Revitalisation of drained forest area

Abstract

The article deals with a possible way of revitalisation of the drainage system established in the past in the locality "Křížovna" in the cadastral area of Čejkov in the Vysočina region. The area is located at an altitude of 649 - 657 m above sea level, the affected area is 1.33 ha and has the character of a spring area. Currently, there is a mixed forest with a predominance of conifers of approximately 50 - 100 years of age. In the past, the site was drained by a system of ditches which were connected to a sunken unnamed stream. In the context of ongoing climate change, the drainage system has lost its purpose. It is desirable to retain water rather than to facilitate its accelerated runoff. Revitalisation measures of a purely natural manners have been implemented using local materials. Simple types of measures have been used to create, among other things, pools, loosened flow paths, cross dams, etc. The text describes the individual types of solutions. In the design process, the individual measures were sensitively chosen so as to minimise interference with mature vegetation. The technical element was the implementation of a ford on the existing logging road and the reconstruction of a culvert under the forest road. The revitalisation measures aim to initiate naturalisation processes both in the stream bed and in the ditches.