Neither the poor weather forecast nor the mud (lots of mud) could prevent us from visiting the Czech-Slovak Army quarry in the Most region. We enjoyed the quarry in its autumnal foggy atmosphere. We visited areas that were declared a National Natural Monument in October this year and where measures to support biodiversity are already being implemented. However, the main goal of our trip was to visit the spontaneously developed water pools. Our student Ester is monitoring these pools as part of her Bachelor thesis and is preparing a virtual tour focused on the ecological restoration of aquatic ecosystems in the mining landscape of the Most Basin. If everything goes according to plan, this tour will be ready by the end of spring next year.
We would like to thank Michal Porteš, who, as always, was a great guide.
