Welcome to the Gers, nearby Manciet, for an acquisition by the Conservatoire d’espaces naturels d’Occitanie, of 14 hectares of a remarkable natural site made up of a seven-hectare lake and another smaller one, both in perfect condition, with a wooded part and a reed bed meadow.
If this acquisition firstly ensures the land control of this remarkable natural area at the local and regional level, it will also maintain, restore and enhance wetlands and aquatic environments, conserve old deciduous trees and essential forest environments, preserve open and bocage environments, and finally ensure the monitoring and the preservation of present species and their habitats.
Furthermore, this natural site is located in the heart of an important group of major environmental interest – Natura 2000 site, ZNIEFF, presence on the site and in the immediate vicinity of a wetland, contiguity with a major forest massif, proximity to blocks of old forests in the plains.
The faunal concerns in this area are mainly the Hermit beetle, Osmoderma eremita, a species of protected beetle of community interest living in the large cavities of old deciduous trees, then the European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis. These two species are “strong concerns” in this territory.
Photo: Hitère pond site ©FDAAPPMA 32
