Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park

Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP), previously called Black Mountain National Park, was gaz

Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP), previously called Black Mountain National Park, was gazetted as a National Park in 1995. It is the third largest national park in the country after WCNP and JDNP.

The management of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park joins the nation and the people of Bhutan in commemorating the sa...
02/06/2026

The management of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park joins the nation and the people of Bhutan in commemorating the sacred Coronation Anniversary of His Majesty the Great Fourth and Social Forestry Day.🌴🌿🇧🇹

On this auspicious occasion, we offer our deepest respects and heartfelt gratitude for His Majesty's visionary leadership, profound wisdom, and unwavering dedication who laid the strong foundation for a peaceful, secure, and prosperous Bhutan.🐉🇧🇹🙏

We pray for His Majesty's good health, long life, and happiness, while reaffirming our full commitement to conserving and protecting Bhutan's rich natural heritage for our future generations.🌴🇧🇹🙏

🌴🙏HAPPY CORONATION DAY & HAPPY SOCIAL FORESTRY DAY🌴🙏

🐉🇧🇹🙏LONG LIVE YOUR MAJESTY. PALDEN DRUKPA GYALO.🐉🇧🇹🙏

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On-the-Job Training completion at JSWNP...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Congratulations to all the 10 dedicated forestry...
30/05/2026

On-the-Job Training completion at JSWNP...
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Congratulations to all the 10 dedicated forestry interns from Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Forestry Research & Training (UWIFoRT), Lamai Goempa, Bumthang who successfully completed their two months OJT attached to various field Park Range Offices under Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP).!

During their time with us, these young future foresters and conservation professionals have tremendously gained real field experiences. They were actively involved in conducting SMART patrolling, BMG surveys, camera trapping and monitoring, farm road surveys, illegal timber inspections, fishing patrolling and involvement in community services like timber markings. Additionally, they also got the opportunity to take part in CF revisions as well as annual monitoring and evaluation of CF's, data compilation, and report writing and submission.!

Time to time, the interns had a numerous opportunities to learn more through practical field works such as bird watching, butterfly identifying, plant identification, and many more on other taxa as well.!

The hands-on experiences, technical knowledge and professional skills imparted have greatly futher enhanced the deeper understanding and deep insights into forestry and conservation practices.!

The park management would like to sincerely thank all forestry interns , , , , , , , , & for their team spirit, hardwork, dedication, sincerity, punctuality, well mannered, enthusiasm, and putting much more commitement to learning👍.!

The management also greatly appreciates and thank you all field Park Range Officers and staffs of Langthel, Nabji and Tingtibi for their guidance and rendering full support throughout their internship program.🙏

Lastly but not the least, on behalf of CFO at Park Head Office, Tshangkha in Trongsa wish all the trainees continued growth, success and brighter opportunities in all your future endeavours.!

Congratulations once again on successful completion of your On-the-Job Trainings here at JSWNP.!

Soon we welcome you to the families of Department of Forest and Park Services.!

Wishing you all a joyful graduation, and a meaningful future ahead.!

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Public Notification.!
27/05/2026

Public Notification.!

The Bhutan for Life (BFL) Monitoring Team, led by the Dy. Program Director, visited Central Bhutan to monitor the implem...
15/05/2026

The Bhutan for Life (BFL) Monitoring Team, led by the Dy. Program Director, visited Central Bhutan to monitor the implementation progress of Year 7 & 8 BFL-funded activities. The monitoring program aimed to assess the achievements, challenges, and overall progress of conservation and community-based activities supported under the BFL initiative.

Since most of the activities within the park were carried out in far-flung and remote areas, the BFL Focal Official presented a comprehensive progress reporting presentation at the Head Office, Tshangkha, highlighting the major activities implemented, outcomes achieved, and future plans.

The visit provided an important platform for discussion, review, and strengthening coordination towards effective conservation management and sustainable development within the park landscape.

:Centrally located and encompassing a wide altitudinal ranges & vegetation types, Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park,...
11/05/2026

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Centrally located and encompassing a wide altitudinal ranges & vegetation types, Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, erstwhile known as the Black Mountain National Park is the third largest protected area in the country, covering 1,730 sq. km. The park borders Royal Manas National Park in the south, connected to Jigme Dorji National Park and Wangchuck Centennial National Park to the north, and Phrumsengla National Park to the northeast by biological corridors, thus forming a contagious belt between tropical south-alpine north.

Often referred to as the heartbeat of the protected area system of Bhutan, the park is a premier birding hotspots in central Bhutan. This biologically diverse park best represents the middle Himalayan ecosystem and contains several ecological biomes ranging from sub-tropical to alpine meadows, providing best habitats for some of Bhutan's rare birds. Birds of conservation significance include Rufous-necked Hornbill, Great Hornbill, Satyr Tragopan, Himalayan Monal, and Ward's Trogon, also serving the home to the population of world's critically endangered 'White-bellied Heron'.

The park supports a remarkable diversity of over 350 birds, ranging from tropical to alpine landscapes, and added few species like Black-browed Tit, Golden-breasted Fulvetta, White-browed Bush Robin, and White-spectacled Warbler recorded during the biodiversity assessment surveys conducted in the past years, with various rare migratory and resident birds.

The recent record of Blue-naped Pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis, , 1837) through photographic evidences from Berti village in Tingtibi, Zhemgang is another milestone made for the park, and proudly adds this beautiful bird to the list of park's avifaunal diversity.

(Blue-naped Pitta is a brightly colored bird, with a stub-tail. It is blue and green above, with a reddish-yellow colouring below. The birds nape and hindneck are bright blue, and the tail is brown with a bit of green. The male and female birds are similar, but the female's hindcrown is reddish-brown, and it has a green hindneck. It usually ventures out into clearings only in the morning and late in the evening. Its call is a double whistle and can be heard when it is on the ground and from the tree top at dawn and dusk. The nesting season is April to August, during which both the parents share an equal parental duties to raise the young. Its diet mainy consists of ground insects and other small mammals).!

The park management greatly appreciates and congratulates Mr. Sherab D Jamtsho, Park Range Officer of Tingtibi Park Range Office (JSWNP) for his valuable contributions by recording this beautiful terrestrial bird of family .🐦❤️🙏

Thus, the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park is a critical habitat, often serving as a connectivity corridor, featuring extensive biodiversity grids to keep on tracking such beautiful species.🇧🇹❤️🙏

: between Berti village and Eco-Lodge, Tingtibi, Zhemgang.
Date: 09/05/2026.

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The Journey of Rewa: A Remarkable Tigress of BhutanStory by Dorji Duba (FR I) DoFPS, JSWNP Rewa, a tigress whose life le...
29/04/2026

The Journey of Rewa: A Remarkable Tigress of Bhutan
Story by Dorji Duba (FR I) DoFPS, JSWNP

Rewa, a tigress whose life left an enduring mark on Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP), first came into focus in 2012 at Nabji during a Rapid Biodiversity Survey supported by WWF. At the time, she was estimated to be over three years old. Initially observed as frail and possibly diseased, it was later understood that her condition reflected the immense demands of motherhood—she was nurturing cubs.

Her story took a promising turn during the National Tiger Survey of 2013–2014, when she was captured on camera once again—this time accompanied by three cubs. She was officially identified as BT-17 (F), confirming her role as a breeding tigress and an important contributor to the park’s tiger population.
During monitoring efforts in 2018–2019 across the Tingtibe and Nabji ranges, Rewa astonished conservationists yet again. She was recorded with five cubs—all females—and all in robust health. Such a sighting is extraordinarily rare and may be unprecedented. In recognition of this remarkable moment, WWF Bhutan named her “Rewa,” a name symbolizing hope and renewal.
Her presence was confirmed once more during the second National Tiger Survey (2021–2022). By then, she was at least 13 years old—an impressive age for a wild tigress and a testament to her strength, adaptability, and resilience in a challenging natural environment. Following this period, despite continued camera-trapping efforts, she was no longer detected.
Life in the wild is unforgiving, demanding constant strength, agility, and endurance—qualities that inevitably decline with age. While her absence suggests the natural end of her journey, her legacy endures.
Over her lifetime, Rewa contributed eight cubs to the wild, strengthening the future of the tiger population in JSWNP. Her story stands as a powerful symbol of resilience, motherhood, and hope—an enduring inspiration for wildlife conservation efforts in Bhutan.

Bhutan's high-altitude grasslands-vital for biodiversity, yak-based livelihoods, and cultural heritage-are quietly disap...
24/04/2026

Bhutan's high-altitude grasslands-vital for biodiversity, yak-based livelihoods, and cultural heritage-are quietly disappearing.!

JSWNP is pleased to share findings from a recent study conducted within the park, foscussing on the growing challenge of high-altitute grassland loss and its implications for biodiversity and pastoral livelihoods.!

Please access the research conducted via the link https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04195.

The study highlights that sub-alpine grasslands in JSWNP have declined by over 21% in the past decade due to encroachment by the Himalayan Juniper, a protected and culturally important species. While this presents a complex conservation trade off, the research offers a practical and science based solution.
Through a three year field experiment, the study demonstrates that selective prunning of juniper without removing the tree can:
• Restore grassland vegetation and support specialist species,
• Improve the availability and quality of forage for livestock,
• Maintain the health and survival of juniper populations,
• Enhance ecological balance across forests and grassland mosaics,
• Importantly, the study proposes clear and actionable recommendations for highland management,
° Apply targeted, moderate to relatively high prunning in priority grazing lands,
• Prioritize restoration efforts based on grazing pressure and degree of encroachment,
• Utilize prunned biomass as firewood to support local herding communities,
• Expand restoration to other degraded high altitude grasslands across the landscape,
• Strength long-term ecological monitoring and integrate environmental variables into management.

These findings provide a viable pathway to balance conservation mandates with the sustainability of traditional pastoral systems, an issue of national importance. We encourage relevant stakeholders to take note of these findings and explore collaborative approaches for scaling up grassland restoration efforts.!


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17/04/2026:•••••••••••••••••The management of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP) had the great privileged of w...
17/04/2026

17/04/2026:
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The management of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP) had the great privileged of welcoming His Excellency the Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR) today at Park Head Office in Tshangkha, Trongsa. Chief Forestry Officer along with park officials, Hon'ble Dasho Dzongda, Dasho SP, Dzongkhag Thrizin and officials of Trongsa Dzongkhag received His Excellency and encourage on enroute to Jongthang Hydro Electric Project site. Despite of very busy and tight schedule, Lyonpo took time to visit our head office and meet with park officials.!

Thank you Your Excellency for taking time to connect with us, and having such a great opportunity to have an audiencies. We look forward to having Your Excellency visiting us time and again.!

Kadrinche Your Excellency and encourage once again la...🙏🙏🙏

: Chief Forestry Officer, JSWNP.🙏🙏

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11/04/2026

Himalayan Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis thar).!

: along Waichen-chhu (07/04/2026).!

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14/03/2026

, the only source of water towards Black Mountain areas in the places where there is so much scarcity of water.!

Our forester Tshering Wangchuk and team using the snow in place of water.👍🙏👍🙏

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