MAGICAL

IN HÄRJEDALENFISHING

Our wild fish

1 Ljungdalens fiskevårdsområde ljungdalsfjallen.se 2 Storsjö FVO ljungdalsfjallen.se 3 Renbetesfjällen Mittådalens Sameby funasfjallen.se 4 Bruksvallarnas kortfiskeområde funasfjallen.se 5 Messlingens FVO funasfjallen.se 6 Renbetsfjällen Ruvthen Sitje funasfjallen.se 7 Tänndalssjön- Östersjöns FVO funasfjallen.se 8 Funäsdalens FVO funasfjallen.se 9 Ljusnedals kortfiskeområde funasfjallen.se 10 Tännäs FVO tannasfiskecentrum.se 11 Särvsjö samfällighetsförening ifiske.se 12 Långå FVO langafisket.se 13 Hede samfällighetsförening fiskeihede.se

14 Hedevikens FVO ifiske.se 15 Ransundets FVO ransundet.nu 16 Råndalens FVO randalen.se 17 Hån-Vemdalen FVO vemdalsfiske.se 18 Sörvattnets KFO natureit.se 19 Lofsdalen-Glöte FVO ifiske.se 20 Linsell-Ransjö FVO linsell-ransjo.com 21 Glissjöberg-Mosätt FVO ifiske.se 22 Sveg-Herrö FVO svegherrofvo.se 23 Lillhärdals FVO fiske-lillhardal.se 24 Ytterbergs FVO natureit.se 25 Älvros FVO natureit.se 26 Överhogdals FVO overhogdal.se 27 Ytterhogdals FVO ytterhogdal-fiske.se 28 Ängersjö FVO angersjo-fiske.info 29 Flors FVO hogdalsbygden.se 30 Fåssjö samfällighetsförening natureit.se

The choice is almost unlimited!

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The salmon trout thrives best in the north of Sweden in cold, clean rivers that are rich in oxygen. It is found all over Härjedalen, from the mountains down to the forest areas. The summer season starts as soon as the ice melts and continues until the spawning season. There is a close season in most waters from 1 September to 30 October. Very attractive for fly fishers, but salmon trout also take worms, spinners and small spoons. They even strike in the winter, particularly just before the spring thaw.

Most of the county is divided into fishing areas, each with its own unique character, and a fishing permit is just the start of your adventure. Welcome to our magical fishing.

A Fishing Pass makes life easierThere are more than 200 mountain lakes and over 300 kilometres of fast flowing water in the Funäs mountains (marked in grey on the map, Funäsfjällen). You have every-thing here, from easily acces-sible family fishing to crystal clear mountain rivers for more experienced fishers. Funäsfjällen is also one of the largest fishing permit areas in Sweden and the Fishing Pass gives you access to all the available waters on a single fishing permit. That’s al-most 15,000 hectares of fishing water to enjoy all year round!

Fishing on the internetSeveral of Härjedalen’s fishing protection areas have their own websites to inform you about their fishing, where you can get useful information prior to your visit. Others have chosen to describe themselves on fishing portals such as ifiske.se, natureit.se or fiskekort.se. You can obtain plenty of information and fishing permits at fiskekartan.se.

Pike are best in the forest lakes and rivers, and many fishers from abroad regularly come to Härjedalen to do battle with our large, aggressive pike. They usually hunt their prey in shallow water in the spring and autumn, while staying much deeper in the high summer. Pike are lone wolves – carnivorous fish that will take most lures, from large flies to wobblers and spoons. Once cleaned and filleted, Härjedalen pike are a true delicacy for those who know how to cook them.

Whitefish live in lakes and running waters, from the forests in the east up to the base of the mountains. They also thrive in the cold clean waters of Härjedalen, and there may be several species in the same area. Whitefish tend to strike at any time of the year; bottom angling or fly fishing is usually successful during the summer and a Mormyshka jig and maggot through the ice in the winter. Whitefish is tasty when fresh, but larger fish are also excellent when salted, cured and spiced.

Perch are often thought to be the best culinary fish, and learning to fillet and clean them is time well spent. They are most common in forest lakes and meres, and are easy to catch using worms or spinners. They often feed in shoals, which can result in large catches. In the late autumn large female perch, full of roe, often eat small fish by the shores to fatten up before spawning in the spring. Small spoons can be very effective during this period.

Grayling also thrive best in cold, fast flowing water and are plentiful throughout our county. They are relatively easy to catch and are a fly fishers’ favourite, often sharing a habitat with other species, so it’s worthwhile to continue fishing where you have already got a strike or two. The best season for grayling is around midsummer, but late summer and early autumn can also offer great rewards for this fish. Spoons and streamers are usually effective too. Grayling are protected in most waters during the spaw-ning period 1 April - 15 May.

Char are found in most of the mountain lakes, but also in deep, cold waters in forest country. It is a classic winter fish in Härjedalen and most locals fish their favourite haunts during the sunny days of early spring to try out their char lures with a maggot or worm on the hook. It is more of a challenge to catch char in the summer, but if you are lucky they will strike at a spinner, worm or fly.

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Fishing is also an important part of life for those who live in Härjedalen – not only for our own quality of life, but because it is a large part of the hospitality industry here, which is the basis of our commercial sector. It is thus in our interests to ensure that fishing in Härjedalen is sustainable in the long-term.

The current political agenda is primarily focused on achieving sustainable sea fishing, but freshwater fish are also a renewable resource that can provide much more healthy food than is now the case. Inland fishing has its own threats which must be addressed to be future proofed.

There is a long tradition of cooperation between fishing rights owners and the authorities in Härjedalen, which ensures the right conditions for plentiful, long-term sustainable fishing. Measures required are both large and small: adding lime to reverse damage from acidification, improving spawning grounds, removing fish migration barriers in cooperation with the hydroelectric industry, introducing sensible fishing rules and so on.

This is probably why the fishing in Härjedalen is so renowned, but we must not rest on our laurels – improvement work must continue unabated in the future too.

You’re never going to forget this!Our wild mountain landscapes with their never-ending varia-tions of incredible lakes, meres and rivers have long attracted fishers from all over the world. If you’re looking for the best possible fishing with magnificent, unforgettable surroundings, this is the place for you, too. It is easily accessible from most of Sweden’s large cities.

Measures taken may vary, but the goal remains the same:

to create the highest quality sustainable fishing!

He and HIS wIFe bought a second home in Lofsdalen and they gradually spent more and more of their time there. To-day, 20 years later, Herbert and Renate live in Härjedalen most of the year and continue to explore the many fishing waters in the area together. “It’s almost impossible to come home without any fish,” says Herbert. “I gene-rally choose the water for the size of fish I want! In my opinion, fishing here is absolutely top-quality – I really don’t know what could be better!” Herbert used to work as an engineer at an electronics company in the small town of Metzingen, southern Germany. A friend got him interested in fishing and pretty soon he bought his first fly rod. “It cost so much that I had to stop smoking to afford it,” says Herbert with a laugh. “But it turned out to be an in-vestment I’ve never regretted. It didn’t take many trout for me to be hooked, too. There are also very good fishing waters at home in Germany, though they are terribly expensive.”

“I really don’t know what could be better!”

Herbert Schleicher has always loved mountain scenery, both near his home in Württemberg, southwest Germany, and on his travels in the northern

parts of Scandinavia. He is also a very keen fly fisherman, and when he understood just how much Härjedalen has to offer, he took the plunge.

THe ScHLeIcHeR FaMILY first started spending their holidays in Scandinavia in the 1970s. Norway was beautiful and Finland exciting, but in their opinion Sweden was by far the best. Herbert even wrote a book with tips for moun-tain walkers in Sweden. Since he never walks without his fly rod, he quickly noticed that Härjedalen offered amaz-ingly good, varied fishing. Good cross-country skiing tracks in the winter was another preference that was not difficult to meet. Their dream of a classic red and white country house in a fishing paradise was soon to become real. Herbert quickly felt at home in the village of Lofsdalen in Härjedalen. He found it easy to get on with people there, and was soon in demand as a fly fishing instructor and a guide on beaver safaris arranged by the tourist industry. They came to Lofsdalen more and more often, and since Herbert retired he and Renate spend almost all the months of the year in their new home. Renate has also started fly fishing, but they still choose waters away from public roads.

“We like to combine walking and fishing,” says Herbert, “and it is a mis-take to think that you need large lakes for large fish! We have found small meres in the mountains full of really large fish with that wonderfully red meat – the best for curing with salt and spices! Sometimes you need experi-ence. Grayling are almost tame and are generally easy to catch, but the trout in the mountains are often very wary...”

Herbert recom-mends fly fishing to everyone, and says it’s never too late to start. You don’t need a whole room full of equipment; a pair of boots and a fly fishing vest go a long way. In terms of flies, you can do very well with just two: the Europe 12 and the classic Red Tag for grayling work well in most situations, especially if you make them yourself with love and care, like Herbert does. “The money should be spent on a good rod,” advises Herbert. “Once you’ve learned the technique and be-come one with your rod, you can start dancing together – and that’s when it’s really fun!”

“ It’s almost impossible to come home withoutanyfish.”

Herbert’sfavouriteflies:theEurope12andtheRedTag.

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Instructions:

Salt the fish fillets one hour before cooking to season them.Chop the shallots finely and fry on low heat in butter until they are soft. Add the wine and stir in the goats’ cheese to let it melt. Pour on the cream and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the fish fillets and cook them slowly in the sauce. The time required depends on the thickness of the fillets, but they are usually cooked in a few minutes. Thicken the sauce with a little cornflour. Add plenty of chopped chives and serve straight from the frying pan together with almond potatoes.

Replacing large rocks in the Ljusnan

There are always projects ongoing to improve the habitat for fish in Härjedalen. These biotope protection mea sures may vary widely, but the common goal is usually to restore the habitat to the most natural and original condition possible, after hundreds of years of human impact.

Liming is used to restore the chemi-cal balance, since industrial emissions have acidified large areas.

Bypass channels or fish ladders are built alongside hydroelectric dams so that fish can swim upstream, despite the production of electricity.

Large stone blocks are replaced in flowing waters which were once totally cleared to allow timber rafting, in order to give fish some shelter when swim-ming against the flow. They can then use more of the energy gained from their food for growth.

The right sort of gravel is put on the bottom of stretches where the fish spawn to improve the conditions for reproduction.

Cultivated trout and char are implan-ted to support weak stocks and pre-serve the natural biological diversity in the area.

In order to decrease pressure on the most popular natural fishing waters, many fishing areas also offer put-and-take-water, often stocked with rainbow trout. Fishing in these places can be pretty exciting and is an excellent in-troduction to wilderness fishing.

Summer Pasture Trout

Thisisthenaturalfoodfromsummerpasturesdating backtotheVikingAge:afewtroutcaughtintheneareststream,anabundanceofgoats’cheese,butterandcreamfromthepasture,andchiveswereoneofthesummerperennials.Whitewineandshallotsarelateradditionsofcourse,butwhenyoumakethisdishyoutastesome ofthemostsacredtraditionsoftheregion.Catchyour ownfishandcookitinafryingpanoveranopenfirein theoutdoorsforthemostauthenticexperience!

Thisiswhatyouwillneed(for4people)

4 trout fillets3 shallots 1 dl dry white wine 1 dl coarsely grated brown goat cheese 2.5 dl 30% cream

butter salt freshly ground black pepper cornflour chives

The county fish of HärjedalenGrayling

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Instructions:

Salt the fish fillets one hour before cooking to season them.Chop the shallots finely and fry on low heat in butter until they are soft. Add the wine and stir in the goats’ cheese to let it melt. Pour on the cream and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the fish fillets and cook them slowly in the sauce. The time required depends on the thickness of the fillets, but they are usually cooked in a few minutes. Thicken the sauce with a little cornflour. Add plenty of chopped chives and serve straight from the frying pan together with almond potatoes.

The grayling is found in other parts of the world, however, such as the rivers of Jutland. In central Europe, grayling was fished using artificial flies as early as the 16th century. The master fisher-man and philosopher Izaac Walton writes in his book The Compleat Ang-ler, first published in 1653, that “the grayling in Switzerland is considered to be the best of fish.” In Italy it was held in such high regard that in the month

It’s not surprising that the grayling has been chosen as the county fish of Härjedalen. It is considered to be a typical norrland fish, thriving best in cold, oxygenated, and usually running water – of which there is plenty in Sweden’s highest county.

Freshly caught and cleaned, it has a wonderful

fragrance of thyme.

of May, when it was at its best, it out-priced all other fish. The bishop of Milan, St Ambrosius, called the grayling “the flower among fishes”. Such high demand meant that the grayling population was all but de-pleted, and for a time the grayling was reserved for the sick and for pregnant women, being considered particularly beneficial for these two categories. Izaac Walton, however, did not find the grayling very impressive – it was perhaps a little too easy for a master angler to catch this gluttonous and bold fish, and he thought it a suitable prize for beginners to fly fishing. It is just possible that Sir Izaac did not realise the importance of cooking grayling immediately after the catch;

there is no other fish that is so sensitive to storage. Freshly caught and cleaned, it has a wonderful fragrance of thyme – the herb that gave the fish its Latin name, Thymallus. After only a few hours, however, the aroma and taste starts to fade, and for this reason it should preferably be cooked in a frying pan on the bank of the river to reveal its full flavour. The grayling also had various uses in folk medicine. Fat from grayling mixed with honey and left to stand in a glass in the sun for a couple of days was used for skin inflammations, burns and eye infections. The Sami used the grayling’s intestines to curd milk into cheese! During his trip to Lapland in 1732, Carl von Linné noted that the natives put grayling stomachs and intestines into reindeer milk to curdle it. Grayling reach a full-size of around three kilograms, with a length of about 60 cm or two feet. In the unlikely event that they survive all the dangers that threaten them, they die “naturally” at around 15 years of age, giving them time to breed 10-15 times. Spawning takes place in the spring after the thaw, and a half-kilogram female will then release about 4000 eggs. The official Swedish sports fishing record was in 1986 from the river Pite älv: 2.85 kg and 63 centimetres long. It was caught on a Droppen spinner. Across the border in Finland, though, the record says something about what is possible genetically: the largest grayling caught there weighed 4.7 kilo-grams!

Rogen, Tännäs

Stråhåarna, Lofsdalen

Hoan, Hogdal Upper Unnsjön, Långå

Ljusnan, Linsell

Härjedalen has an almost unlimited range of fishing waters, from crystal clear meres and rivers fed by sources in the high mountains to the west, to the larger, more mature rivers and magical deep-water lakes to the east. The river Ljusnan runs like a mighty, pulsating artery through the whole county, providing a wonderful habitat

Find exactly the sort of fishing adventure you want

for a wealth of game fish – trout, gray-ling and whitefish. You can find places to fish deep in the wilderness, or in the middle of the villages. As the Ljusnan continues its journey eastward it is joined by many other rivers, each with its own character and local strains of fast water fish. Certainly there are fishing spots that

you can share with other fishers. If, on the other hand, you want to fish more privately with the family or with a fishing friend, or on your own in our pristine landscape, then you have come to the right place. Härjedalen has many, many more top-class fishing waters than fishers.

It’s not only about the fishing

A few tips

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Is the water open for fishing?There are many fishing protection areas in Härjedalen, and there is a clear consensus on many issues such as protecting trout, char and grayling during the spawning season. There may also be other reasons for fishing being prohibited in certain waters at certain times. Always check before you come here that the water you are interested in is open for fishing.

Arrange a trip with a guideAn experienced fishing guide is likely to increase your chances of a good catch to take home. The guide can adapt the fishing to the fitness and experience of the participants, and you’ll have a memo-rable day by the waters you’ve always dreamed of finding. Tourist information centres can give you good advice on the various offers.

Learn fly fishingThere are several places in Härjedalen that organise fly fishing courses in the summer, particularly around midsummer when fly fishing is at its best. Qualified instructors will help you to find your way in this exciting new pastime. Contact a tourist information centre if you want to know more.

Dwarf charIn Fiskhålsgraven, a canyon near the village of Messlingen in Funäsfjällen, there is a protected strain of dwarf char that has lived there since the ice sheet melted 7,000 years ago. The dwarf char have adapted to the water there, which is extremely poor in nutri-ents, and grow at a rate of only 5 mm per year until they reach their maximum length of just over a decimetre, or about 4 inches.

We have more than 100 years of experience in taking care of our guests in the best possible way – and we intend to continue that tradition! Härjedalen is so much more than a fishing paradise. There is a huge range of leisure activities here and our magnificent landscapes will tempt you into exploration and adventure. So if anyone in the family has still not understood the full pleasures of fishing, there are countless options here for all tastes, both summer and winter.

Recreational fishingin Härjedalen turns over about

SEK 50 million annually, and the total number of person fishing days is about

100,000 per year!

Good accessibilityMany of the fishing protection areas in Härjedalen have arranged easily accessible fishing places, which provide great fishing for people with disabilities. Municipal tourist information centres can give directions to fishing waters to suit all categories of fishers.

Winter jig-fishing competitionsA number of competitions in jig-fishing are arranged in the early spring, reaching a peak around Easter, in various places in Härje-dalen. They include everything from small village competitions to the official Härjedalen championship in jig-fishing. Although the charge for taking part is usually very reasonable, there are many prizes to be won. If lady fortune smiles on you, it may be your turn to hear the cheers of the crowd and receive one of the finest prizes for good ice fishing.

Right of public accessEveryone in Sweden has the right to enter private land in the coun-tryside, to stay there for a while and pick berries, mushrooms and certain other plants without asking permission. This age-old right is balanced with the demand that you show consideration and care to animals and the countryside, as well as landowners and other people. The right does not allow you to stay near people’s homes or to pick berries, fruit or plants in their gardens. You do not have the right to fish anywhere in Härjedalen without a fishing permit, no matter what kind of fish you intend to catch.If you are unsure about any of these rules, you can always contact one of our tourist information centres.

”By far the best therapy”

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When autumn merges into winter, many people put away their fishing gear until the spring comes around – but for others the

best fishing season has just started.

wHen THeRe IS a safe layer of ice on the lakes and meres, you are no longer limited to the banks when fishing. Now you can move freely across the whole area of fishing water. A snow-scooter ride to their favourite lake in the early spring and fishing in the

abundant sunshine is among the best that life can offer for many people. Maud Eriksson, from Sveg, is Härje-dalen’s ice fishing queen, and she takes us to Hund-sjön, about 30 kilometres east of Sveg, to demonstrate winter fishing at its best.

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HundSjÖn IS One of the best fishing waters in eastern Härjedalen: a 500-hectare lake fed by a spring, 35 metres deep at most, cold and crystal clear. Char thrive here even on warm summer days, but there are also plenty of percharound a kilogram or more. Maud knows the lake like the back of her hand, and takes determined steps to-wards one of the lake’s stony shallows where she knows that there will be fish at this time of year. The chances are good that there will be char for dinner tonight in the Eriksson household. “Though even if I don’t catch any-thing, I’m almost as satisfied anyway,” says Maud. “Getting out into the countryside and ice fishing is the best relaxation you can get.” Maud works in healthcare and her job is often hectic and stressful. “But fishing is by far the best thera-py,” she says. “When you feel the char nibbling on the hook, you forget about everything else. Any worries you have just vanish.”

LIKe MOST cHILdRen, Maud started fishing perch with a worm on a hook,

a bamboo rod and a red and white float. This was at her grandma’s place by Orrmosjön, near Lillhärdal. Other interests took over when she was a teenager and she took a rather long break from fishing, had a family with three children. Then her husband and two sons started to go to fishing compe-titions and did well. In fact, it went so well that Maud caught the fishing fever and her daughter couldn’t resist either. There are now five banana boxes full of family fishing prizes in the garage. All five members of the family have Swedish Championship medals in ice fishing, but Maud is the really wicked one. In 2013 she won double Swedish Championship gold medals in Grums, Värmland, individually and in the team. There are few people that can boast of such a performance. “If you’re fishing in competitions, it’s not about sitting still over a hole in the ice,” says Maud. “You may have to make several moves of more than ten kilome-tres and drill 50-odd holes, so you get plenty of exercise. And fish too, of course. Her personal record is 19.5 kg of perch in four hours,

but then we’re talking about very inten-sive fishing. “If there’s no bite within two minu-tes, I’ll move to another place.” Of course, it’s an advantage if you know the water where you’re fishing, but one of the challenges Maud likes is to try to get the feel of a completely unknown place. Looking for some interesting straights, a small inlet or some stones; going for a bottom with vegetation that attracts fish; finding the depth where the fish are feeding on that day. It’s the same process, whatever you’re doing: if you train a lot, you build up your skills. “The feeling you get when you find fish is indescribable,” she says. “There is nothing other than the here and now!”

more people sHould try out ice fishing, according to Maud. Fishing is one of the few hobbies that can include everyone in the family, irrespective of their age, and the equipment needed is not expensive. The drill, for example, can be shared with others and even the simplest of fishing gear goes a long way.

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“The feeling you get whenyoufindfish isindescribable”

“If you take your children and they catch fish, they’ll probably be hooked for the rest of their lives! And those of us who live in Härjedalen have no real reason to buy fish in the shops – there are more fishing waters here than there are fishers!”

wHaT adVIce wOuLd she give to a be-ginner who dreams of catching fish, but doesn’t really know where to start? “If you can find an opening day nearby when the fishing season starts, this will improve your chances because

the fish are usually keen to strike and not so shy. And don’t be afraid to ask other fishers on the ice for hints and tips, because nobody needs to be secre-tive here as the fish are so plentiful.” Maud prefers to fish for perch with a treble-hook, the “Rosenbergaren” being her favourite, with pink yarn and a yel-low roe-bead on the hook. “If I’m after game fish, my choice is a minnow with a snell on a single hook. What you want to bait the hook with is your choice. Worm, maggot, shrimp, cuttlefish, salmon roe, liver – there are

many choices. The perch is by far the finest fish to eat,” says Maud. “Filleted and boned, there is nothing to touch it!” Three fine char have been laid on the ice since we’ve been talking and Maud is well satisfied with the fishing trip. A flock of around fifty black grouse flew over our heads a while ago and landed in a birch grove on the south side of the lake to eat birch buds. “We have both fish and wildlife memories to take home with us,” says Maud. “What more could you ask for?”

Flora and fauna need lime

Liming in Härjedalen

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Dosing lime in Kölån, Vemdalen

These substances react with water in clouds to form sulphuric and nitric acid, which falls on the ground as acid rain or snow. This long-term acid pre-cipitation killed many fish and aquatic organisms in our waters, severely damaging the ecosystems. Despite Härjedalen’s complete lack of heavy industry and even though we are far from any sources of pollution, the environment here has suffered badly. The main reason is that the bed-rock in Härjedalen is generally low in lime, which is needed to neutralise acid precipitation. The problem was noticed in the 1970s, among others by the local resi-dent Erik Olofsson. He saw how pre-viously clear lakes and watercourses turned brown with metal precipitates during the spring floods, causing many fish to die. Wetland liming was started

ever since the emergence of industrialism in the mid-19th century, the air above europe has been filled with acid compounds. Heavy industry in Great Britain, and later eastern europe, burned large amounts of coal and oil, creating toxic pollution in the form of sulphur and nitrogen oxides.

The acid rain falls on lakes and forests. Plants and

animals die when the pH changes too much.

The County Administrative Board in Jämt-land County, in cooperation with the mu-nicipality of Härjedalen, draws up an action plan with the places to be limed, quantities of lime and sampling programs.The environmental values threatened by acidification are specified prior to all lime spreading. The aquatic conditions for sal- mon, salmon trout, roach, crayfish and freshwater pearl mussel are the most important reasons for liming, as well as re-creational fishing. Almost half of Sweden’s population of freshwater pearl mussel are in limed watercourses.The objective of liming is to prevent nega- tive effects of acidification on natural fauna and flora, so the dosage is adjusted accor-ding to different species’ sensitivity to low pH values. To avoid problems associated

on an experimental basis in Härje-dalen’s worst hit areas in the beginning of the 1980s. The volume of acid rain has been reduced substantially since its peak during the 1980s, largely through more stringent environmental legislation. However, the huge amounts of sulphur

that were precipitated in Härjedalen over the last two centuries have de-vastated the watercourses’ capacity to withstand acid spikes that mainly occur during the spring thaw. Liming is still required in large parts of the county and will be needed for a long time to come.

Sulphur emissions are part of the smoke from heavy industry. The water in the clouds

combined with sulphur results in sulphur dioxide

and sometimes sulphuric acid.

with over-liming, there are limits set in advance.Liming takes place in lakes, on wetlands or in running watercourses through lime dis-pensers. Liming of wetlands is an effective way of raising the pH value in surrounding lakes and rivers, but in can result in nega-tive impact to vegetation on the wetlands. Lime dispensers are in the form of silos that continuously add powdered lime in propor-tion to the water flow.The effects of liming are monitored through chemical sampling as well as a variety of biological studies. The occurrence of fauna on the water bed is a good indicator of the pH-value. Electrofishing in watercourses and sample fishing using nets in the lakes are important methods for monitoring the results of liming.

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Buy a fishing permitAll the proceeds from fishing permits go toward fish protection!

Respect the fishing rules They are there to ensure sustainable fishing.

Fish in moderation Too many large catches deplete wild fish stocks.

Respect the spawning season – no reproduction, no wild fish.

Fish without barbs if possible so that unwanted fish can be returned without injury.

Show respect for all living organisms The ecosystem is sensitive.

Make aware choices when purchasing products - avoid those that can damage the environment.

Leave the countryside at least as clean as you found it!

Here’s how YOu can help to preserve biodiversity in Härjedalen

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FunäsfjällenRörosvägen 30 Tel. 0684-155 80funasfjallen.se

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Vemdalen Nya Landsv. 46BVemdalsskaletTel. 0684-300 01vemdalen.se

Hede Ljusnevägen 14 Tel. 0684-500 50sonfjallsbygden.se

LjungdalsfjällenLjungdalen 163 Tel. 0687-200 79ljungdalsfjallen.se

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