The Isel: A life in feelings, art and nature conservation!

The Isel: A life in feelings, art and nature conservation!

Osttirol, Österreich - On April 3, 2025, the Tyrolean environmental recharge of the relationship between people to ISEL, a glacier flow of outstanding importance in East Tyrol. The authors Walter Gradnig, Wanda Furtschegger and Angelika Taxer express their personal perspectives and creative entries as part of the Isel year 2025. Dolomitenstadt.at reports that the Isel river is described not only as a landscape element, but also as an emotional companion in the life stories of people.

The Lienz author Wanda Furtschegger describes the river as a constant companion who reflects its emotions and offers their consolation. Walter, on the other hand, combines stones that were shaped by the river with textile materials in his artistic work. Exhibitions such as "conglomerates", "fragments" and "Isel-pebbles" are testimonies of his creative examination of this special body of water. The poetic representations of Angelika Taxer emphasize the refreshment and the good feeling that the river gives her.

creative contributions and environmental protection

In order to celebrate the ISEL year 2025 duly, the Tyrolean environmental recruitment invites people to submit creative contributions on the subject of “Isel”. The best of them are published by dolomitenstadt.at, which not only enriches the view of the river, but also contributes to a greater awareness of its value in the region.

The Isel, which rises in the Umbaltal at 2,400 meters, has a total length of 57.26 kilometers and runs through a catchment area of ​​1,200.36 square kilometers. As the last large glacier river of the (east) Alps, it flows unpaid and has a high biodiversity of plants and animals. According to rivers full of life The river is one of the most valuable waters in the region due to its natural flow routes. Furthermore, the waters are hardly changed humanly, which makes the Isel an important local recreation room.

habitat for endangered species

The habitat along the Isel, which houses numerous protected species, is particularly noteworthy. The endangered river runner, a Watvogel, has its nesting places here. In 2019, along the Isel 25-32 areas of this kind were found, which corresponds to about a third of the entire Tyrolean stock. Other bird species in the bank areas are the mountains and the water ambulance. The Tiroler protected areas emphasizes the importance of the bankruptcy, which also includes the Grauerlenwald. Here are types such as gray shoppers, swamps and the endangered small woodpecker.

The Isel is not only a scenic highlight, but also a place that shapes the emotions and memories of the people in East Tyrol. With the ISel year 2025, a step is taken to explore and preserve the deeper connection between man and nature.

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