Millennium Project
Management History
Here you'll find information about the different treatments of each site, when wild fires went through and when SFI samplings took place. Rainfall was recorded during the last 14 years. Data is available on our website ("Inform Yourself" --> "Rain data").
2005
August 20: Wild Fire
Hot uncontrolled human lit wild fire on all sections, swept away vegetation and ground cover; "FIRE"-section least affected
August 15: Monitoring
Soil food web Sampling with Philipp Nauer; measurement of average distance between two plants
May 19: High Animal Impact
70 head of cattle had access to middle "HAI"-section overnight
May 18: High Animal Impact
70 head of cattle had access to lower "HAI"-section overnight
2004
October 23: High Animal Impact
130 head of cattle had access to lower "HAI" section in the afternoon and to middle "HAI"-section overnight
July 26: Monitoring
Soil food web sampling with André Annen; measurement of average distance between two plants
2003
October 13: Monitoring
Soil food web sampling with Ian Salis
July 21: Monitoring
Soil food web sampling with Bob Henggeler
April 08: Fire
Cool controlled burn in the "FIRE"-section
April 02: High Animal Impact
80 head of cattle had access to middle "HAI"-section overnight
April 01: High Animal Impact
80 head of cattle had access to lower "HAI"-section overnight
2002
November 19: High Animal Impact
94 head of cattle had access to lower "HAI"-section in the afternoon and to middle "HAI"-section overnight
October 10: Monitoring
Soil food web sampling with Patrick von Daeniken
September: Wild Fire
An uncontrolled human lit wild fire could be successfully excluded from all three sites
May 17: High Animal Impact
80 head of cattle had access to middle "HAI"-section overnight
May 16: High Animal Impact
80 head of cattle had access to lower "HAI"-section overnight
2001
July 27: High Animal Impact
95 head of cattle had access to "HAI"-section during the day - first high density animal treatment ever
May: Monitoring
Biological monitoring by Dave Harrington
2000
No treatments or fires on all sections
1999
December: Wild Fire
Uncontrolled wild fire caused by lightning strike on all sections
1996
October: Wild Fire
Hot uncontrolled human lit wild fire on all sections
Unknown fire history before 1992