General National Id Czech_03 Site name Sumava National Park Summary The project coordinated by the Ministry of Environment involves a mire restoration program in the Sumava National Park, Czech Republic, The aim was the raise of the water table to a natural (per-drainage) level, decrease the fluctuations, and retain sufficient water in the mires especially during the driest periods. To make it possible, the activities carried out were restoration of natural (or near-natural) mire hydrology, enhancement of peat-forming vegetation and processes, conservation of natural mire biodiversity and involvement of the public into local mire conservation. Light or indepth? Light NUTS Code Jihozápad RBD code CZ_5000 Transboundary 0 Data provider REC Source(s) Ecological restoration in Czech Republic Restoration of Drained Mires (Å umava National Park, Czech Republic) NWRM(s) implemented in the case study Removal of dams and other longitudinal barriers Longitude 13.5186 Latitude 49.0183 Site information Mean rainfall 1275 Mean rainfall unit mm/year Average temperature 3,20000004768372 Average runoff coefficient 0,100000001490116 Type Case Study Info Average slope range <2 Vegetation class Bogs with dwarf shrub, lawn and hollow vegetation surrounded by Pinus xpseudopumilio krummholz, bog pine forests on valley bogs, transitional mires, spruce mires, waterlogged spruce forests. Monitoring maintenance Monitoring impacts effects 1 Monitoring parameters main cations and anions (SO4, NO3, NH4, PO4, Ca, Mg, Al, Fe, pH, conductivity and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) Performance Performance impact estimation method Catchment outlet Performance impact estimation information Water table measured manually in all boreholes at nearly fortnight intervals. Automatic gauging(at 1h intervals) by piezometers was used in a selected 49 boreholes. Water samples from boreholes, ditches, runoff profiles from drained sites and samples from streams were taken monthly for a detailed hydrochemical analysis, including content of main cations and anions, pH, conductivity and DOC. Runoff from drained sites as well as amount of precipitation were measuered continualy. Design & implementations Application scale Field Scale Installation date 2008 Area (ha) 500 Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha) 500 Size 60 Size unit km Design capacity description 19 sites, nearly 60km of blocked ditches Favourable preconditions Former mire Public consultation 1 Design contractual arrangement Arrangement type Responsibility Role Comments Name Design consultation activity Activity stage Key issues Name Comments Environmental Education Both visitors and local people regularly attend †œMire Days†, which have been organised in the Å umava NP since 2008. In the ,rst half of such a mire day, people help with mire restoration a-er which they can visit undisturbed mires during the a-ernoon excursion. Similar †œMire Weeks† have also been organised in collaboration with NGOs for already 8 years. *ese †œMire Weeks† are attended mainly by young people and students. In this way several hundred people from the whole Czech Republic have taken part in mire restoration Design land use change Land use change type Design authority Authority type Role Responsibility Name Comments National water authority Financing Czech Ministry of Environment Administation of Sumava National Park PLA Authority Lessons, risks, implications... Key lessons The target water table concept seems to be a useful tool in mire restoration especially in the case of bogs and various sloping mires. Long-term monitoring including a pre-restoration period of several years is necessary to evaluate restoration success both in mires and adjacent habitats, for understanding ecological processes and complete cosystem response. When assessing hydrochemistry efects of restoration on the catchment level, the various conditions of restored minerotrophic mires and bogs should be taken into consideration. Success factor(s) Success factor type Success factor role Comments Financing possibilities main factor Financing Financing type Comments National funds Management programmes, Sumava NP and PLA Authority Barrier Barrier type Barrier role Comments Other main barrier All restoration measures were limited in time Driver Driver type Driver role Comments Organisation committed to it main driver Authority of the Natural Park Availability of subsidies secondary driver Legal obligations secondary driver Strategy programes Financing share Financing share type Share Comments Policy, general governance and design targets Policy description Almost 70% mires have been modified by various human activities like forestry, agriculture and peat extraction in the past. Part of wider plan 1 Policy target Target purpose Increase Water Storage Improved Biodiversity Policy pressure Pressure directive Relevant pressure Policy area Policy area type Policy area focus Name Comments Policy impact Impact directive Relevant impact Policy wider plan Wider plan type Wider plan focus Name Comments Landscape management programmes Policy requirement directive Requirement directive Specification Socio-economic Costs total 510000 Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity N/A info Information on Ecosystem provisioning services N/A info Ecosystem impact climate regulation Not relevant for the specific application Biophysical impacts Information on increased water storage The mean water table rose Information on runoff reduction The fluctuations in the water table were reduced, especially in the dwarf-shrub bog sites and wet forests. The water table beneath Trichophorum lawns remained at almost the same level, but also here fluctuations were reduced. Water quality overall improvements Positive impact-WQ improvement Information on Water quality overall improvements Increased concentrations of PO4, Al, Fe. Hydrochemical changes were found to be much more expressed in wet forest than peatbog. Long-term monitoring is necessary for understanding ecological processes and complete cosystem response. Soil quality overall soil improvements N/A info Information on Soil quality overall soil improvements N/A info Full Context Pathway(aka Context) Default view Area(aka Level or Site) ALL