Krkonoše National Park (CZ)

Summer JRP camps 2006 and 2007

Junior Ranger Project has been working since 2002. A new group Junior Ranger has established on spring of 2006. First meeting ran in May, as meeting Junior Ranger and their parents with manager of JRP. Guided excursion to Dul Bileho Labe valley followed after lectures about older JRP in Krkonoše. Two-week summer JRP camp was opened for 15 Junior Rangers 13 to 16 years old with common Junior Ranger Activity Programme. Knowing of nature and history of Krkonose NP, game monitoring, agriculture management, field facilities maintenance, forest management, fishing, mapping and work with GPS were items of their JRAP. 
JRs and ranger observing car permission
Two mentors Lenka & Mirek (old Junior Rangers from 2002) helped during summer JRP camp. Closing ceremony was organized untraditionally as excursions for Junior Rangers and their parents from Cerny Dul, village to mountain chalet Tetrevi boudy. Five kilometers long walk steep up was led by two Junior Rangers as their first real experience with visitors. Similar Summer JRP Camp was held in July 2007 for the same group of JRs.

   
 JRs prepare winterfood for gameJRs consult proposal of poster with Kveta


JRP Follow Up

JRP 2006 continued in October as first topic JRP Follow Up-1 Ranger and trekking. Group of JRs trekked over whole Krkonose mountain with rucksack on their backs with complete equipment for surviving in autumn mountain (sleeping bags, stoves, food, clothes, tents …. everything).
    JRP FU-2 Ranger and presentation developed an ability to speak to visitors during some lecture or excursion, using 3D counterparts, catching of attention etc. Program was not lecture and ‘grey’ speech but very live performance with JRs actors.
    JRP FU-3 Ranger and conflict communication had held as two days JRAP with lecture about communication theory and several communication games. Specialty of this program was distribution of leaflets of Krkonose NP Authority visitors on the street in mountain centre Harrachov. There was good possibility to try connect outland people for communication. JRs spent on XC ski second part of JRP FU-3.
     JRP FU-4 Ranger and information developed ability to speak some individual text to camera and prepare proposal on information schedule on nature trail. Four from them hook on main corridor in building of Krkonose NP Authority.
    JRP FU-5 Ranger and field facilities was focused to maintenance of field facilities for visitors (instructional paths, clearing of ways etc).
    JRP FU-6 Ranger and ranger service was not any planed programme. Group of JRs was divided to couples and followed professional ranger in regular duty in field as a “shadow rangers”. Nobody knows strictly, what day will have bring.
    JRP FU-7 Ranger and his parents was special programme for JR´s parents. The best activities from JRP FU 1-6, photos and videos were showed to parent. On the end was prepared small refreshment for JRs and parents.
    JRP FU-8 Ranger and protected area, information about nature and history of protected area, nature protection in Czech, types of protected areas in Czech.
    JRP FU-9 Ranger and legislation, Rules of visitors and law´s background.
    

Diploma thesis JRP for PLA

    Kveta Cernohlavkova, a student of Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague joined to JRP just on begins before May meeting. She helped very intensively during summer JRP camp. She broke her older semifinished diploma thesis and started a new one with topic JRP for Protected Landscape Areas (Low Budged Version of JPR). She developed five programs, with worksheets and manuals for JRs and their lectors. Main goal of her thesis is easier implementation of JRP in praxis. Her work has subsidy of Ministry of Environment, which will publish her thesis as methodic manual for PLA Authority. These programs are very smart and it is possible to use them in schools, clubs etc. Kveta graduated with her diploma thesis with excellent results and wants to continue in her JRP study in Europe. Her study has supported by Alfred Toepfer Nature Heritage Scholarship.

Details (in Czech): http://www.krnap.cz/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=32&id=115&Itemid=219

Contacts: Ing. Michal Skalka, coordinator of Krkonose JRP e-mail: mskalka@krnap.cz
Kveta Cernohlavkova, author of metodic manual, e-mail: kveta.cernohlavkova@seznam.cz