Start the clip to see the fight against the skunk call – the sweaty digging and the hot water
This weekend, landowners gathered around the Sandaredsån outside Borås to jointly try to dig up the skunk beds that are spreading along the river.
– If they are allowed to grow freely, they become so outrageously large that they suffocate everything else, says Maria Ekbrand, who participates in the work.
The County Administrative Board in Västra Götaland has announced that the state’s grant for the management of valuable nature this year will decrease by more than 50 million to a total of 62 million kroner. This increases the demands on landowners to remove invasive species such as the skunk.
Wish more machines with hot water
Peter Rydén, who is a forest ranger at the City of Borås, represents the municipality as landowner, and coordinates the weekend’s work. He carries a machine for spraying with hot water—a method he hopes will kill the skunks and take away the laborious work of digging them up.
– I think the County Administrative Board should have resources for more hot water machines and that we can get money to go in and dig in their places, says Peter Rydén.
In the clip, you hear about how the city of Borås uses hot water to combat the species