Human impact
For centuries the human impact on floodplain meadows has included cutting wood and brushwood, making hay and grazing. Carrying nutrients away with hay did not influence the productivity – the mud carried there by the floods caused the high nutrient level. Consequently, there was no reason to use artificial fertilising on floodplain meadows.
![mustje_luhal_kyyn_5juuli2012 025](https://pky-ee.vserver.zonevs.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mustje_luhal_kyyn_5juuli2012-025.jpg)
A haystack on the banks of the Mustjõgi river in 2012. in summer.