Discovery trail of the Travet Meadows

On the edge of the Castres ring road and adjacent to the Human Rights Greenway is the "Sensitive Natural Area of the Travet Meadows". This site of around 6 hectares comes from the return of land acquired by the State during the creation of the Castres ring road. The Tarn Department, now the owner, manages it as a heritage site. We are here at the sources of the Travet stream, where a complex of wet woodlands, wet meadows, and ponds has been preserved. But that's not all! rather dry meadows host a myriad of orchids. Each year a farmer conducts a late mowing to benefit the flora. An interesting site for many reasons, a "buffer" zone acting as a filter, home to a rich variety of insects and orchids at the gates of urbanized areas of Castres, the ENS of the Travet meadows constitutes a biodiversity island that should be preserved and enhanced.