The entire area of Đalovića gorge will be additionally protected, and the revision of the protection study foresees that this natural asset will be declared a natural monument. Also, unlike the protection document from the 1.106s, in which the area of the Đalović gorge is XNUMX hectares, the revision will make that area significantly smaller.
This is stated in the revision of the study done by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Đalovića Cave valorization project is a capital state project whose total value of contracts concluded so far amounts to more than 23 million euros. Until the revision study, since 1968, when this gem of nature was protected as a natural asset, there were no serious changes in terms of its protection.
Secretary for rural and sustainable development in Bjelopolje municipality Jasmin Ćorović explained that the Đalovića Cave or the Cave of Devil's Firs was discovered a few years after 1968, when the Đalovića Gorge was declared a natural asset, and that the study of the protection of the cave itself will be done separately and independently of the study of the protection of the Đalovića Gorge, which will give Bijelo Polje two protected natural goods.
"Considering that only a few years after the protection of the Đalovića Gorge, the Đalovića Cave itself was discovered, and according to the Law on Nature Protection, if there is any change within the protected natural property, a review of the protected natural property must be initiated," explained Ćorović, I will add that it should have been done in a previous period, but it is not too late now.
The announcement of the changes that will take place in terms of the protection of the area to which the study refers covers part of the hydrologically active flow of Bistrica, starting from the head of Bistrica, that is, from the canyon of Đalovića Gorge.
"The changes are in the protection regime, which will have to be implemented on the ground, after the completion of the overall procedure. This discussion is part of the procedure that began with the submission of the Municipality's initiative to the Environmental Protection Agency, which conducted the study, and after the public discussion, the Municipality should prepare and make a decision on the declaration, that is, on the revision of this protected area, where the boundaries of the protection zone are proposed, and to implement it through the appointment of the manager," said one of the authors of the study Vasilije Bušković.
He explained that the manager should be the Agency for Protected Areas in the territory of Bijelo Polje, which is analogous to a similar agency that Podgorica has.
"And that through that agency, that is, the manager, implement on the ground the most important prohibitions and restrictions regarding the prohibition of hunting and fishing, i.e. fishing restrictions for the time period from October 1 to May 1, and that it be only "catch and release" hunting. , then bans on the construction of buildings of any kind in any part of the protected area that could lead to pollution.
In the second zone is the watercourse itself, with the immediate surroundings, it is understood that there is no construction, and in the third zone, since it is the largest in terms of space, there is construction, but these are buildings that cannot cause damage to the protected area, especially with their waste waters. In the proposal of prohibited activities for the third zone, which should be undertaken in the decision that the Municipality should make, the construction of facilities that can pollute the protected area, in the specific area it refers to the river Bistrica", said Bušković.
The study states that the Đalovića gorge is quite inaccessible, but rich in numerous colorful springs, very interesting flora and fauna, unexplored speleological objects and other natural values.
"The gorge is the most interesting in the area from Dugačka kosa, i.e. from the spring of Bistrica downstream to the Podvrh monastery. Downstream of the main spring there are very interesting springs on the right side of the river Bistrica. A special attraction is the Devil's springs (firs). These are actually three terraced lakes (eyes) that are located in steps above the level of the river itself. There is also a whole series of sinkholes and other hydrogeological phenomena, which are a real challenge for speleologists, mountaineers, alpinists, divers and adventurers of various profiles," the study states.
In the Đalovića gorge, as stated, the presence of white hornbeam forests, a smaller part of beech forests and black pine forests, as well as several animal species of international and national importance, is dominant.
According to the study, activities in parts of the protected area with the II degree protection regime are prohibited. Sport-recreational fishing is allowed from October 1 to May 1, and during the permitted period it is possible to hunt exclusively according to the "catch and release" system, and only with the use of artificial baits, and game hunting, uncontrolled logging without a permit is also prohibited. aquaculture, installation and construction of facilities, change of land use, dispersal, capture and killing of animal and plant species, settlement of non-native and invasive species, taking actions that could lead to damage to species and habitats, disposal of waste, pollution or endangerment of the river...
Permitted activities include the arrangement and use of pedestrian and recreational trails on land, development of settlements and accompanying infrastructure to the extent that they do not cause damage to the basic values of the area, carrying out works on the arrangement of objects of cultural and historical heritage and traditional construction - carrying out the preservation of traditional activities of the local population , intervention for the restoration, revitalization and improvement of the protected area, selective and limited use of natural resources.
Study manager in front of the Agency, botanist Zlatko Bulic he assessed that the emphasis is on what is objectively the most important and best preserved in that area, which is the part that is connected to the gorge and the part that represents the speleological Eldorado, which for a long time was unknown not only to Montenegrin, but also to the general public.
"The main reason why it is proposed to place this area under protection is the value of nature and what is most important, that natural environment, biodiversity, certain types of biodiversity that are internationally significant," said Bulić.
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