Heinisuo Is Getting Larger

Heinisuo Is Getting Larger

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired well over 18 more hectares of the Heinineva bog in Alajärvi in May 2013. The new area includes a small forest-covered islet on the northeast side. Together with the Ostrobothnia conservation district, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation started a shared campaign for quagmires in the spring of 2012. The…

Success in Ostrobothnia

Success in Ostrobothnia

In the spring of 2012, the foundation and the Ostrobothnia conservation district started a campaign for bogs, and as a result, the foundation has now managed to acquire 16 hectares of the Heinisuo bog in Alajärvi. The area was offered to us by its owner, Teemu Hauta-aho, who was inspired by the campaign and decided…

It All Started With Woodpeckers: Mr Linkola Turns 80, a Fundraising Campaign Begins

It All Started With Woodpeckers: Mr Linkola Turns 80, a Fundraising Campaign Begins

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation will start a special fund-raising campaign on 7 December 2012 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its chairman, Pentti Linkola, who established the foundation. The campaign will last until the end of the year. Pentti Linkola, a Finnish fisherman and author, used to dream of buying primeval forests for conservation….

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation Receives More Land To Protect

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation Receives More Land To Protect

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation closed a good deal in September 2012 receiving more land to be placed under protection. The three-hectare forest area in Lautsia in Hauho became the foundation’s smallest conservation area, which is, however, characterized by exuberance and diversity. There are old spruces growing in the middle wit a little bog in…

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation Launches a Campaign for Companies

The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation Launches a Campaign for Companies

The foundation starts collecting funds among the successful entrepreneurs in the Häme region with a campaign that will last until the end of the year. We aim at having at least one natural forest area protected in the region. With the campaign, we also want to show respect for the fisherman and writer Pentti Linkola,…

The Keijunsuo Area Extended

The Keijunsuo Area Extended

Right at the end of 2011, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation bought seven additional hectares to the Keijunsuo swamp acquired in the early summer of the same year. As a result, there was a 14-hectare area born south of Lake Paloniitunjärvi in Renko, an area bounded by the 90-hectare conservation area established for the lake…

Konttikangas extended

Konttikangas extended

In November, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired an approximately 45-hectare area, which was once a raised bog used for the purpose of peat production, next to the Konttikangas conservation area in Siikajoki. It belongs to the 300-hectare bog area of Karjoneva. This bog area will be turned into a wetland for birds. The project…

The Loppi Area Extended

The Loppi Area Extended

In late October, the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation acquired an area of half a hectare south of the Yli-Mylly conservation forest in Loppi. The area has served as a research forest for Metla, the Finnish Forest Research Institute, and we bought it from Metsähallitus, a state-owned enterprise that has land and water areas in its…