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Brandvikneset

Brandvikneset

31.03.2018 - 20:02

The green Hisøya Island

Hisøya

18.06.2018 - 20:17

"I am going to prove to you that I am right". That is what the idealist and county doctor Christian Heitmann is supposed to have said in the early 1890s. He sat together with the parish priest, Kullmann, at Heitmann's home in Stord and discussed whether the islands in western Norway could have been forested or not. The priest thought that the area was too barren and weather-beaten for forest to have been able to grow so far out in the sea. But, Heitmann was sure he was right. He challenged the scepticism and set off to work.

Hopsfjellet

Hopsfjellet

31.03.2018 - 20:16

On June 2nd, 1992, a big forest fire broke out in Sveio. The fire started southeast of Hopsfjellet. In a strong wind the flames spread quickly northward. Houses on the other side of the highway were threatened, but escaped unscathed. The burned area, which is easily visible about a 5 minute's drive south from the tunnel at the triple- junction, was made into a nature reserve in 1998. The intention was to ensure that the re-establishment of plant- and animal life would take place without disturbance.

Old pine forest in Husedalen.

Husedalen

27.05.2018 - 15:23

English Yew tree i Langebudalen.

Langebudalen

31.03.2018 - 20:00

Old pine forest (Bjørn Moe)

Munkebotsdalen

31.03.2018 - 19:31

Møkjedalen (Bjørn Moe)

Møkjedalen

21.12.2018 - 20:46

Otterstadstølen

Otterstadstølen

18.10.2018 - 08:54

Otterstadstølen lies in an idyllic grassy plain surrounded by rich forest, but also with high mountains close by. The mountainsides are steep and typical of this part of the county. The same cannot be said about the forest. This spruce forest has been able to develop freely for hundreds of years. Otherwise in the county, only Voss has spruce forest.

Raudlia

Raudlia

15.05.2018 - 13:39

Lake Storavatnet. Mt. Eldsfjellet in the background.

Rylandvassdraget

19.05.2018 - 20:05

There is a lot of trout and a large char population in Lake Rylandsvatnet. The lake was stocked with char, probably in 1907. The promoters of the project were the family Ameln, who owned eight mills in Rylandsvågen and parts of the Ryland farm.

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