco Nazionale della Val Grande" (Comuniterrae. Maps of Cultural Communities of Alpine Landscapes in the Val Grande National Park) project is among the four Italian winners of the EUROPEAN HERITAGE AWARD / Europa Nostra AW...