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Rangers work in Stepnoi – part 5 – building nests for the birds of prey. #WorldRangerDay
A special place in the work of state inspectors is occupied by the biotechnical measures on the territory of the Reserve. Thus, snowy and very windy winters quite often cause damage to the nests of birds of prey that have found their home on the territory of the...
Rangers work in Stepnoi – part 4 – preventing and combating fires. #WorldRangerDay
Everyone knows how dangerous and terrible fires are for all living things, especially steppe fires when literally in a matter of minutes huge territories can be engulfed in fire, which deprives of a food base for both domestic and wild animals and after which...
Rangers work in Stepnoi – part 3 – artesian wells and drinkers. #WorldRangerDay
At the watering places, bright signs are displayed informing visitors of the Stepnoi Reserve about the depth of the artesian well, the mineral composition of the pouring water, and about those animals and birds that most often visit this or that watering place. Not...
Rangers work in Stepnoi – part 2 – inform the local population and water the animals. #WorldRangerDay
To inform local people and prevent border violations, state rangers have installed bright information signs visible from afar around the perimeter of the Reserve and on especially important roads. These signs must be changed as the paint fades under the scorching rays...
Saigas under the supervision … #CameraTrapTuesday
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Russia), together with ZAO Ferrero Russia (brand Kinder®), developed and launched in 2021 the project “Take care of saigas together!”, within the framework of which the “Black Lands” Reserve, located in the Republic of Kalmykia, and...
Rangers work in Stepnoi — always on duty! #WorldRangerDay
Their professional holiday – World Ranger Day - the state rangers of the Stepnoi Reserve in the Astrakhan Region, Russia, where a significant part of the saiga population of the North-Western Caspian Sea lives year-round, will as always, meet in the steppe. Even...
Sharing experience between Uzbek rangers
Recently, an experience exchange trip took place between the staff of the Saigachiy Reserve and the new South Ustyurt National Park. The kick-off meeting was held in Nukus, from there the inspectors went to the Saigachy field base on Ustyurt and from there they...
#CameraTrapTuesday
The fox is the common and most widespread species of predator in the Saigachiy Reserve (Uzbekistan). This beauty was captured by camera traps in February this year, she is still in her usual winter fur. Обыкновенная лисица - обычный и самый массовый вид хищников...
Saiga Day in Russia 6 – Steppe Club “Vozrozhdenije” (Resurrection)
Here is the last part of Saiga Day 2021 in Russia posts - about the celebration in the Steppe Club "Vozrozhdenije" (Resurrection). Together with the teams from 15 schools of Astrakhan region quys participated in the quest "Steppe watch" which was covered by the local...
Saiga Day in Russia 5 – Steppe Clug “Tsagda”
This year the new Steppe Club named "Tsagda" was created in Kalmykia, Russia. An article was published in a local newspaper about this event / В этом году новый степной клуб "Цагда" был создан в Калмыкии в России. В местной газете вышла статья по поводу этого события....
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