One of yougest herd were formed on Western Pomeranian area. Group was made by one of action through the LIFE project "Diversification and development bison population on north-western Poland". The "ancestors" of Jalowcówka were bison from Mirosławiec and Military Area Drawsko herds (kind of genetic...

Last week, we changed collars on two cows from Mirosławiec herd. The devices were put on animals at the beginning of the LIFE 13 / NAT / PL / 000010 project "Diversification and development of the European bison population in north-eastern Poland" (implemented in 2014-2019). The operating time depen...

In the Łobez Forest District, Bonin forestry, a dead bison bull was found!Bison Emergency, after first study on place of incident, has determined that the cause of death was a gunshot of the heart. The missile was handed over to the police. Great chunks of meat were cut out from bison body. The pres...

We wishing to You a very Happy Easter that is filled with plenty of love and happiness!!!Westernpomeranian Nature Society

On 05.04.2019  we had Polish-German workshop. This event was organized as part of extended project LIFE  13 NAT/PL/000010 “Diversification and development of bison population in northwestern Poland”. The main topic was issue of bisons migration (beyond of Project borders and Polish-German national bor...

Last Sunday, we had rescued a young bison. She went onto a frozen lake in Drawa National Park because she wasn’t an experienced animal. We aren’t aware of the cause to why she went out onto the lake. Most likely the cow was tring to find her herd and was trying to take a shortcut. As we mentioned in...

We received a report around 12 o’clock about a bison who was drowning in Ostrowiec lake in Drawa National Park. We immediately took action. When we arrived, we found 60 people and 12 brigades of firefighters. All of this was coordinated by Drawa National Park director – Mr. Paweł Bilski. Rescue wasn...

At the beginning of January, we carried out our first immobilization in our newly extended project. We have changed the old GPS collar of a 10 year old cow named “Beza”.  She is currently living with her herd in the military training ground in Drawsko. The collar was put on in 2014 and required repla...

We are pleased to inform you that our project, “Diversification and Development of Bison Population in North Western Poland” has been extended to 30 July 2019. We have received funding to continue our project so we will continue BOŻ and PŻ activities such as: Supply bison feed to feedrack in 2018/20...

On 6-7 December 2018 in Dzika Zagroda in Jabłonowo, a conference summarizing the project LIFE13 NAT/PL/000010 "Diversification and development of the European bison population in north-western Poland" was held. The meeting was attended by about 60 people. All participants received nice gifts in the...

Dear guests, below we present information on the two-day conference summarizing the effects and activities of the project "Diversification and development of the European bison population in north-western Poland". The conference starts on 06.12.2018 at 9:00 in Dzika Zagroda in Jablonowo 42; 78-650 M...

On November 16, 2018, a workshop was held in Dzika Zagroda in which the services responsible for our safety were involved: police, army, municipal police, and students together with the guardian of the military class from Kalisz Pomorski. All participants received information materials. The workshop...

Winter is just right... so we are slowly preparing for this year's feeding season in Dzika Zagroda and in Dłusko. We have already started to store supplies of bison food (beets and oats). In the winter, thanks to feeding, the bison do not disperse, they only gather in small areas, in places of feedi...

This year, as part of the LIFE project "Diversification and development of the European bison population in north-western Poland", we have completed the immobilisation season during which telemetry collars were put on bison. During the project 50 collars were set up, which means that 23% of individu...