DEHRADUN: The fifth edition of the three-day
Uttarakhand
Spring Bird Festival is starting from March 9 at
Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve
and
Thano
reserve forest areas.
Around 1,000 bird lovers will participate in the key event. The event is being supported by Union environment ministry, state pollution control board, eco-tourism department and several wildlife NGOs.
GS Pandey, chief conservator of forests (Eco-tourism), said, “Uttarakhand has around 710 bird species, more than half of the total 1200 species found in the entire country. With such rich biodiversity, we are promoting the state as collection of promising destination for bird and butterfly watching. Every year we promote new destinations.”
He said that this year over 1,500 bird watchers, including 50 from 14 countries, will participate. For this three trails in Thano and two in
Jhilmil
have been prepared.
Forest chief
Jai Raj
said, “The initiative will help generate a lot of revenue for the state.”
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