National Park of Lublin Region
The park was established in 1990 in the western part of Polesie. It shelters the unique nature and landscape of the Łęczna-Włodawa Lake District featuring wetlands, meadows, peat-bogs and forested tundra-like areas. ...
It is the oldest nature protection area in the Lubelskie Region. It was formally established in 1974 but its origins go back to the 16th c. when Chancellor Jan Zamoyski, owner of the Zamoyski Estate, set up a nature reserve called 'Zwierzyniec.' It was a vast area of woodland populated by deer, boars, wolves, lynxes, wildcats and Tarpan horses. Today the Polish pony – a descendant of the Tarpan which has its refuge here, is the symbol of the Roztocze National Park. ...