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Fluvial Restoration Strategies in the Oglio River: An Overview of Main Results from a Participated Project
Forum del Fiume Oglio This project aims at improving the overall environmental quality of the Oglio River through a participated approach in which, with the help of a technical part, a number of stakeholder are invited to put in evidence problems, discuss on possible solutions and decide priorities for future restoration plans. Target elements in this project are the Oglio basin, with its anthropogenic pressures and opportunities, the recovery of biodiversity and pristine functions as the river self depuration, which are dependent on the lateral interactions between the river and its flood plain, the at least partial recover of the natural evolution of the river, with the associated sediment transport and deposition.

These targets are summarised in four topics, main themes of the Forum:

  1. Water quality
  2. River ecosystem
  3. Hydraulic risk and geomorphology
  4. Water resource, tourism and social economic development.

Partners of this project, mainly funded by CARIPLO, are: the Regional Parks Oglio South and North, CIRF, Mantova Province, Cremona Province, ARPA Lombardia, four "Consorzi di Bonifica", plus 16 Communal Authorities within the Oglio South Park.
The project deals with a large area comprising the River Oglio basin, from the Iseo Lake to the Po River and involves two Regional Parks, fifty Communal Authorities and four Provinces.

Project Adriatic Sturgeon
The project LIFE Natura "Conservation of Acipenser naccarii in the river Ticino and in the middle course of the river Po" has been started by Parco del Ticino in October 2003 in order to safeguard this species, which has been declared a priority species by the directive Habitat (92/43/CEE). The project lasts 3 years.
The program aims at achieving a series of specific goals, among which:
- the repopulation of the rivers Ticino, Po, and Oglio with sturgeons;
- the elaboration of a management and conservation plan of the sturgeon in its habitats, with the possibility to use it for other rivers;
- a thorough study on the ecology of the species;
- the sensitization of the public towards the conservation of the autochthonous fish fauna.
Eco-restaurant in the Park

Parco Oglio Sud is a partner of the Project and within its territory some restaurants have joined the initiative and have committed to use exclusively sturgeons coming from fish farming, in order to safeguard the specimens living in our river.
These restaurants are marked with the label "Ecoristorante del Parco" (Eco-restaurant of the Park)
and are (in alphabetical order):

  • Cafe Wine Shop La Crepa (Isola Dovarese - CR)
  • Restaurant Alla Torre (Canneto sull'Oglio - MN)
  • Restaurant Molino Vecchio (Isola Dovarese - CR)
  • Restaurant Mulino Bianco (Acquanegra sul Chiese - MN)
  • Trattoria Ancora (Commessaggio - MN)
  • Trattoria Croce Bianca (Ostiano - CR)
  • Trattoria Il Cacciatore (Canneto sull'Oglio - MN)

You can help us!
We are repopulating the river with marked sturgeons. Should you fish an Adriatic Sturgeon, please inform us and keep it alive. We will come as soon as possible to check the origin and state of the specimen.
The data collected thanks to your help will contribute to define the self-ecology of the species and its state of conservation and, above all, to the elaboration of better recovery and conservation strategies.

Contact:
Parco del Ticino: Tel. 02/97 210216
Parco Oglio Sud: Tel. 0375/97254
La GRAIA Srl: Tel. 0332/961097
Giorgio Torresani FIPSAS (MN): Tel. 339/2699258

For further information on the project LIFE Natura, please contact: Parco del Ticino - fauna@parcoticino.it or GRAIA Srl - Gestione e Ricerca - graia@libero.it