Where is one? How and why one finds oneself
there. In short - which is the History?
One found good grounds between the Danube and the White Sea.
It is for Ca one remained. Good grounds - fruit rich person
(agriculture and gathering) . Forests covered our grounds ( mixed forest latifoliate, in succession
in the zone with the top of 1600 Mr. of altittude - especially of the oak and
beech, good development vegetation, in stages, biodiversit§Ûe etc.)
Abundance of game. The European lion ( F§Ûlis leo spelaeus ) is registered in the
Black Book of the animal species disappeared. At the time of Thraces
antiques it still lives in the forests of Europe of south-east and the
Close East. According to H§Ûrodote ( 484-425 front. J.C.) the lions,
populated generally the higher area around the course of the named
river Centered (our days-Vardar, the Bulgarian west), but one still
met them in the east to the Nestos river (of our days-Mesta, in the
Bulgarian east). Its mane black and touffue cover the chest, the
belly and arrive to the groins. The Turn or the European Bull ( Bos tauros primigenius ) was decimated
definitively in the year 1627. It is large representing of the Bovidae family.
The height of the ground until the top of its horns arrived at 3 meters! Zoubar or the European Bison ( Bison bonansus ) reached a length of 3,5
meters, a 2 meters height and a weight of 1000 kg.
Plenitude, and the old men knew and used what it is Ecology.
Spiritualization of the forest is it a method for its
conservation as much as renewable resource? This and other secrecies kept priests, tisaneurs and narrators
of the tradition. Balkan or Stara Planina (the Old Mountain) is a mountainous chain
with center Balkan Peninsula. Belonging to large the chains Ando
- Himalaienne Balkan is prolonged and divided the country into
two - dimensioned northern and dimensioned southern. Sometimes in the History one was conqui§Ûris and belonged
to other empires - Rome, Byzance, Ottoman Empire. Especially
with the last the local population was withdrawn in the tops of
Balkan, to live among his. Let us take as example the village of
Jelen. Its name falls down has this time - Jalen (bg-sad, this,
which was cried.) According to the legend Turkish went up in the mountain and
hung the children in trees. People gathered the women and
the children and hid them in high, all in top in the deep cave -
the Hole of bear (Tankoser). Turkish is gone up, qusqu' with the
cave. Without success to find them in the great number of tunnels,
galeries and rooms, they lit enormous fire at the entry of the cave
and everyone is choked inside. Beyond the name comes - Jalen,
Jalen - Jelen. Nowadays the cave, not being entirely explores, is object of the
visits and theme narrations. Continue misfortune and by seeking better place to live, enough
of people are decrees here and today one speaks about the places
- Lazarovi nivi (Fields of Lazar), Berilovi nivi, Koliuv kamik (the rock
of Koliu), Baitchovi tori6ta (compostiers of Baitcho) etc. Attracted
not only by the beautiful sight, but especially by rich nature, who
offers his goods, by ensuring the life. Solid masses and solid masses
in Balkan with a good exposure to the sun, covered by the secular
forest, sung in songs and legends. Clear brooks and pure rivers
made their noise of everywhere and hurried to go down low. In
bottom with melts, to join the large one, larger internal river of Bulgaria
- Iskar, which, today, coulle also highly, although it already dug a
whole throat entiere(bg.-Iskarsko defile). In this paradise people lived for truths and the wood of beeches saw
beaucoups various births, deaths and events. They lived and gradually they forgot what it is - Ecology. They it
multiplied and increased the grounds cultivated with demolished drill.
More and more multiple herds of cows, sheep and goats crocquaient
in the greenery. What I tell you it passed here, but also has beaucoups other places,
partouts in Europe. Such was the history until the beginning of 20th
century. After much of things occurred. In general the ecological state is enpirie,
with the exeption of certain Scandinavian and insular countries, or clear
brains have prevus future. R let us evenons in our village of Jelen. And let us leave for the moment
the year 1920 who marks the beginning of active silviculture in Bulgaria.
Because time came from to present, tighten the hands and to make knowledge
before touching more closely with various with dimensions of Ecology . | 
