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Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

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February 2004<br />

Infrastructure related to farming and forestry<br />

Fish farms<br />

A fish farm in Brichebor locality, which is owned and operated by the Fishing and<br />

Hunting Association of the city of Dupnitza, comprises one solid-structure building<br />

and 11 concrete pools for fish breeding.<br />

Road network<br />

Roads belonging to the national Road Grid<br />

There is a blacktop road within the <strong>Park</strong> itself, which starts from Brichebor locality<br />

and ends at Kirilova Polyana, with a total length in the park of 17 km. This road<br />

provides the only connection between <strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong> and the National Road Grid.<br />

Other roads<br />

From Kirilova Polyana to Tiha <strong>Rila</strong> leads a nine-kilometer gravel road; it extends<br />

from there onwards as a dirt road following the right bank of the Rilska River, and<br />

ending at the unfinished tunnel at elevation 1,500 m. The latter road is 2 km in length.<br />

A gravel road, 16 km in length, runs along the Ilijna River Valley. It starts at<br />

Brichebor, ending at 12 th Post locality below the crew lodge of Dams and Cascades,<br />

Blagoevgrad Branch.<br />

About one kilometer from Vladichina Livada locality, a seven km-long forest dirt<br />

road turns off the main road towards Bukovo Berdo.<br />

Another forest dirt road, totaling four km in length, also turns south off the main road<br />

at the point of confluence of the Kamenitza and Iliyna Rivers. This road leads along<br />

the upper section of the River Radovichka. After it runs its four km length, it turns<br />

into a tourist trail leading towards Makedonia Chalet; during the summer season, this<br />

trail can be used by all-terrain vehicles to get to the very chalet.<br />

A concrete-surface road starts from the village of Pastra and leads towards Kalin Dam<br />

across the territory of RMNP. The road is 13 km in length in the park; a gate restricts<br />

vehicle access past Kalin Hydropower Station. Access is regulated with a barrier.<br />

Motor vehicle access into the park is free using the above-mentioned roads; since<br />

2002, a special access permit is only required for the road to Kalin Dam.<br />

The narrow-gauge railroad<br />

From the old narrow-gauge railroad connecting in the past Kocherinovo town with<br />

<strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong>, there survive only bare remains (the concrete foundations, or ‘feet’)<br />

of two bridges, one at Veli Lag and one at Pchelino locality.<br />

<strong>Rila</strong> <strong>Monastery</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> -Draft<br />

2004 - 2013<br />

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