Gamekeeper

Steve Nanchen, passionate about nature, works as a gamekeeper in the Vallon de Réchy.

What is the role of the gamekeeper?

Wildlife management and condition monitoring - Observation, counting and inventory of ungulates, small game, predators, fish and other wildlife - Treatment of offenses, monitoring of the application of legal bases in hunting and fish farming - Guide local or foreign hunters benefiting from an authorization in deer, chamois and ibex shooting - Inventory of injured, perished, sick or injured animals - Management of large predators - Fish repopulation - Collaboration in technical interventions in fish waters and biotopes of our region - Protection and monitoring of biotopes - Training of hunter candidates - Prevention and taxation of damage caused by fauna on forests and crops - Information for hunters, fishermen, the public, young people, and tourists on wildlife - Scientific research on wildlife