BIODIVERSITY
Val Suzon soon Regional Nature Reserve
Located north of the Dijon, the forest of Val-Suzon offers a wide variety of backgrounds and a rich floral and fauna to be preserved. Hence the project to create a regional nature reserve.
Forêt du Val-Suzon
© photo credit: Peter Combs
The law of local democracy (Article 109) established in 2002, the regional nature reserves, including the ranking belongs to the Regional Council. This new tool allows a reflection on the conservation of biodiversity at the regional level.
The Burgundy Regional Council wishes to enter the forest of Val Suzon as regional nature reserve. This indeed presents a unique mosaic of habitats in Burgundy and associated flora and fauna, rich both in terms of the rarity of diversity, an area of more than 3000 ha.
Multiple habitats and rare
Burgundy is located at the crossroads of oceanic climatic influences, Mediterranean and continental. In addition, the Val Suzon has multiple directions and topographic situations. There is therefore a rich diversity of environments: dry grasslands, scree, tufeux marshes, cliffs, ...
A wide variety of fauna and flora
The variability of situations determine the diversity of fauna and flora, especially important in open remarkable. 27 sites were listed ecological interest in national forests of the Val-Suzon and communal Messigny-and-Vantoux. There are over 500 botanical species including 59 species remarkable. A quarter of the flora is represented in the Burgundian forest Val-Suzon. Among them, there are 11 species designated as a protection area, and a botanical species protected at national level.
In addition, 11 bird species of European interest and 5 reptile species protected at national level have been identified, and several species protected entomological and remarkable.
A prime site for water management
The scope of the proposed nature reserve covers a large area of the river system of the forest. The resurgence and the stream of Val Suzon represent third basin supply the Dijon. This means that the water quality is paramount. Whether it's wetland habitats or forest soils, all play a natural filter, temporary storage or transfer of water should not be overlooked.
Archaeology: three control sites of early human activity
The perimeter of the reserve includes three exceptional sites that we maintain:
- The fortified camp of Castle Rock-(21 acres, overlooking the southern entrance to the valley)
- Camp de la Fontaine au Chat (2 ha, located north-east of the village of Val-Suzon)
- The side of the gatehouse Etaules (8 acres, overlooking the Val-Suzon)
These sites were chosen from the Neolithic period (between IVth and IIth millennium BC) as sites for permanent human populations from seeking security to engage in activities primarily pastoral. Abandoned in the Late Neolithic and again occupied at about the Xth century BC after 10 centuries of neglect, they will build the most impressive works as citadels during the Iron Age.
There are also the Temple Lingon, a dry stone construction attributed to Lingones where they found the Gallic and Roman coins.
Did you know?
the regional nature reserve classification is proposed for an initial term of 10 years.
- Article du 19/10/2010 10:58, modifié le 04/08/2011 09:21 -