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Monitoring State environmental monitoring Monitoring of hunting resources and their habitats Republic of Buryatia 2015 dataRepublic of Buryatia
Characteristics of habitat conditions
In the Republic of Buryatia the year 2015 was characterised by warm and snowy winter.
The spring was also warm, with highest ever recorded temperatures in March and April.
The summer was dominated by hot, dry weather; 4 times over the summer period there was a dangerous weather phenomenon, when during 3 days in a row, the daytime temperature rose up to +35 to +40°C, while in June and August in some areas the absolute maximum was exceeded. From late June until the second decade of August soil drought was observed in 18 administrative regions.
The autumn was warm and long.
December was warm; the average temperatures in most areas were above the long-term annual average by 1-3°. Snow fell during major part of the month in places, the precipitation total in most areas was around and more than the average annual amount. Snow depth at month-end amounted to 12-29 cm, in Baikal region - up to 32-44 cm, in some places in the south-west 4-9 cm.
The situation on availability of fodder for all kinds of game animals can be described as favourable in general.
The prevailing natural and climatic conditions in 2015 didn’t result in mass migration of squirrels, sable, species of ungulates and bear. The bears hibernated on time; no cases of attacks in the autumn-winter period of 2015/2016 were recorded.
30 hunting reserves as well as Specially Protected Natural Area of federal and regional significance are located within the Baikal Natural Area, occupying 3,429.0 hectares.
The natural conditions of the districts (topography, climatic conditions, forage base) located within the boundaries of the Baikal Natural Territory are favourable for operation of hunting and game resources.
The following ungulates are available for commercial hunting - elk, Manchurian deer, roe deer, musk deer and wild boar. For ungulates, the main available food is herbage in summer, while in winter young shoots of birch, aspen, willow and larch for elk, red deer and roe deer, root vegetation and pine nuts for wild boar. The main feed of musk deer is grass, mosses and lichens. The fur production is mainly achieved through hunting for sable, squirrel, Siberian weasel, fox and white hare. Some predators such as lynx, wolf and bear are also available for hunting.
Condition of hunting resources
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