Abstract
This chapter takes us though the period of mid-nineteenth century when the goals of management of Białowieża Primeval Forest (BPF) shifted from economic exploitation to preservation of European bison and creation of hunting reserve. The new Ministry of State Domains (created in 1837) with the new Forestry Department (created in 1843) aimed at combining the protection and exploitation of BPF. By 1849, the first forest inventory plan of BPF was finalized, and the forest was divided into rectangular compartments. However, most of the forest modernization projects, including creating plants, canals and a forestry school in BPF, were rejected by the Forestry Department. Furthermore, instead of the planned clear cuttings, the Forestry Department decided to first remove several thousands of culturally modified trees scattered throughout the forest, described by foresters as “damaged trees”. Problems with external contractors selected to extract large quantities of wood from BPF delayed the introduction of clear cuts till the end of the period. The first Tsar’s hunt (in October 1860) again made the preservation of European bison population a main goal of BPF management. Few outstanding naturalists visited BPF in this period, but it did not bring any major scientific publication on the Forest or European bison. The important cultural heritage of the mid-nineteenth century was the successful hybridization of European bison and cattle made by Leopold Walicki.
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Samojlik, T., Fedotova, A., Daszkiewicz, P., Rotherham, I.D. (2020). Mixed Management Goals (1838–1860) . In: Białowieża Primeval Forest: Nature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century . Environmental History, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33479-6_5
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