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In the course of 2025, the park rangers of the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps increased daytime and nighttime monitoring activities regarding fishing in the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes, issuing sanctions and carrying out seizures of prohibited equipment. However, beyond the repressive nature of the work carried out, the goal remains the prevention of illegal behaviors to protect those who respect laws and regulations and, above all, to defend a common heritage that belongs to everyone: the environment.

On Monday, October 29, 2025, professional fishing activities began for the containment of the catfish in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park. The initiative is one of the actions of the Life Predator project, of which the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps are partners, aimed at containing the Silurus glanis, the aquatic predator that represents an invasive alien species in the freshwater basins of Southern Europe.

The American pond turtles present in the Grande Lake of Avigliana are carriers of infectious diseases that can be transmitted to humans. This is what emerges from a scientific study conducted by the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Piedmont, Liguria, and Aosta Valley in the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes. It has been found that 13.3% of individuals were infected with salmonellosis and/or cryptosporidium.

The evening/night fishing sessions for catfish in the Grande Lake of Avigliana will begin on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 8 PM. From June to October, twice a month, a group of amateur fishermen will be engaged in selective fishing to contain Silurus glanis, the invasive alien species that has been introduced into the freshwater basins of the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park, altering its ecological balance. This activity is part of the Life Predator Project, which aims to contain the spread of the large aquatic predator in the lakes of Southern Europe.

In occasione della Giornata Mondiale dell'Ambiente vi proponiamo il video realizzato da Città Metropolitana di Torino nell'ambito del progetto Connettere l'Ambiente, dedicato a Miriophyllum spicatum nel Parco naturale dei Laghi di Avigliana.

On the occasion of the World Biodiversity Day, established by the United Nations in 2000, celebrated every year on May 22, we publish the results of a monitoring activity carried out by the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park on the Emys orbicularis, the rare European marsh turtle, of which about thirty specimens survive and are at risk of extinction. A small example of biodiversity that is at risk of being lost forever.

The Life Predator project team has produced the second issue of the newsletter to illustrate the progress of the work.

On Monday, March 17, the 2025 edition of the SOS Amphibians campaign organized on the Lakes of Avigliana by the Municipality and the Protected Areas of the Cottian Alps came to a close. This edition was innovative compared to previous years.

It is reported that the Municipality of Avigliana has prohibited passage on the cycle-pedestrian walkway that crosses the Rio Meana between Lake Piccolo and Lake Grande in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park.

Amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates, whose body temperature depends on the external environment. With the onset of cold weather, they hibernate: slowing down their metabolism and "falling asleep" waiting for spring.

Mosquito Control in the territory of the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes and the Municipalities of Avigliana, Villar Dora, Trana, and Sant'Antonino di Susa

The project for biological control of mosquitoes is implemented with the aim of containing the number of Culicid individuals (mosquitoes) in the territory. It is based on a specific law of the Piedmont Region, L.R. 75/95, which has established that 50% of the funding is borne by the Municipalities and the other 50% by the Region.

The river prawn (Austropotamobius pallipes complex) is one of the most discreet and valuable inhabitants of our waterways. Brown-olive in color, with the underside of the claws lighter, hence the Latin name pallipes ("light feet"), it has a distinctive appearance: a robust, segmented body, two large front claws, and an abdomen that ends with a wide caudal fan, which allows for rapid backward movements in case of escape. Adults typically reach a length of 8–12 centimeters and move carefully along the gravelly and rocky bottoms of streams.

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