1. Forest and environmental education based on educational paths in Raciborów and Kubłowo.
Elaboration :
Natalia Strzykowska
Aleksandra Zaborowicz
Karol Seligowski
Class I
III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marii Konopnickiej we Włocławku

2. Forestry Commission Kutno

3. Let’s start the adventure!
How do we learn about the forest?
We start adventure of nature and forest recognition close to the forest administration office. We learn about the species of plants which can be found in Polish forests in the dendrological park.

4. Vegetation

5. Afforestation of arable land.
More than 500 million trees, which is 13 saplings per on citizen are planted in Poland each year. 720 thousand of saplings (worth 600 thousand zlotys) are planted into the ground in Forest Administration Kutno each year. We can enjoy healthy and strong woods. In the area of 100 hectares foresters use their own saplings grown from a seed in the nursery situated close to the Forestry Commission building.

6. How shall we behave in the forest ?
Actions prohibited in the forest:
Littering
Destroying trees and plants
Smoking cigarettes
Scaring animals
Screaming
Bonfire
Destroying animal habitats
Driving cars
Destroying educational paths

7. Forest fires
There are 26 roads functioning as fire access of total length nearly meters in the area of the forest administration in Kutno. 5 forest fires destroying the area of 3,55 hectares were recorded in the Forest Administration Kutno in 2015.

8. In order to make the spatial imagination in the forest is divided into sections. The sections are parts of the forest approximately 25 hectars large and of the shape resembling a rectangle, the limits of which are specil lines, roads, natural barriers. Each section has its number and is labelled permanently.

9. Forest is beautiful, impenetrable and teeming with different froms of life. Also, it provides us with numerous natural resources. Forest plays a significant role as a source of oxygen and regulates the water circulation in nature. It prevents the soil from erosion, supports the favourable climate. As Zbigniew Wala said ,,We were not here, yet forest was here, we will not be here, the forest will be here”.

10. The most popular species of animal and mushrooms which can be found in the area of Kutno Forestry Administration:
Animals: Mushrooms:
Red deer - Boletus edulis
Roe Leccinum
Squirrel Bolete
Boar Chanterelle
European hedgehog
Hare
Badger
Fox
Otter
Marten

11. The natural resource of the forest.
44,6 thousand cubic meters of timber is harvested in Kutno Forestry Administration every year. However, both the area and the natural resources are increasing. According to the Polish Statistical Office each person uses 1 cubic metre of timber, which means that the Kutno Rorestry Administration does not satisfy the needs of Kutno citizens. The population of this town is nearly 46 thousand people.

12. Hunting management
The quantity of game animals in the forest should be neither too smal nor too big. We should keep the balance so as to be healthy and there is enough foof for all the animals. For instance, the shortage of exposes the forest to disastrous reproduction of insects. Packs of boars mostly regulate the amount of larvas and pupas. The excessive numer of animal such as deer, roe-deer… causes the damage in the forests and fields, which frequently makes forest restoration impossible. There is an annual comparison of hunted animals:

13. the current quantity of animals + expected birthrate -
desirable quantity of animals =
shooting, performed only out of protection periods

14. Forms of natural forest education carried out by the FORESTRY Commission of Kutno and the attendance in 2015
Form of education
Number of activities
Number of participants
Participation %
Kindergarten children (3-6)
Primary school (7-12)
Lower-secondary school (13-15)
Upper secondary school (16-19)
Sttudents and adults over 19
Field lesson 32
1012
46,92 97
555
166 -
194
Lessons inthe education room
Meetings with the forester at school 19
725
33,61
261
428 36
Meetings with the forester outside the school
Forest competitions 2 60
2,78 54 6
Other events 4
360
16,69
130 50
180
Educational exhibitions
TOGETHER X
2157
100,0
358
1167
222
230
Others
About 5000

15. Forms of natural forest education carried by the FORESTRY Commission Kutno and the attendance in 2014
Form of education
Number of activities
Number of participants
Participation %
Kindergarten children (3-6)
Primary school (7-12)
Lower-secondary school (13-15)
Upper secondary school (16-19)
Sttudents and adults over 19
Field lesson 42
966
58,90
434
280 77 50
125
Lessons inthe education room -
Meetings with the forester at school 17
346
21,10
250 96
Meetings with the forester outside the school
Forest competitions 2 48
2,93 26 22
Other events 4
17,07
150 80
Educational exhibitions
TOGETHER X
1640
100,0
684
552
149
130
Others 3
About 3000