Since October 7, 14 sites and nature reserves are still closed. Tel Dan, Nahal HaBanias, Horesh Tal, and other sites that were on normal days full of Passover stand desolate.
The Spring Festival and freedom do not feel the same when about 180,000 of the country's residents are evacuated and evacuated away from their homes for over six months. "Even though the sites have been closed, nature has not been closed," says Sharit Falchi Miara, a visitor officer in the North District at the Nature and Parks Authority. In addition, this year, we received many and significant rains that brought with them spectacular blooms, an impressive flow of streams and waterfalls that flow strongly, says Falchi Miara. A small site team goes every morning to the nature reserves and national parks that are closed to preserve, nurture, and be ready for this day that we all wish to reach, that day that will announce a routine. Horesh Tal National Park is one of our favorite nature reserves in the whole country and in the north in particular. Although the garden is closed in the shadow of the war, the Authority's teams continue to preserve and maintain the garden along with preserving the local nature and wildlife in the national park. In order to maintain the directives of the Home Department, the park staff is mowing the tall grass that grew after the rains to prepare for the summer and the fires. And we continue to take care of and protect the local herd of donkeys in the park. If we don't maintain the park during the fighting, the facilities and nature we are entrusted to protect will be destroyed and damaged. We will continue to protect nature for the public until the day when everyone can return and enjoy it, of course, in order to preserve the values of nature and heritage also and especially in times of war. The Banias is a beautiful reserve all year round, but in my heart, there is always some kind of anticipation for winter and spring.