Po River Basin

(Mantova, 20 Mar 18) After the winter break, Bertone Park - Mincio Park’s Visitor Centre - reopens on Sunday 25 March. The summer residence of the counts D’Arco is a typical example of Romantic garden, surrounded by a small wood where local and exotic trees grow, some of which are as old as 150 years of age....

(Mantova, 16 Feb 18) Storks that were born along the Mincio river since the beginning of Mincio Park’s reintroduction project have reached the number of 272; the chronicle of the movements recorded over the last 20 years in the middle Mincio area is fascinating and rich in interesting anecdotes.Read more (Italian ...

(Mantova, 15 Gen 18) From 2012 to 2017, Mincio Park managed investments amounting to 25 million Euros, using them for public works and landscape improvement, ecological restoration, land promotion, environmental education.  We have created an interactive map to show where and how resources have been used within th...

(Mantova, 10 Ott 17) The new website of the transnational EcoSUSTAIN  Project (Ecological sustainable Governance of Mediterranean protected Areas via improved Scientific, Technical and Managerial Knowledge Base) is now online. It promotes collaboration and exchange of good practices to maintain biodiversity; the pr...

(Mantova, 16 Ago 17) Mincio Park reminds all those practicing wels catfishing that the Park has an agreement with a specialised company appointed to remove, within two hours, the carcasses of wels catfish. In order to do that, however, the fish have to be carried onto the ground. If you do, you can call the Park Authori...

(Mantova, 13 Lug 17) In 47 out of 66 activities constituting the Action Plan of the Mincio River Contract (they were initially 62, then 4 more have been added) there have been progresses, or the related activities have been started and, in some cases, even concluded.The technical group that met yesterday at the Park off...

(Vogogna, 27 Apr 17) Warning! New snow in Val Grande. Wood exhausted at Scaredi bivouac. We inform hikers that snow is still abundant on the ridges and north-facing slopes, also because of new snowfalls in the last few days. Moreover, today and tomorrow the freezing level is expected to go lower (1400m), and snow is ex...

(Vogogna, 13 Apr 17) We inform hikers that snow is still abundant on the ridges and north-facing slopes. In particular, and considering that the Park authority was repeatedly asked for information on the matter, we advise not to walk on Sentiero Bove. On the contrary, lower areas and south-facing slopes are snow-free. M...

(Vogogna, 29 Mar 17) We inform that fishing permits (“Tesserini per l’esercizio della pesca”) are available in Vogogna at the Park offices (Piazza Pretorio 6, side entrance from Vicolo Santa Marta) and at the headquarters of the Carabinieri command deployed at the Park (Coordinamento Territoriale Carab...

(Mantova, 21 Mar 17) It is designed for schools and helps discover the world under the water surfaceThe activity started by placing sheltered spots for threatened fish to lay eggs, and with restocking actions, especially of pikes, perches, common rudds and tenches. Now Mincio Park has entered a new stage of fish protect...