Almeh heaven of tourism and beekeeping

Golestan National Park is the embodiment of human fantasyGolestan National Park is one of the country's national parks that contains pristine corners of climatic and animal species. You must be brave and penetrate inside to see some of these beauties up close.Golestan National Park is the first park in Iran with the title of a national park. On August 19, 1336, this park was named the "Almeh Vaishki" protected area under the protection of the hunting center. Then, on 23 Bahman 1340, without changing its size, it was named Almeh Protected Area, and on 6 Shahrivar 1342, it was renamed Mohammad Reza Shah Park. In the following year, on April 22, 1343, this area was renamed, Wild Park. After establishing the hunting and hunting organization and transferring the center's duties to that organization, it was administered under the same title until 1350. In 1353, after the hunting and fishing law was amended (3/10/1353) by changing the title of wildlife parks to national parks, this area became a national park. Then, in Shahrivar 1350, an area in the east of this park called "Qorkhod," with an area of 34 thousand hectares, was added to it as a protected area. In 1354, it became the first national park of Iran registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the 50 environmental reserves of the planet. In 1355, both areas were merged, and it was protected as a single area with an area of 125 thousand 895 hectares called a National Park. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, these two regions were separated from each other, and the current park, with an area of 91 thousand 895 hectares, was renamed Golestan National Park.By car, if we pass Firuzkoh road, we will pass Gadok Pass. Alborz is magnificently wearing green robes little by little. We pass villages and cities one after another. We reach "Sari" and buy fish at the fish market.At 3:00 pm, we reach Gorgan: the beautiful road of the magnificent Naharkhoran forest, and the Golestan Department of Environment. Engineer Mohajer, Director General of the Environment of Golestan province, informs his colleagues of cooperation.Engineer Mehrjo, the natural deputy of the environmental department of the province, gives all the necessary orders and introduces engineer Atabai, who is educated in the same field. He also brings an environmentalist with the group: Abdulreza Gurbanpour, who has been working in the environment for about 20 years and is very familiar with the surrounding nature. He knows the routes well and nature, the habits of animals, and the behavior of plants. Ghorbanpour has many stories: he has seen a bear, a leopard, and so on...The starting point of Golestan National Park starts from Tangrah village, located 145 km northeast of Gorgan, the western end of the park. From this Hadd Park village, along the road that can be called the park ring road, it continues to the south and after passing through the Jamshidabad area, along the electricity transmission line to the Kandskuh mill and from Dam Zar to Dasht Shad village and the intersection of the road Dasht Shad - Agh Mazar extends. From this point, the southern limit of the park starts, facing east along the same ring road at the top of the Agh Mazar forest, reaching the Ilanli boards and passing through the Willow Pass, it reaches "Garyeh Dasht." This route is first forested and then free of forest cover.Above the village of Dasht, along the road to the north, the park's area is connected to the Tehran-Mashhad highway, and this area continues along the route to the east to Arab Shibani gas station, 120 km west of Bojnord.The eastern limit of the park starts in front of this gas station to the north along the road that goes to Behkade Razavi (Jazhamian), after passing through the Mirza Bailu plain, to the Yagh Tiklan pass and the heights of Qazlaq and the hunting post of Solgerd and Dahane. Badbar and the lands in the southwest of the board, and from this point, by turning to the west, the northern limit of the park begins and goes west along the road called the ring road of the park, passing the south of Lehandur lands and reaching the village of Zaoelia. extendsFrom the village of Zav, the western limit of the park starts by turning to the southwest and bypassing the forest heights of Garghun and Ghosh Cheshme; it reaches the first point, that is, the Tangra.Now we are staying at the Tange Gol guest house. Where is this? A corner of a big paradise?!

A tour of the national park

 It is evening, and the group wants to tour the national park. The group leader points to the main road of Mashhad and says: "A part of this road passes through the Golestan National Park. The flood destroyed it last year and destroyed a part of it. These floods are mostly due to the destruction of the environment, and It is forested. Forests are the lungs of the planet."Golestan is not the only national park that the road passes through. Khojir National Park has the same conditions, and when a road cuts the park in half, the environment becomes two halves, and an ecosystem becomes two parts; that is, the communication of animals between the two environments is minimized, interaction and ecological balance The region is collapsing and...It doesn't take long to find heads and goats on the rocks on the left. We stop, and we take a picture. It is spectacular to see them at sunset. They climb up the rock, drunk and drunk. First, the goats and then the heads disappear on the other side of the valley. The sun also follows them. The sun disappears behind the mountain ridge. The night comes, and again, the hustle and bustle of the nightlife of this plain.Tired of the journey, we prepare the dinner table, and within an hour, Inanlu prepares a meal that is very delicious by mixing strange things. I am staying in the villa that was specially given to me in "Tengeh Gol." The rest of the group is in another estate. Behind the window comes the sound of a boar snorting. Why am I not afraid?! It is the middle of the night. I am studying the information on Golestan National Park for tomorrow's trip: "There are two cities in the vicinity of Golestan National Park: Gonbadkavos, 55 km west, and Bojnord, 115 km east. The humidity of the Caspian Sea heavily influences Golestan National Park in terms of weather conditions. And the currents caused by the western winds always bring a lot of moisture to this area. The vegetation of Golestan National Park is mainly composed of two parts of Hyrcanian and Iranian growths and Turanian growth and the ecotone between them, both of which are essential areas of cover. They are considered Iranian plants.

 Morning again and awakening again

 The rangers are waiting at the Mirzabaylo police station and have prepared breakfast. People who have borrowed their character and traits from nature, and in this apparent violence, protect the environment, flowers, and wildlife with indescribable elegance. Abbas Jafari also joins us.Cameras are ready in the morning. One or two flocks of rams can be seen in the distance. The weather becomes brighter, and our main work begins. Inanlu takes a picture, and when the sun rises, Abbas views the sun at the top of the peak, and a sheep that appears directly above us looks at me. What a beautiful feeling: a ewe looks at me, and I look at her!Maybe he doesn't know the nature around him properly. But according to all his powers and relying on all his instincts, he protects the heart around him. I destroy the nature around me with all my strength and depending on my intellect. He is a part of the whole, and I am a part that violates the whole.Inanlu explains that behind this ewe, other rams and ewes come up, and this ewe is responsible for guarding them. In principle, he entrusted the guardianship of existence and life to the female gender. We walk through Alme Valley quickly. A boar who has covered himself with mud climbs the mountain with Tani. I also review my feelings about the boar. Feelings that cannot be written cannot be said are personal feelings. This is the Alame plain. Almeh means apple in Turkish, although there are no apples here!

Urial ram

 One of the essential mammals living here is the Urial ram. For about 50 years have been researching rams, sheep, and goats in Iran. The territory of the Armenian Aries is from Azerbaijan to Zanjan, the part of the Aurial Aries is in the northeast of Iran, and the Central Alborz Aries is from Kalardasht to Firouzkoh. We have the Isfahan ram, Shiraz ram, and Larestan ram, the most miniature ram in the world. A group of scientists believes that there are two types of rams living in Iran: Armenian and Urial, and the rest are subspecies. Urial ram, whose land we are now, is Iran's biggest and most beautiful ram.We watch the ram for a while and walk toward Degarmanli valley, hoping to see a leopard. We walk in Degermanli Valley and enjoy this walk. Gradually, we go down Degarmanli with patience. Abdul Reza takes a camera. Again we see rams and sheep that do not run away!Degarmanli is a very beautiful valley with trees from the cypress and pine family called Aras. Hunters call it Urs, a tree whose roots reach the water. They say that these mountains have sinkholes, which means that water is deep in the mountains, and this tree sends its roots so deep that its roots reach the water bowls. We find a cut juniper tree. According to the people's description, this tree's age is 80 years.In Iran, we have 8,200 plant species, and even though our country is arid, its plant diversity is more than the green continent of Europe.We will reach the fresh leopard track on the way, and Abdul Reza warns us all to be careful. These marks mark the leopard's territory. With these signs, the leopard shows its territory to others. Further along the way, we see a trace of a bear. It is an enormous footprint, similar to a human print, and next to it is a smaller footprint, which is the footprint of a puppy.

Bearded vulture

We move forward excitedly; we see no bear, no leopard. But the world of happiness has cast a shadow over us. An extensive and magnificent bird is circling at almost 40 meters. The underside of his body is orange. A bird of prey that I always thought was nothing more than a legend. In Latin, it is called Gipatus, and in French, Gilbert. Huma is one of the birds of prey, majestic and beautiful, that nests in the high rocky meadows with walls. Its leading food is the bone marrow of mammals. The daily flight area of humans is 200 to 700 square kilometers, and the distance between their nests is about one kilometer. There is no choice; we must return. The road is very slippery. We go astray in one or two places to see more of nature, shorten the distance, and finally reach the Mirza Baylomi checkpoint. Next to the post is a broad half-snowy plain where deer dance and run and can be seen all over the table. Deer is a vulnerable animal, and environmentalists work hard to protect them. Abdul Reza says that if we are dead, we should go to the plains and take pictures of rams and sheep. It is a pleasant offer, but we are waiting for Tehran's busy life and work. پلنگ جوان در جنگل گلستان مرال قرمز در جنگل گلستان

 Requirements to be in the national park

A national park refers to a range of natural resources of the country - such as forests, pastures, natural hills, forest lands, plains, water, and mountains - which represent outstanding examples of Iran's biological manifestations and maintain the state of life forever. Its nature, as well as the creation of a suitable environment for the reproduction and breeding of wild animals and the growth of plants, are protected under entirely natural conditions:

1) Shooting and hunting are prohibited in national parks and national natural monuments, except in exceptional cases when the requirements of preserving wild animals require it, that too by the agents of the Environmental Protection Organization.

2) slaughtering cattle and cutting trees and bushes are prohibited in these areas.

3) Mining exploration and exploitation in national parks and natural monuments requires obtaining a license or permission from the Environmental Protection Organization, except for the construction of public roads.

4) The conditions of entering and passing through and stopping in national parks and national natural monuments and their permitted seasons and hours, as well as how to obtain a license or permit and its price, as the case may be, for each of the national parks and national natural monuments, according to the local requirements. And its nature will be determined, presented to the applicants, and made public as the case may be.

5) It is prohibited to carry any weapon in national parks and national natural monuments for the public - except the relevant officers of the organization - without the written permission of the Environmental Protection Organization.

Source: Ettelat newspaper