The Montenegrin Society of Ecologists (CDE) appealed to save the Skadar oak trees during the reconstruction of the Martinić road.
They said that for now they have positive information from the contractor, the Directorate for Inspection Affairs and the Environmental Protection Agency, who are working to find a solution that would save the trees, and finally get a new local road with old landscape values.
"Last year, an oak tree was saved. An old oak tree in the village of Tomševići in Danilovgrad stood on the planned route of the main road. The investor planned to remove the tree in order to avoid curving the road. We wrote and spoke with representatives of the Municipality of Danilovgrad and the Traffic Administration and in finally the road was adapted to the oak. Today this oak stands as a symbol of strength and perseverance and shows that with a little good will the road and the oak can go together. This decision resonated and became one of the news that the locals and the Municipality were proud of, because something was done beautiful and valuable for the municipality of Danilovgrad and the 'Rijeka Zeta' Nature Park. This oak will be the source of acorns, which will build new forests in this park," CDE announced.
They said that the road through Martinić, which is currently being reconstructed, follows "about twenty most beautiful" oak trees.
They indicate that the majority of these trees are Skadar lužnjaci, the only type of oak that is protected by law in Montenegro. For this reason, as they state, they wrote to the Municipality of Danilovgrad and the Public Works Administration as an investor, to preserve those trees during the reconstruction of the road, by which the area and the road itself are recognizable.
"Due to great pressures in the past, the Skadar oak forests have today been reduced to single trees in the vicinity of the Zeta River, the Bojana River and the Skadar Lake. The remaining individual trees today serve as the only source of seeds for the restoration of these forests," the CDE points out.
They said that they visited all the large trees with the representatives of the contractors, who recognized the importance of preserving the old trees and for that reason bypassed them until further notice, as the final decision of the Public Works Administration is awaited.
"For now, we have positive information from the contractors, the Directorate for Inspection Affairs and the Environmental Protection Agency, who are working to find a solution that would save the trees, and ultimately get a new local road with old landscape values. In order to make the protection official of these trees, a more efficient cooperation between all these institutions is needed and the officialization of the decision allowing the oaks to continue their lives, which can only be better for all of us", concludes the CDE.
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