BONFIRE SITES AS A FORM OF RECREATIONAL LOAD ON FLOOD PLAIN ECOSYSTEMS

The research provides results from field observations made by author on the territory of National Park "Ugra" (flood plain of the river "Ugra", Kaluga region, Dzerzhinsky district, rural settlement "Village Galkino", village Lyublinka). The measuring of bonfire sites parameters was performed according to the existing methodic on several areas which has different degrees of anthropogenic disturbance. The results were analyzed by the author, some new regularities of the influence on flood plain ecosystems, made by bonfire sites and other forms of anthropogenic load (refuse tip, trampling down), were revealed.