Manas National Park

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First of all, Happy Republic Day!!  Today morning, our team celebrated India's 66th Republic Day at Manas NP Field Camp. We invited  Mr. Dharanidhar Boro, ACF and range In charge of Bansbari, Manas National Park for hoisting the National Tri-colour. It was followed by the recitation of National Anthem. 6th Assam Forest Protection Force battalion (AFPF)and some of the local villagers also took part. Following the program, a light refreshment was arranged for all. Hoisting Tri-Color Our camp with Tri-Colour Light refreshment 

Wild Elephant herd inside Manas  Np A fresh tiger pugmark Elephants are now everywhere....... I spent  one day (22nd Jan) inside the Manas NP.  I visited Kuribeel, Charfuli, Uchila, Lotajhar and New Buraburi. It was amazing and wonderful experience . I have seen more than 100 wild elephant, 50 wild buffalo, 10 Gaurs, 4 rhinos and couple of deer, wild boar  and fresh Tiger pug mark etc . Each anti-poaching camps have  now forest guards and they are doing regular patrolling duty. I was satisfied to visit Manas. Manas need tourist otherwise, the little tourism industry will die out immediately. A beautiful snake  Tiger roaring ......... Tiger is now roaring inside Manas. Tiger is now commonly sighted at Bansbari range .I feel real wilderness at Buraburijhar when I got fresh pug mark at bank of Buraburi River It was great thrill alone. Cold Blooded flock..... . Although temperature is not ...

Field Director of Manas Tiger Reserve Organised  stakeholders meet  at Barpeta Road yesterday. In that meeting he elaborately explained about present situation  at Manas National Park .  He said that situation is gradually improving and things will be  normal very soon.   Mr. A.C Das  Manas Field Director   addressing in the discussion Different NGO members of Manas Tiger Reserve present at that discussion

One of Manas Tiger Reserve Logo

Three forest guards take little bit rest, after long patrolling inside Bhuyanpara range of Manas National Park. Presently, law and enforcement is prime concern for Manas. Last six month frontline staff of Manas got lots of problem due to disturb  law and order situation. Staff need courage to do duty in very difficult condition. Even in festive season some staff carried out  wild life protection duty with minimum warm cloths. Dear reader may I request you please provide your valuable suggestion and support to normalize  law and order situation at Manas as well as help front line staff courage back . Please provide them some basic support to duty during chill night. 

Rhino-2 (Iragdao) was translocated to Manas National Park on 12th April,2008 from Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary. Rhino-1 and Rhino-2 were  together released  at Manas under the program of IRV2020. This was created a new history in the path of rhino conservation chapter in Assam and India. Rhino-2 was quite shy and like to use Bhuynapara range after release at Manas . Same animal was stray outside from the park on 1st September,2008 and reached 100km distances from  the Manas park boundary. We were relentlessly working and able to recapture this animal at Kalseni after 15 days of hard work.  Rhino-2 was dominant male and father of almost 8 rhino calves born at Manas . This majestic male was killed by poacher 13th January,2013. Today on the day of second death anniversary I remembered with sorrowful heart.  Love you Iragdao!!!

       United Effort Necessary to Save Rhino . Please read my short letter in Assam Tribune      http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/showpage.asp?id=jan0915,6,438,1620,981,546

                             Conservation Values of Manas National Park Sl. No.  Value categories Illustrative Constituents 1 Real/Economic NTFP, livestock grazing, water for irrigation, environment purification, oxygen, water holding capacity, drift timber. 2. Biological Endangered species of plants and animals; fragile ecosystem. 3 Ecological processes and functions Ecosystem processes, carbon sink, soil conservation, water recycling. 4 Conceptual Endemism, rarity, diversity. 4 Physical attributes Fragile geology, rock features salt lick. 5 Recreational Bird & wild animal watching, scenic landscapes, wilderness experience. 6 Scientific Research opportunities, medicinal plants, ecological monitoring, and storehouse of the gene pool. 7 Educatio...

Monitoring Rhino with UHF radio collar at Manas NP We have experimenting rhino monitoring activity at Manas National Park with UHF-Ultra High Frequency radio collar. We used only one UHF radio collar to track its movement. In this photograph author has been trying to download all tacking information through wireless connectivity via a modem to downloading machine (is an small computer called as Concel) . As per experience I have found this process is very tedious. Either observer have to go elephant back or very close distance (~300m) with proper observation on rhino behavior. Sometime modem is not connecting from a very close distance when rhino inside a dense vegetation .  If download machine able to capture all information from the collar it gives us ultimate information on rhino movement and habitat preferences.

The river Manas According to a school of thought, the river Manas actually has a Bhutanese name origin as “DANG-ME-CHU” and “ MANG-DE-CHU ” meeting at a confluence point called Panbang, a small sub divisional HQ inside Bhutan to become Manas River that is upstream within Bhutan. Though lost in antiquity the name “ Manah ” (not Manas as is usually known) is derived from Assamese word “ maan ”, meaning the Burmese army, popularly known as Maan, who raided Assam three times in medieval period . As the river was the western limit of Burmese advance, the challenge came from across saying: maan+ah = manah ; meaning “ Maan you come if you dare ”!

Peaceful sunset at the fringe areas of Bhuyanpara range of Manas NP Beautiful Mathanguri 

  Seasons Greeting to all my Nature Lovers of world        Manas National Park is reopened today for tourist. This is very bold and good initiative of park authority and local administration . Manas now need more tourist to grow its small tourism industry. We expect local administration as well as Manas National Park authority must ensure all security related issue each valued tourist visit to Manas. Hope Manas National Park will be prosper coming year.                May I expect very bright conservation year ahead for Manas National Park......!

Manas National Park will open for tourist again on 3rd January,2015