{"id":13170,"date":"2021-01-11T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/?p=13170"},"modified":"2021-08-18T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:12:48","slug":"woolly-workers-for-rural-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/woolly-workers-for-rural-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolly workers for rural conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anne Mottl\u2019s sheep have an important job: They take care of the conservation of the countryside and preserve biodiversity around the village of V\u00f6lkersweiler. However, there are fewer and fewer transhumant shepherds and grazing land is becoming scarce in this region. The project \u201cNeue Hirtenwege im Pf\u00e4lzerwald\u201d (new pastoral paths in the Palatinate Forest) aims at protecting the unique biodiversity by preserving a traditional trade that means so much more to Anne Mottl.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No words, no commanding, no wild gesticulating\u2014it is totally quiet when Anne Mottl with a firm gait approaches her sheep, which have gathered on one side of the paddock. In the valley near V\u00f6lkersweiler, in which the Triebborn river burbles along, you can only hear the chatter of birds. The shepherdess wants to take a quick look at the meadow to see how much feed there is left. But as she climbs over the fence, a well-rehearsed spectacle is set in motion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12999\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12999\" class=\"wp-image-12999 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/13_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anne calls her occupation \u201cmodern transhumant sheep-farming\u201d: She is with her flock every day, but she usually moves only from one paddock to another.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The border collie Luka takes an elegant leap over the fence and runs to the left side immediately. Her colleagues Rike and Lexie look after the right side. It looks like all sheep start moving at the same time. They follow their shepherdess immediately\u2014with bobbing heads, swinging ears and the low sound of clattering hooves muffled by the grass. Nose to tail. The flock moves like a single, multi-headed organism, once around the undergrowth in the middle of the paddock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13043\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/57_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13043\" class=\"wp-image-13043 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/57_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/57_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/57_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/57_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/57_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/57_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anne would love to spend more time with her sheep. They hardly leave her side as soon as she appears.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is a spectacle. One that doesn\u2019t require any stage directions anymore. \u201cThe dogs know their job well,\u201d Anne says later. The interconnectedness she is talking about, becomes visible out here in every movement that the animals carry out. Anne grew up with sheep and dogs. Her father bought his first sheep in the 1970s. Back then it was a hobby for him. He was actually a site foreman. But these animals fascinated him and a few years later he led a flock with over 1,000 sheep along the slopes of the Palatinate Forest. Anne and her two sisters always used to be there. Came rain or shine. \u201cI know only too well, what chilblains are,\u201d she says and smiles. Her father died in 2009\u2014Anne took over the herd. \u201cI didn\u2019t actually think about it, I just did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Anne is a straightforward person, sincere and honest. \u201cI don\u2019t like to talk a lot.\u201d But she does say what needs to be said\u2014even if this puts people\u2019s backs up. A shepherd\u2019s life has probably never been as idyllic as a peacefully grazing flock looks. However, the trade has become notably harder over the past years, Anne explains. \u201cYou need to grow a thick skin.\u201d There are hardly any connected pastures left in the Palatinate Forest. \u201cIt happens, for example, that a meadow I used to tend with my flock for years, is suddenly given to horses and not accessible for me anymore.\u201d It has become almost impossible to move around as her father used to. And it hardly pays off financially anymore.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn winter, nurturing the sheep abundantly to make them nice and podgy is especially important.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anne calls her occupation \u201cmodern transhumant sheep-farming\u201d: She is with her flock every day, but she usually moves only from one paddock to another. Like today. The meadow is grazed out after just one day and the herd has to move on. This is a sign of change as well: \u201cThe summers are becoming hotter. The meadows are getting burnt more often and they don\u2019t manage to recover over winter time.\u201d The consequence is that \u201ca space that used to feed 500 animals, today hardly feeds 200 sheep.\u201d And the shepherdess doesn\u2019t think much of letting the sheep graze off the meadow down to the grass sod\u2014\u201cafter all, our job is to tend the landscape.\u201d So, an assistant already fences the next space a few hundred metres from here. Every day a new fence and a new pasture are needed. It is a tough, yet necessary job. \u201cIn winter, nurturing the sheep abundantly to make them nice and podgy is especially important.\u201d In 2010, Anne\u2019s flock comprised some 500 mother animals. Nowadays, she only has about 250. And she considers further reducing her flock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13036\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/50_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13036\" class=\"wp-image-13036 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/50_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/50_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/50_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/50_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/50_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/50_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Every day a new fence and a new pasture are needed.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anne shares this problem with shepherdesses across Germany. Many of them reduce their herd. Some give up entirely. Even though their benefit is undisputed: Sheep keep the landscape open; they keep meadows clear of weed and wild-bush overgrowth and fertilize them at the same time; sheep carry various seeds and even little insects in their fur and moving around like&nbsp;\u201cseed taxis\u201d&nbsp;they create a living biotope network with great biodiversity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13000\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13000\" class=\"wp-image-13000 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There is a large number of hiking trails in this varied region, which lead through gentle valleys and old forests and to bizarre rock formations.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the Palatinate Forest North Vosges Biosphere Reserve authorities, they know about the importance of pastoralism and have therefore called the large-scale conservation project \u201cNeue Hirtenwege im Pf\u00e4lzerwald\u201d (new pastoral paths in the Palatinate Forest) into being\u2014with the support of the German Ministry for the Environment, the Rhineland-Palatinate state authorities and the Palatinate district authorities. \u201cThe Palatinate Forest landscape has developed over a period of centuries,\u201d the project manager Helmut Schuler explains. \u201cThis environment typically shows an interplay of dense forests and open spaces. We need sheep herds to maintain this type of landscape and biodiversity.\u201d And the sheep herds in turn need connected grazing grounds and need to be able to rely on their availability over the long term.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13100\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/114_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13100\" class=\"wp-image-13100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/114_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/114_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/114_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/114_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/114_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/114_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sheep help to maintain meadow orchards.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stocktaking is the first step of the project: Types of biotopes are registered and observation grounds established. \u201cWe want to find out where exactly the spaces are needed,\u201d says Helmut. This way, we can expand the habitat of a species of butterfly that has become rare, the Wiesenknopf-Ameisenbl\u00e4uling, for example. The properties will be acquired or leased probably from 2023 on, so that the shepherds will know which spaces they can use reliably. In the meantime the focus has to be to consider and reconcile the various interests involved, such as hobby pet owners and the locals. This is not an easy thing to do, Helmut admits, and usually takes longer than expected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/28_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/28_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/28_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/28_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/28_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/28_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/28_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has become dusk in the Palatinate Forest. At the wooded slopes, mist wafts its way into the valley. On the other side, only the Luger Geiersteine rocks tower through the clouds. There is a large number of hiking trails in this varied region, which lead through gentle valleys and old forests and to bizarre rock formations. Anne loves this landscape. It is her home region. \u201cI am glad we are still allowed here,\u201d she says. After a little excursion to the nearby meadow orchard and having had an apple snack or two, the sheep are due to take up their night quarter. Anne whistles three times and the dogs race off immediately and gather up all animals, which, a few minutes later, all graze on the paddock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13069\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/83_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13069\" class=\"wp-image-13069 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/83_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/83_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/83_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/83_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/83_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/83_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Always hungry: The meadow is grazed out after just one day and the herd has to move on.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anne would love to spend more time with her sheep. They hardly leave her side as soon as she appears. Particularly the lead animal, a large English Suffolk, often stands firmly in the way and persistently demands attention and a little stroke or two. \u201cThey are sheep\u2014and want to be tended.\u201d Anne, however, already has to rely on alternative pillars. She tends a herd of Galloway cattle and manages several other projects to get by.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13091\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/105_schaeferin_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13091\" class=\"wp-image-13091 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/105_schaeferin_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/105_schaeferin_web.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/105_schaeferin_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/105_schaeferin_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/105_schaeferin_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/105_schaeferin_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anne can\u2019t imagine life without the sheep.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The shepherdess supports the \u201cpastoral paths\u201d project and regularly shows people her work on pastoral workdays. However, she has a hard time hiding her impatience. \u201cIt wears me down, when I don\u2019t know where I can bring my flock the next day for a too long time.\u201d She\u2019d like to have the security of knowing that her occupation has an actual future. She can\u2019t imagine life without the sheep. \u201cThis scent of wool fat is a must,\u201d she smiles, the scent of her childhood.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hirtenwege-pfaelzerwald.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.hirtenwege-pfaelzerwald.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Mottl\u2019s sheep have an important job: They take care of the conservation of the countryside and preserve biodiversity around the village of V\u00f6lkersweiler. However, there are fewer and fewer transhumant shepherds and grazing land is becoming scarce in this region. The project \u201cNeue Hirtenwege im Pf\u00e4lzerwald\u201d (new pastoral paths in the Palatinate Forest) aims &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,1579,1474],"tags":[122,207,897,999,1109],"class_list":["post-13170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-womens-affairs","category-tierisch","tag-metropolregion-rhein-neckar-en","tag-wo-sonst-en","tag-pfaelzerwald-en","tag-sarah-weik-en","tag-sebastian-weindel-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Woolly workers for rural conservation - wo sonst<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/woolly-workers-for-rural-conservation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Woolly workers for rural conservation - wo sonst\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anne Mottl\u2019s sheep have an important job: They take care of the conservation of the countryside and preserve biodiversity around the village of V\u00f6lkersweiler. 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