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The Ministry of Water, Agriculture and the Environment has carried out in recent months a series of actions to enhance the conservation and protection of the Salto del Usero, a unique natural enclave, located in the municipality of Bullas and framed is a space declared Zone Conservation Special (SAC) of the Mula and Pliego rivers, whose management plan was recently approved by the Governing Council
The Minister of Water, Agriculture and the Environment, Adela Martínez-Cachá, visited today this natural enclave accompanied by the mayor of Bullas, Maria Dolores Muñoz, and technicians of the Ministry, and explained that with the approval of this plan "we will make compatible Conservation, protection and maintenance with the socio-economic and sustainable development of the environment. "
"In addition to the important tasks carried out to conserve and improve this emblematic site, it has been very important to collaborate with the Bullas Town Hall. Hence, an action has been included that grants coverage to a municipal ordinance to limit and Control access to the Salto del Usero ", explained the head of Environment.
The Ministry has invested in the last months about 51,000 euros in the development of projects of adaptation and conservation of the Salto del Usero, such as recreational adaptation and environmental restoration.
The aim is to ensure that the influx of visitors to this space is compatible with the conservation of habitat types and species, as well as to curb the deterioration process that was undergoing.
The work has focused on eliminating cane and bramble from the river bed, revegetative with different species of trees and shrubs (Willows, Myrtles, Baladres, Ash and Poplars).
Access to the bathing area has also been adapted, and parking-bicycles and waste-container covers have been installed, as well as normative, interpretative and directional signs.
These last works have also been carried out in other areas of traditional bathing of the river Mula as they are the Pasico of Ucenda, River Bridge and Molino de Abajo, all located in the SAC.
Access control
Also, two barriers have been installed in the access roads to the site, following the measures that last summer established the City to regulate public use during the weekends, limiting to 150 people the maximum that can remain simultaneously In the place of the Jump of the Usero.
In addition, the Ministry has carried out a study of host capacity in order to know the profile of the visitor to this natural space, evaluating the influx, distribution of visitors and activities that they carry out in the area, to advance in the management of recreational use And preserve the natural values ​​and give security to the users.
Special Conservation Area
The Mula and Pliego Special Areas of Conservation (ZEC) covers an area of ​​829.73 hectares and runs through the center of the Region of Murcia from west to east, and covers the municipalities of Bullas, Mula, Pliego, Albudeite, Campos Del Río, Alguazas and Las Torres de Cotillas.
In the ZEC are mapped 20 of the 50 types of habitats of community interest present in the Region, of which five are priority, eight rare and seven very rare.
Seventy-five percent have excellent conservation status, and the rest, well.
It is comprised of the Pliego and Mula rivers, tributaries of the Segura River along its right bank, and the ravine of Perea, a tributary of the Mula River along its left bank.
On the part of the ramblas del Madroño or Campillo, the Herreña or the Atascador and the Orphan, and Barranco del Barbol, all tributaries of the River Pliego.
In addition, the reservoirs of La Cierva and Los Rodeos, in the river Mula, and of Pliego, in the river Pliego are included.
The ZEC is part of the Mula River Basin, which covers a wide area of ​​660 square kilometers.
The channel of the river Mula to its passage through the Jump of Usero presents a high hydrological, geomorphological and sedimentological interest due to the processes of erosion and dilution generated in the travertines, that have shaped it in the form of a vault.
The water rushes towards the base of this hollow creating a waterfall several meters high and a deep pool of transparent waters, giving rise to one of the most visited sites of the municipality of Bullas.
Numerous reservoirs and interchanges of interest continue to flow downstream.
Source: CARM
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