Nature Park Projects

Cultural Landscape & Nature Conservation

We distinguish between cultural landscape projects and nature conservation projects

"We live in the Tiroler Lech Nature Park". - an important guiding principle that constantly accompanies us. Most of the protected areas in Tyrol are mountain ecosystems and far removed from inhabited areas. On the other hand, the Lech with its side streams forms the largest contiguous protected area in the valley area of Tyrol. This largely valley location is a special feature, because the economic and permanent settlement area of the Population on the Tyrolean Lech borders directly on areas of natural history significance.

The Protection of rare habitats and species of fauna and flora is a fundamental mission for the Tiroler Lech Nature Park. The preservation of the last wild river landscape in the Northern Alps with its species inventory represents a special responsibility for the nature conservation work in our nature park. For the implementation of our nature conservation projects we have the province of Tyrol and the European Union as important funding providers.

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Environmental education

Biodiversity and environmental education

Making environmental education concepts tangible

The Tiroler Lech Nature Park is part of the cooperation project of the Tyrolean nature parks, which is funded by the province of Tyrol. Biodiversity and environmental education are combined in many ways. The ecosystem meadow with all its inhabitants is in the focus of the project, because species-rich

© Niels Willems

Nature conservation project

Transboundary species and biotope protection

Successful conclusion and basis for the future

The four nature parks Ammergauer Alpen, Nagelfluhkette, Karwendel and Tiroler Lech presented the completed Interreg small-scale project "Species protection without borders" on 5 October 2021 in Scharnitz.

© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park

Nature conservation project

Lady's Slipper Area Martinauer Au

New visitor guidance

The pine meadow in the Martinau is home to an endangered and protected orchid. The yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) immediately catches the eye with its shoe-shaped, yellow-red-brown flower. On an area of 2.5 hectares in the Martinauer Au, in Europe's largest contiguous woman's slipper, the

© Mario Posch

Nature conservation project

Life on the Wild River

Successful completion!

At the end of 2020, the INTERREG project "Diverse life on our mountain rivers" will also come to an end. We are celebrating this special event, not as planned with a closing event, but with a specially produced video that highlights the key aspects of the project.

© Francesca Wolf

Nature conservation project

Visitor guidance for Tyrolean nature parks

Tyrolean Lech Nature Park

The Tyrolean nature parks are among the most beautiful landscapes in Tyrol. In order to make it easy for the many visitors to discover these landscapes, a common standard for signposting their attractions is being developed for all Tyrolean nature parks.

© Lechwege advertising association

Nature conservation project

SpeciAlps 2

Visitor management in alpine pilot regions

The need of many people to seek their balance and recreation in nature is constantly increasing. This is of course very positive for human health, but it also puts pressure on many landscapes. In order to balance recreation and nature

© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park

Nature conservation project

Exhibition Nature Park House Klimmbrücke

The Klimmbrücke Nature Park House is getting an exhibition!

The interactive exhibition deals with the following topics: The dynamics of the Lech with the decisive factors of change. The unique flora and fauna The history of the nature park The history of flood protection The exhibition of the Nature Park House is to be

© Eva-Maria Cattoen

Nature conservation project

Bearded vulture monitoring

Establishment of cross-border bearded vulture monitoring

The Nature Park Tiroler Lech is involved in the cross-border project on bearded vulture monitoring in the Bavaria-Tyrol region. A multi-layered network and the development of a permanent organisational model are to be established in order to record sightings of the bearded vulture more easily.

© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park

Nature conservation project

Ranc Valley

Diversity in a small space

At first glance, it is noticeable that all the trunks just above the ground are strongly curved. This indicates that the ground has moved. The cause of this is to be found in a mudflow or rockfall. The beech stand is already very old - slow-growing mosses and lichens on the lower T

© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park

Vilser Lände

In the north-east of the town of Vils on the border with Germany is the Vilser Lände between 805 and 975 m a.s.l. The Vils represents the southern border of this area. The Vilser Lände is a small-scale (54.2 ha), heterogeneously structured area that includes a wide range of

© Anton Vorauer

Moss Mountain

The south-facing Moosberg is located in the nature park municipality of Weißenbach. It is part of the Natura 2000 and nature reserve Tiroler Lech and extends between 900 and 1,140 m above sea level. In the past, the Moosberg was traditionally farmed and grazed. Especially the open meadows and pastures were

© Isabella Hilti

Nature conservation project

Reintroduction of the German Tamarisk 2018

Reintroduction of the German Tamarisk 2018

Staff members of the Danube Floodplain National Park and the Gesäuse National Park visited the Tyrolean Lech Nature Park in mid-July 2018. On the one hand, the occurrences of the dwarf bulrush (Typha minima) were to be visited, and on the other hand, the last natural stands of the German tamarisk (Myricaria germanica) were to be found in the area.

© Anette Kestler

Nature conservation project

Reintroduction of the German Tamarisk 2017

At the beginning of June 2017, as part of a symposium organised by the ANL (Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management), staff from the Donau-Auen National Park visited the Tiroler Lech Nature Park to see a successful reintroduction area of the dwarf bulrush and natural sites of the

© Mario Posch

Nature conservation project

Life Project II

Dynamic River System Lech

The starting signal for the LIFE project "Dynamic River System Lech", in short "LIFE Lech", was given in autumn 2016. Large gravel banks and intact wild river sections characterise the Tyrolean Lech and the joint border section with Germany. This ecosystem is one of the most important in Central Europe.

© Mario Posch

Nature conservation project

Life Project 1

The Life Project "Wild River Landscape Tyrolean Lech" was completed in April 2007.

© Felix Lassacher

Nature conservation project

Dwarf bulrush species conservation project

A little dwarf all big!

The dwarf bulrush (Typha minima) is a typical pioneer species of large alpine floodplains and prefers to colonise freshly created oxbow lakes with sandy-silty deposits, which are always found somewhat away from the main channel. Due to river engineering measures in the last 100 years, today...

© Andreas Moosbrugger

Nature conservation project

Natterjack toad species conservation project

the survival of the natterjack toad

For the Tyrolean Lech Nature Park, the survival of the natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) has become a matter of the heart. For several years, a species protection programme for the natterjack toad has been implemented to secure the population of Austria's rarest amphibian. The measures are primarily...

© Caroline Winklmair

Nature conservation project

Jumping weed control with the BRG Reutte

Bundesrealgymnasium Reutte in the Service of Nature Conservation - Containing the Himalayan Horseweed

In 2019, just over 100 students from classes 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b and 4c of the Bundesrealgymnasium Reutte with their teachers as well as volunteers and employees of the association Naturpark Tiroler Lech were once again active in keeping the balsam in check.

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