Environmental agents of the Regional Government of Castilla y León seized this weekend the mountains of Soria 300 kilos of mushrooms. Concretely, the agents intervened 106 kilograms of porcini mushrooms and 192 others of chanterelles to collectors who did not have the corresponding collection permit or due to excessive collection in unregulated forests in the north of the province.
Coinciding with the start of a positive situation of mycological production, the Junta de Castilla y León is developing, in coordination with the Civil Guard, the field operation on control of collection and illegal marketing from the mycological resource of the province of Soria.
This Friday the first seizures of this fall mycological season took place, surveillance actions which throughout the weekend allowed the investigation into 14 complaints. Precisely, on Tuesday, September 24, the first meeting to coordinate this type of operations was held, convened by the Regional Government of Castilla y León and with the help of environmental agents and Environment and Civil Guard.
The aim of this type of operation is to control illegal collectors and intermediary traders that do not comply with current regulations, as well as avoiding poor collection practices that cause damage to the mountain, make mycological exploitation sustainable over time. The greatest concern, given the experience of recent years, is the possible presence of poaching by organized collector groups if mycological fruiting is good.
These devices have demonstrated their effectiveness in recent years and, in addition, they prevent loss of mycological resources in our cities, helping to ensure that rural development is not compromised. Environmental agents fundamentally focus their work on controlling the forest collection, as well as addressing bad practices used to take advantage of the mycological resource. The opening of sanction files Non-compliance with collection regulations is the responsibility of the Territorial Environment Service.
Nearly 200,000 hectares
Once collected and after its timely inspection by experts who check its ability to marketmushrooms are trying to position themselves on the market, knowing that it is a perishable product, through marketing companies legally established. Profits generated from the sale of the confiscated product They are returned to the owners of the mountains.
In the province of Soria there are 197,230.29 regulated hectares74,901.26 hectares included in 21 mycological boundaries, and 122,329.03 hectares corresponding to the Soria area of the Montes de Soria Mycological Park (127,909.88 hectares in total, including those corresponding to the province of Burgos). These figures place Soria leader in the region in terms of regulated surface area for mycological resources.
