Excursion to Oandu Nature Centre

12/02 Grade 9b17/02 Grade 9c 25/02 Grade 9a

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RMK – State Forest Management Center

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RMK manages Estonian state forests.

RMK’s operating areas are:• forest administration;• forest management;• timber marketing;• preservation of the natural environment and recreation management;• seed and plant management;• hunting management.

RMK- State Forest Management Center

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• People at RMK engaged in the preservation of the natural environment do all they can for the state forest to provide as varied opportunities as possible for recreation, while not harming the biota there. • RMK builds hiking trails, maintains accommodation facilities, marks scenic recreational areas, and prepares camping sites and campfire places. Besides the creation of recreational opportunities, RMK also provides education about the natural environment.

Tasks in the forest from past to present

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Oandu nature centre is one of the RMK’s educational centres.

We participated in one of the programmes: “Tasks in the forest from past to present”

Evidence of a wild boar having scratched itself against a fir tree covered in sap.

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An enclosure for wolves

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There are about 100 wolves still left in Estonian forests.In 1841 the number was approximately 2500.One of the ways to trap wolves was to use the enclosure.

Measuring the height of trees

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Tagametsa Rock

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The northern part of Estonia is filled with boulders.

One of them, called Tagametsa Suurkivi (Rock), is 4.3 m high and its circumference is 21.4 m.

A tree gnawed by a moose

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Footprints of a deer and a fox

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Snowy forest

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What is ‘stère’ and which tree’s cones are on the table?

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About RMK in Englishwww.rmk.ee/en

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