Övetorp, Naturreservat

Year of decision: 2002

Area: 105 hectares

Municipality: Mörbylånga

Landowners: Individuals and the state through the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Manager: Kalmar County Administrative Board

The reserve is located about 8 km northeast of Färjestaden. From Algutsrum you drive towards Jordtorp. Once in the village, turn towards Övetorp. Drive through Övetorp village and up the hill to the parking lot. From there you can go back down the hill and enter the farm road that leads to the reserve.

In the nature reserve you are not allowed:

• Drive any vehicle or craft.
• Set up a motor home, caravan or similar.
• Camp for more than one day in the same place.
• Make a fire.
• Bringing a dog or other animal that is not on a leash.
• Intentionally disturbing wildlife.
• Put up a board, sign, poster or similar device or make inscriptions.
• Damage or remove trees, stumps, bark, branches, shrubs or brush that are growing or dead.
• Digging or pulling up plants or plant parts by the roots.
• Picking or damaging mosses, lichens or wood fungi.
• Remove pieces of bedrock.

If you have permission from the County Administrative Board, you may:

• Use the area for competitions or exercises.
• Carry out commercial activities.

After consultation with the County Administrative Board, you may:

• Collect insects.
• Conduct surveys or research.

Full regulations

C. Regulations according to Chapter 7, Section 30 of the Environmental Code on the right to travel and stay in the nature reserve and on order in general.

In addition to prohibitions and regulations in other legislation, it is prohibited to:

1. drive any kind of vehicle or craft
2. set up a caravan, motorhome or similar
3. camping for more than one day in the same place
4. Make a fire.
5. Bringing an unleashed dog or other loose pet.
6. Disturbing wildlife.
7. Put up a board, sign, poster or similar device or make an inscription.
8. Damage or remove growing or dead trees, stumps, bark, branches, shrubs or brush.
9. Digging or pulling up plants by the roots.
10. Picking or damaging wood fungi, mosses or lichens.
11. remove pieces from the bedrock
12. use the area for competition or training purposes without the permission of the county administrative board
13. carry out commercial activities
14. carry out collection, investigation or research without consulting the county administrative board.

The regulation under C1 does not apply to the transportation of big game in connection with hunting and in connection with animal husbandry or domestic felling. The regulations under C5 and C6 do not apply in connection with hunting.