Mire Reserves Preserve Unique Mire Nature
In the 1980s a total of 173 mire reserves were established for the conservation of mire nature. They are an important part of the government’s ratified mire conservation programme, which aims at preserving the richness of our mire nature.
Most protected mires are mire complexes such as aapa bogs or raised bogs and the country’s best bird mires are in these protected areas.
Entering and walking in mire reserves is usually permitted as an Everyman’s Right. In some reserves there are areas in which hiking, berry and mushroom picking, hunting and fishing are restricted to ensure that birds can nest in peace.
Usually trails and duckboards have only been built in those mire reserves which are easy to reach and are close to habitation.
Trails and duckboards help visitors get a better view of the mire birds. There is a list of areas with trails and duckboards below.
More Information
- Protected areas managed by Metsähallitus (number and area)
- Information on mire reserves is available on the Outdoors.fi website and at Metsähallitus customer service points.
- A Land of Mires is a textbook (also in pdf form) on mires and their ecology. Finnish Environment Institute, Finnish Environment series 23/2006. (www.environment.fi)