Floods and Other Crises
Major floods in Vysočina occurred in 1997, 2002, 2005, and 2006. The Region was also stricken by sudden flooding with local impact and short duration in the summertime due rains storms, e.g., in July 2002 in Štěpánov nad Svratkou and in May 2005 in Ledeč nad Sázavou.
Also, the spring thaw of large quantities of snow in 2006 was a tough test of the quality of the dike of the Mostiště water dam on the Oslava River, where the severely damaged clay core of the dike had just been repaired. The following April, the dike withstood the enormous spring thaw after the winter of 2005/2006 during which Vysočina experienced an unprecedented volume of snow.
Fishing
In Vysočina, there are about 150 fishing preserves, of which about one third are trout preserves.
Table – Users of fishing preserves in Vysočina
Graph – Users of fishing preserves in Vysočina
Table – Grant Program of the Vysočina Fund in Hydrology Water Management in 2006