"First shovel in 'Mt. Songi Forest Fire Damage Restoration'"

The National Institute of Forest Science under the Korea Forest Service is launching a pilot project to restore the mushroom production areas in regions damaged by large-scale forest fires, titled "Restoration Demonstration Project for Mushroom Mountains in Forest Fire Damage Areas." This pilot project targets Ulju County in Gyeongsangbuk-do, which suffered significant damage from the forest fires along the East Sea coast in 2022. Ulju is a leading domestic mushroom production area, and the forest fires have severely damaged the mushroom harvesting areas, causing significant economic impact to the region. Therefore, the National Institute of Forest Science has decided to swiftly apply the research results of artificial cultivation using mushroom-infected seedlings and inoculated seedlings in the remaining areas where some mushroom mycelia still exist. This project is planned as a resident-participatory mushroom mountain restoration model through collaboration between the ...