Description
Oka Terrace (Prioksko-Terrasny) Nature Biosphere Preserve is one of Russia's smallest zapovedniks (nature reserves), sprawling over an area of 5,000 hectares along the left bank of the Oka River in the Serpukhov District of the Moscow Region. It was established in 1945 as part of the Moscow Nature Preserve and is home to 900 plant species, 130 bird species, and 54 mammal species. A wisent nursery was established in 1948 to populate the region with European bisons from the Belovezhskaya Pushcha (dense forest preserve in Belorussia) and Western Caucasus. There is also a small herd of American bisons.
