The damage from the fire in the Utrish reserve was estimated at 1 billion rubles

This was announced by the acting. the head of the reserve Oleg Kozyrev.

"The damage caused to the reserve amounts to 980 million rubles. Rosprirodnadzor, together with our employees, found that 4,800 trees were irretrievably lost, among them three species included in the Red Book - high juniper, dull-leaved pistachio and Pitsunda pine", - TASS quotes Kozyrev as saying.

Let's remind that the fire took place in August last year. About a thousand people were evacuated. The fire covered up to 130 hectares. Aviation was involved in extinguishing it. It was possible to liquidate the fire only two days later. A criminal case of negligence was opened against the director of the reserve.

According to experts, it will take at least a hundred years to restore the forests of junipers and pistachios that were burnt in Utrish.