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The tanks left their marks, but nature is taking back its territory - and the Brandenburg Wilderness Foundation SNLB is helping it do so. We, too, are offering our support: The virgin forests of tomorrow are growing on over 12, hectares of the Foundation's land.
Pioneer forest, including birch, pine and robinias, is now growing where soldiers once trained. Richly structured mixed forest is thriving on land which used to be dominated by monotonous pine forest. Moorland that was previously dewatered is now being renatured. Wolves are also slowly returning to the wild areas. In addition, otters and beavers are repopulating the Foundation's land, and sea eagles and cranes are also breeding there.
This is where the wilderness of tomorrow is being created. We can learn from the processes taking place there, experience wilderness, make dynamic habitats available for increasingly threatened species and leave a valuable legacy to future generations.
Wilder without the tanks: Managing the existing wilderness areas preventing interference e.
