Case study:Austria Upper Mur - Public relations in murerleben I + II LIFE III (LIFE03 NAT/A/000011) and LIFE+ (LIFE+ 08 NAT A 614) „Inner-Alpine river basin management – Upper River Mur - murerleben I+II" 2003-2015

This case study is pending approval by a RiverWiki administrator.

Approve case study

 

0.00

(0 votes)

To discuss or comment on this case study, please use the discussion page.

Location: 47° 10' 5.74" N, 14° 39' 29.20" E

Edit location

Loading map...

{"format":"googlemaps3","type":"HYBRID","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"limit":50,"offset":0,"link":"all","sort":[""],"order":[],"headers":"show","mainlabel":"","intro":"","outro":"","searchlabel":"... further results","default":"","import-annotation":false,"width":"auto","height":"400px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":14,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[""],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"showtitle":false,"hidenamespace":true,"template":"Location map popup","userparam":"","activeicon":"","pagelabel":false,"ajaxcoordproperty":"","ajaxquery":"","locations":[{"text":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProject Title:\u003C/b\u003E Austria Upper Mur - Public relations in murerleben I + II LIFE III (LIFE03 NAT/A/000011) and LIFE+ (LIFE+ 08 NAT A 614) \u201eInner-Alpine river basin management \u2013 Upper River Mur - murerleben I+II\" 2003-2015\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECountry:\u003C/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"/wiki/index.php?title=Austria\" title=\"Austria\"\u003EAustria\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProject Status:\u003C/b\u003E In progress\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThemes:\u003C/b\u003E Social benefits\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E","title":"Austria Upper Mur - Public relations in murerleben I + II LIFE III (LIFE03 NAT/A/000011) and LIFE+ (LIFE+ 08 NAT A 614) \u201eInner-Alpine river basin management \u2013 Upper River Mur - murerleben I+II\" 2003-2015","link":"","lat":47.16826,"lon":14.65811,"icon":"/wiki/images/a/af/Red_marker.png"}]}

Left click to look around in the map, and use the wheel of your mouse to zoom in and out.

Project overview

Edit project overview

Status	In progress
Project web site	http://www.murerleben.at/index.asp?pg_nr=76448&lang=en
Themes	Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring, Social benefits
Country	Austria
Main contact forename	Jörg
Main contact surname	Raderbauer
Main contact user ID	User:9984
Contact organisation	freiland Environmental Consulting Civil Engineers Ltd.
Contact organisation web site	http://www.freiland.at
Partner organisations	Office of the Styrian Government - Department 14 Watermanagement, resources and sustainability
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

This case study hasn’t got a picture, you can add one by editing the project overview.

Project summary

Edit project overview to modify the project summary.

The public relations are an integral part of all projects on the river Mur. The population is informed about the project by regular press releases, information-boards, folders, press conferences, festivities and the project homepage. Additionally, school projects, events and the production of two films for the documentation of the results took place. Until now great success could be achieved by the realized measures in order to ameliorate the variety structures on the river Mur. Buying more land and reactivating flood plains provides passive flood protection. By means of intensive public relations the project is present in the people’s minds and the awareness and appreciation for the habitat river Mur was increased. „murerleben“ is an important step towards a close to nature and worth living future on the Upper Mur - many steps should follow in any cause.

Kindergarten Jägersteig Judenburg: In several excursions to the river Mur one group of the kindergarten dealt with the river landscape. After learning about the existing flora and fauna, the children experienced the "landscape river Mur"´ in a playful manner with songs and stories. Regarding the 20th anniversary a song called "Murerleben" was prepared and performed.

BG/BRG Judenburg: The gymnasium Judenburg prepared two projects. On the one hand pupils have adressed bio-monitoring in the school lesson "science and nature" and on the other hand 23 pupils of the 7th class have dealt with the design of seats and information boards. They presented their miniatures to a seven-headed jury consisting of representatives of the federal state Styria and freiland Environmental Consulting Civil Engineers Ltd.. The members of the jury were enthusiastic over the creativity and the ideas. Since November last year they prepared drafts and finally presented their manufactured miniatures separately. The jury’s main criteria were the practicability, the resistance to weather and the protection against vandalism. Four of the twelve models were realised in the course of the next years and serve as recreation oases and information points. Two locations are planned in the Lässer alluvial forest, a further one at the Ingering estuary (municipality of Apfelberg), as well as one in St. Peterer alluvial forest (municipality St. Peter/Jdbg.). The group of pupils occupied with bio-monitoring are going to realise electrofishing under a specialized guidance at the river Mur already this autumn.

School for Food and Agriculture, Großlobming: An important partner during the events on site is the school for food and agriculture in Großlobming. The school girls arranged not only a perfect catering but also served their self-made snacks in form of a fish.

Simultania Judenburg: The project "Milestones along the river Mur“ is a large and extensive pupil project at which the Simultania in Judenburg, headed by Prof. Helmut Ploschnitznigg, took part. A group of young persons with a handicap have created wooden pillars along the total project area at the river Mur. This project will be continued at "murerleben” LIFE+ successfully. The wooden pillars, worn away due to their weather exposal, will be replaced by newly designed wooden pillars and will decorate the riverside of the river Mur in all colours.

Monitoring surveys and results

This case study hasn’t got any Monitoring survey and results, you can add some by editing the project overview.

Lessons learnt

This case study hasn’t got any lessons learnt, you can add some by editing the project overview.

Image gallery

Edit Image gallery

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present Invasive species present Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information