Ársrit Skógræktarfélags Íslands - 15.12.1990, Page 116

Ársrit Skógræktarfélags Íslands - 15.12.1990, Page 116
á fjórða degi heimsóknar okkar. Þar skýrðum við enn einu sinni frá áhuga okkar og brýnni þörf að fá lerkifræ af þessum slóðum. Við kváðum Skóg- rækt ríkisins vilja kaupa a. m. k. 50-60 kg að þessu sinni og vilja borga þeim allt að 1.000 Bandaríkja- dali fyrir kg af fræi með góðri spírun, eins og við hefðum þurft að borga fyrir frægarðsfræ frá Finn- landi og Svíþjóð. Og við lögðum áherslu á, að við vildum helst eiga þessi viðskipti við þá beint, þar eð við vissum, að slíkt væri farið að tíðkast í utan- ríkisviðskiptum Sovétríkjanna. Lykov aðalforstjóri kvað þá vilja reyna að verða við þessum óskum og láta safna sérstaklega fyrir okkur, en það yrði ekki ljóst fyrr en snemma vetrar, hvort það tækist. Það væri t.d. ekki ljóst fyrr en seint, hversu mikið skorkvikindi kynnu að hafa skemmt fræið. Við fórum því allvongóðir af þessum fundi. Hér má svo bæta við, að í febrúar 1990 kom símskeyti frá þessari stofnun, þar sem þeir buðu Skógrækt ríkisins 50 kg lerkifræs frá Pinéga á 1.000 Bandaríkjadali kg. Þegar þessi frásögn er skráð, eru þessi 50 kg komin heilu og höldnu hingað. Og skömmu áður en greinin fór í prentun kom enn skeyti frá Arkhangelsk, þar sem boðin eru 80-90 kg til viðbótar og nú á aðeins lægra verði. Pessu boði verður auðvitað tekið með þökk- um. Við erum sannfærðir um, að ekki hefði tekist að útvega þetta lerkifræ nema með því að hitta skógræktarmennina í Arkhangelsk persónulega og fá tækifæri til þess að útskýra þörf okkar fyrir þeim augliti til auglitis. En nú vonumst við til, að brautin sé rudd fyrir frækaupum í næstu framtíð. Þannig lauk þessari fyrstu heimsókn íslenskra skógræktarmanna til hins fyrirheitna lerkilands. SUMMARY BY THORARiNN BENEDIKZ Forests and forestry in Archangel oblast This article describes the visit made by the authors to the Archangel district of the USSR in June 1989. The visit follows up reciprocal visits made by Icelandic and Soviet delegations in 1979 and 1980. The object of the visit was to give Ice- landic foresters the opportunity to observe the nat- ural larch forests in the northern regions of Arc- hangel district and to forge good contacts with the foresters there. The latter object was of great importance as recent surveys of larch plantations in Iceland have shown that provenances from the northern regions of Archangel, or of plantations originating from seed collected in those districts, were the most successful. However, it has been extremely difficult to obtain seed from those areas, especially over the last two decades. Hence it was also essential that the Iceland Fores- try Service made good contacts with forestry off- icials in Archangel in order to assure seed procur- ation. With the recent political changes in USSR it was considered feasible to make good personal contacts in Archangel. Furthermore, as Iarch is the most commonly planted species, it was cons- idered imperative that Icelandic foresters should study the native forests in order to understand better it’s silviculture. The authors travelled to Archangel by train, a 20 hour journey, after a short stop in Moscow. During the next few days they were the guests of the Archangel District Forestry and Production Association, which could be described to be the local branch of the Soviet Forestry Commission. During their stay there they visited the Forestry Research Institute, the Archangel City Arboret- um, which must be one of the most northernly arboreta in the world and a saw-mill. Most important were visits to Jorna Lake and the Pin- ega River district to look at the larch forests. Acc- ording to reliable sources all seed of Russian larch introduced to Scandinavia and Iceland under the name of Archangel is likely to have been collected on the Pinega River. Archangel oblast is extremely large by Eur- opean standards, some 584.000 sq.km in area and stretches to the shores of the White and Barents Seas in the north. Approximately one third of the district, 200.000 sq.km, is forested. Norway spruce forest covers some 70%, Scots pine 28% and 2% birch. Larch is found on some 500.000 ha and only comprises ca. 0.4% of the standing volume. Larch is mainly found in mixture, usually as mature trees overtopping the other 114 ÁRSRIT SKÓGRÆKTARFÉLAGS ÍSLANDS 1990
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