Storks prosper in old Croat marshland village

China Daily | April 22, 2005 | Copyright

CIGOC, CROATIA: If storks were meant to bring babies, they obviously failed in this picturesque village.

Its quaint oak wood houses are dilapidated and its population is steadily ageing while the tall white birds nesting on rooftops have prospered, helped by environmentalists and European Union funds.

Cigoc, some 100 kilometres southeast of Zagreb, was proclaimed the first European Village of Storks in 1994, when the number of storks peaked at 250, compared to about 100, mostly elderly, villagers.

"We can boast the highest number of young birds in Europe, on average six per nest," said Niksa ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES OPEN SESSION MINUTES, SEPT. 12
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following open session minutes: LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER...OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 OPEN SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HELD IN BATON ROUGE...
Louisiana senator highlights state's unique qualities at LSU
News Wire article from: University Wire ; ...U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana State University administrators took an unusual and comedic tour of Louisiana from their seats in the Tiger Stadium...Rouge, La., was their guide. The Louisiana tour was actually Dardenne's presentation...
LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES CALENDAR FOR AUGUST MONTH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Sales & Service, LLC (Lydia, Louisiana), ex parte. In re: Application for...proposed service, south of Alexandria, Louisiana Date: 8/1/2006 Time: 10:00AM...
LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES BULLETIN 894 - NOV. 30
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Official Bulletin was published by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Galvez Building...602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 (Post Office Box 91154, Baton...
Louisiana's window to the world.(Louisiana Library Network)
Magazine article from: Computers in Libraries ; ...that resulted in the development of the Louisiana Library Network, every man, woman, and child in Louisiana now has the ability to cruise, peruse, and ultimately use the resources of the Louisiana State Library, 18 academic libraries...
LOUISIANA'S ACT SCORES REACH RECORD HIGH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; The Louisiana Department of Education issued the following press release: Louisiana high school students scored an all-time record...in displaced students. Once again we can say Louisiana, education, and excellence in the same sentence...
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH: SAYING 'THANKS' PAYS OFF FOR LOUISIANA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; Louisiana State University issued the following...economy. After studying the effects of two Louisiana "thank you" campaigns, researchers...significantly improved perceptions of Louisiana in the midst of the recovery from Hurricanes...
LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES BULLETIN 867 - AUG. 24
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Official Bulletin was published by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Galvez Building...602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 (Post Office Box 91154, Baton...
Louisiana at a loss
Magazine article from: The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report ; The state of Louisiana might be losing millions of dollars...have required businesses to withhold Louisiana income tax on payments to independent...getting the payments are based outside Louisiana, so the idea was to get the state...
Louisiana Energy Users Group Requests Dismissal of Entergy Fili?gs
PR Newswire ; ...La., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Louisiana Energy Users Group ("LEUG"), an...Dismiss two Entergy filings before the Louisiana Public Service commission. The two filings from Entergy Gulf States and Entergy Louisiana seek to delay the transition from a monopoly...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Storks prosper in old Croat marshland village"