Ranger at Müritz National Park
In the park with ranger Gitta Köstler
Gitta Köstler is a qualified forester and certified nature and landscape conservationist. Depending on the season, her field of activity varies from technical work, monitoring and water level measuring to environmental education. In addition, she supervises a junior ranger group. For her, nature is our greatest asset. It's important that people begin to understand how valuable Mother Nature really is. The work of a ranger requires initiative, but in return it offers a lot of variety. It is important to her to bring the idea of the national park closer to people and thus to make them aware of the need for nature conservation.
From the end of April to August, she takes care of bat monitoring every Friday. So-called sound boxes are used to record the number of different bat species and their calls per night. The location is changed weekly. There are eight different recording sites: a settlement area, a grazed grassland, a water body, a beech forest, an intensively used farmland, a pine forest, an alder marsh forest and a swamp. Each site is studied twice. Gitta Köstler cannot imagine a more beautiful place to work than the national park.
In the park with Ranger Frank Seemer
Frank Seemer learned the profession of a forester and has also been a certified nature and landscape conservationist since 1999. He has been working in the Müritz National Park for 24 years. He loves to be out and about in nature. His field of activity includes environmental education, monitoring, mapping, technical tasks such as barrier construction and signage, as well as area control on foot, by bicycle and even by canoe. "Every day is different," and it is this variety and diversity that Frank Seemer finds so interesting.
The contact with people who are interested in nature and take part in guided tours is something special for Frank Seemer. During the hikes, he can introduce the guests to the flora and fauna of the different habitats and sensitize them to the beauty of nature. He particularly enjoys working with children as part of his job as a junior ranger supervisor. He also can't imagine working in any other place.
In the park with Ranger Martina Fuhrmann
Martina Fuhrmann became a ranger the same way as Frank Seemer and Gitta Köstler. She works in the Müritz East National Park District, and her daily work consists mainly of monitoring, water level measurement and area control by bicycle. In addition, she takes turns with her colleagues to look after the information points in Schwarzenhof as well as Kratzeburg and gives visitors tips on what they can experience in the Müritz National Park. Every day is often a little adventure.
Martina Fuhrmann calls herself a nature child because she grew up in what is now the National Park and was always out and about in nature. Her love of nature has led her to her profession. Her greatest wish is for people to be more thoughtful with nature and to stop polluting the environment. She brings children and adults closer to the flora and fauna during various guided tours through the national park and thus sensitizes them to nature and its beauty.
Discoveries along the way
