Gåsholma, Naturreservat

Year of protection: 1972, amended in 2007 Area: 72 hectares Municipality: Gävle Administrator: County Administrative Board Owner: National Property Board Character: Forest and water Protection area: Natura 2000

The nature reserve is located 7 kilometers east of Axmar. The area can only be reached by boat. Turn off the E4 just over three miles north of Gävle, towards Axmar village. Head towards Gåsholma, but just before you reach the village, turn left onto Gamla Gåsholmavägen.

Special rules apply in the nature reserve. It is not allowed to:

• drive a motorized vehicle other than on roads intended for motorized traffic
• drive a boat at a speed of more than 7 knots
• operate a personal watercraft
• damage, pick or collect plants, animals (including insects), fungi and lichens
• break branches, fell or otherwise damage living or dead trees and shrubs, or otherwise harm living or dead trees and plants
• take firewood
• make fires in places other than the designated fireplaces and with firewood other than those carried or intended or laid out for that purpose
• climbing trees, staying near a bird of prey's nest, lair or burrow, or otherwise deliberately harming or disturbing wildlife. The exception is the hunting and fishing that may be carried out in the reserve
• bringing an unleashed dog or other unleashed pet
• damage solid objects or surface formations, such as moving or removing stones
• land or stay within 100 m of Gåshällan and the surrounding skerries Norrbådan, Storbådan and Sydostbådan during the period April 1 to August 15. Exceptions apply to professional fishermen in the exercise of their profession
• using recorded sound in a disturbing way, or using it to attract birds or other animals.

For full regulations, see the reserve decision.