KAZINAG NATIONAL PARK

Introduction

On the beginning of this introduction about kazinag national park

and is adjacent wildlife sanctuaries, i am very much thankful to the
creator who has given me the ability of writing. Nature the
storehouse of all ideas, thoughts and the powerhouse of all
inspirational resources has inspired the writers, Artists, Naturalists,
conservationists, photographers and Scientists since from the
existence of life to transfer all these ideas and thoughts into the
master pieces by self-involving. The beauty, wisdom and ingenuity
that inspired these distinguished people's to create master pieces is
available to each like one of we too. It is the nature who has
inspired and is inspiring these distinguished people to do something
good by utilizing their own capabilities, natural resources and their
capabilities satisfying others for the search of truth, beauty and
realities. One of the most inspiring phenomena of nature is the
transformation of knowledge, thought and ideas to others. It is only
and only the nature who makes this transformation possible for
creatures, so that they will know, feel and think about the resources
of nature. Now what we have to do is to know the nature nearby,
look deeper into the nature and hear the messages of nature, who
inculcates the hidden qualities and inspires you to do something
innovative. It is the nature who inspires and allows the people to
make the deeper study of universe and its resources like FLORA
AND FAUNA also ORGANIC AND INORGANIC objects. Nature has put
the responsibility in hands of these people's having good ideas,
thoughts and wisdom for the study of nature and its resources. Now
our responsibility begins from here that is why we KAZINAG
WILDLIFE DEFENDERS started working for the conservation and
protection of wildlife species especially the endangered (MARKHOR)
and (western Tragopan ), also the biodiversity of kazinag.

KAZINAG

Kazinag name has been given to this area on the name of Baba kazi
Masoom who was one of the famous Darvesh residing in the upper
most jungles of kamalkote area and preferred to spend his whole
life in a cave. After his death the cave where he spended his golden
years becomes the famous shrine by the name of kazinag.
Kazinag national park/ Range is situated on the north side/bank of
river Jhelum. It lies between the loc in URI in west and Manzgam
Gantamulla in east. Its area is divided into 04 main protected areas
ie. kazinag national park 89sqkm, limber wildlife sanctuary43.75
sqkm, lachipora wildlife sanctuary 93.50sqkm and Naganari
conservation reserve 22.25sqkm. The total area of all its 4 main
protected areas is about 228.5 sqkms. It starts from manzgam and
ends at LOC in uri Baramulla. It is situated in district baramulla and
is about 15 kms away from the district headquarters baramulla and
70 kms away from lal chowk Srinagar moreover 80 kms from sheikh
ul aalam international Airport. It lies at an Altitude between 1600-
4800 Mts. It is rich in its endangered flora and fauna. In flora
Kazinag range is mostly dominated by coniferous forests with
deodar and kairu at lower altitudes, fir & spruce at middle and Birch
occur mainly in high elevations moreover pastures at top . The
fauna includes some rare, threatened, endangered species within
the limits of kazinag National park and its adjacent areas. The key
species are Markhor, Musk Deer, Brown Bear, black bear, common
leopard, Yellow Throated Martin, Himaliyan Marmot, and Kashmiri
Flying Squirrel etc. The bird species are western tragopan, Golden
Eagle, Monal Pheasant, Koklas Pheasant, Cuckoo, cheer pheasant,
blyths tragopan, macpie, khilij pheasant etc. The kazinag range so
called the home for endangered species near the Line of Control will
vanished soon if not protected and preserved through proper
management. Their must be have some good strategies, plans,
practices and policies in order to make the efforts for conservation
of species and restoration of fragmented habitats, so that the
anthropogenic pressure may be reduced. The efforts made by the
wildlife protection department of j&k especially Rashid Naqash with
its less manpower and Dr Reyaz Ahmad/ Sameer (WTI) are
appreciable, but not enough. Their is need to do more in future in
order to maintain the ecosystem of kazinag.
Among these protected areas limber wildlife sanctuary 43.75 sqkms
is one of the most important and specific area for these endangered
species. The area being small in size Is rich in its flora and fauna
has provided safe environment to these endangered species with
least disturbances for their existence. Limber wildlife sanctuary is
famous for the Markhor citing. The area has got significant
importance in the region in recent times as the researchers,
Naturalists, scientists, biologists, conservationists, photographers
are visiting from time to time. Due to its scenic beauty, biggest
waterfalls and rugged Mountains it remains in the hearts of visitors
and attracts them. I can say this is a heaven in heaven. Moreover
visitor’s can visit here in all four seasons as every season has its
own charm, but professionals have some specific and limited time
to visit for citing and photography

Citing and trekking clender

Bird citing: - 1. April to September .

2. October to December

Mammal citing:- 1. April to May during breeding time.

2. October to December during mating time
3. Also in winters.

Tracking:- June to December

Mountaineering & Climbing :- April to October.

 Accommodation.
1. Guest house at Limber Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Guest house at lachipora wildlife sanctuary

KAZINAG WILDLIFE DEFENDERS

KAZINAG WILDLIFE DEFENDERS (KWD) founded in 2010, with the
clear objective to save, conserve and protect the wildlife and
wilderness of kazinag range especially limber wildlife sanctuary
known for magnificent, endangered mountain ungulates. kazinag
has a strategic position in the sub-continent as well as in the j&k,
because of its landscape, geographical location, natural resources
and rich wildlife flora and fauna. Over the past few decades very
less attention has been given on the declining trend of wildlife in
kazinag. There is a great need of management and conservation of
wildlife species . However, an effective conservation policy would
have a far reaching impact on the wildlife of the j&k. KAZINAG
WILDLIFE DEFENDERS proposes to undertake the conservation of
wildlife in Jammu and Kashmir starting with its flagship program of
Markhor Conservation. We aim to do so through community support,
awareness and management within its distribution rage. Together
these activities we can change attitudes towards nature and help
people to imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. KWD is
committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of
life on Earth. KAZINAG WILDLIFE DEFENDERS intents to safeguard
the environment for present and future generations by putting its
best as well as ultimate resources on judicious use. Our community
even if working on various issues related to stability of environment
and ecology in this region, however puts a focus on a vital and
unavoidable part of it i.e. Wildlife Conservation. Globally the identity
of Wildlife in Jammu and Kashmir lies on a royal and magnificent
wild goat MARKHOR, a threatened and endangered species, whose
population is less in numbers.

KAZINAG WILDLIFE DEFENDERS

Irshad Ahmad khan ( MARKHOR MAN )
KHAAN707@GMAIL.COM