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Well, the 2003 summer field season has finally
finished on the GBT. And Lord, has the ice begun to break!!! The
Great Baikal Trail has ceased being virtual and exiting only on
paper and in our heads. The GBT has found its direction and real
embodiment.
With the help of our friends and partners we
were able to complete considerable work in preparing for the summer
season. They brought our dreams to life, and truthfully did more
than we had originally planned. Here is a brief summary of what
was done in the first field season of the GBT:
During the 2003 season work was carried out on
6 sections of the GBT. 136 volunteers took part: 87 volunteers
from Russia and 49 foreign volunteers from 12 countries (USA,
Great Britain, Belgium, Ireland, Canada, France, Germany, Spain,
Slovakia, Tunis, Denmark, and Holland). In all the volunteers
worked 9522 person-hours. The result of the work was the reconstruction
and construction of 70 km of trail.
1.
Bolshoe Goloustnoe Village - The "Peschanaya
Bay - Sennaya Bay" Trail (Pribaikalski National Park).
2. Khamar-Dabansky
section - The "Osinovka" Trail
(State Nature Biosphere Reserve "Baikalsky"
3. The
"Ushkanyi Islands" Ecological Trail (Zabaikalski
National Park).
4. Severobaikalsk Section of the GBT.
5. Chivirkuiskski Section of the GBT
(Zabkaikalski National Park)
6. Bagruzinski
Section of the GBT (Bagruzinsk Valley, Zabaikalski
National Park)
Twelve experts in the construction of ecotrails
from government and public organizations in the US took part in
preparing for the summer season.
Constructing the GBT was actively supported by
various government and public organizations: Zabaikalski National
Park; State Nature Biosphere Reserve "Baikalski"; Pribaikalski
National Park; The School of Ecological Tourism (Severobaikalsk);
OO Baikal Business Incubator; Ecological Center "Podlemorye" (Ust'-Barguzin);
Irkutsk Regional Public National-Cultural Organization "Center
for Buryat Culture"; Goloustenski Center for Ecology, Culture
and Information "Estuary," and; Public Ecological Organization
"Together with Baikal."
Join us!
Welcome to the Great Baikal
Trail!
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