It is kind of a tradition to look back at the year that just ended when a new one begins. We also would like to take a moment to remember all the experiences, the new skills we acquired, and the adrenaline that came with spending last year out on the Šumava springs. The year 2025 brought us tons of adventures out there as well as a few minor obstacles. But we proved to ourselves that neither bad weather nor the need to head into the field at five a.m. with a flashlight in hand can stop us from getting to know this habitat better.
It is worth adding that none of our team members drowned in the springs, and no spring was harmed during the research.
In total, we visited 34 sites this year, monitoring vegetation, including mosses. Our colleagues from Brno managed to collect samples of aquatic invertebrates at 20 sites.
On January 7, 2026, the whole project team also met up to evaluate the past season, plan the upcoming one, and agree on how to continue working on the project results.
This project is funded with the support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic within the Programme Prostředí pro život.
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