Model Wetlands • Leväjänkkä, Tornio
![Ilmakuva kosteikosta kesällä.](https://kosteikko.fi/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/valmis-kosteikko-heinakuussa-2023-scaled.jpg)
Leväjänkkä Wetland, Tornio – old peatmine turned 50-hectare bird paradise
Almost 1,5-kilometre dam construction started during 2021. Dams were build to hold water at three different levels to optimize the surface area of shallow brood habitats on this wetland.
![Photo of a old peatmine with built dams. Photo is taken with a drone.](https://kosteikko.fi/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/image-14.jpeg)
![Shovel moving land on a wetland construction site.](https://kosteikko.fi/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/image-13.jpeg)
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