The ''Stilske Horbohirya'' Regional Landscape Park () - is an object of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine in the

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. Covering part of territory of

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districts of

, total area of Regional landscape Park equals 9,162 hectares. Stilske Horbohirya Regional Landscape Park located on lands of "Lviv forestry business enterprise", "Stryi forestry business enterprise" and "Mykolaiv Halsillis" national forestry enterprises, as well as Stilsko, Brodky and Drohovyzh village councils.

History

The municipal institution of the Lviv Regional Council "Special Administration of the 'Stilske Horbohirya' Regional Landscape Park" was established in August 2020. Regional Landscape Park itself was created on 1 April 2014, but based on article 12 of Ukrainian law "On Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine", the park was rendered non-functional until establishment of Special Administration.

Geographical characteristics

Stilske Horbohirya, located in the central part of the

, stretching from the outskirts of

to the

Dniester River The Dniester ( ) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Uk ...

. It belongs to the area of Bibrsko - Peremyshlyanske Opillya. The regional landscape park is characterized by hilly terrain with absolute heights of 300-400 m, densely divided by small rivers, gullies and ravines. The dominant areas are ridges of different heights, they are almost completely covered with hornbeam, oak-hornbeam and beech forests. Within the Stilske Horbohirya and adjacent areas located a number of

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...

s of local and national importance, including a complex natural monument "Stilske", protected tract "Rozdilske", landscape reserves "Lypnykivskyi", "Staritsy Dnistra" and others. Rich historical and cultural heritage is located within the region. Stilsko settlement of 8–11 centuries is a unique monument of ancient Ukrainian history and culture. More than three dozen settlements, mounds, pagan sanctuaries, and cave temples have been recorded near the vicinity of the settlement. Numerous architectural monuments (churches, cathedrals, castle ruins) have also been preserved in Rakivets, Pidtemne, Kuhaiv, Mykolayiv, Rozdil, Berezdivtsi. In 2020, representatives of the Stilske Gorbohirya Regional Landscape Park and NGO the Danube-Carpathian Program conducted observations and identified valuable areas of ancient beech forests that will be included to the protected area in the future. The natural vegetation of the Stilske Gorbohirya Regional Landscape Park is represented mainly by deciduous, less often mixed forests with beech, hornbeam-beech, pine-beech, oak trees, etc. Hayfields are much smaller areas compared to forest vegetation. According to the results of preliminary field observation on the territory of RLP "Stilske Gorbohirya" 44 species of vascular plants which are included in the third edition of the Red Book of Ukraine in 2009 are timed to the region. Among them are

allium ursinum ''Allium ursinum'', known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Ama ...

botrychium virginianum ''Botrychium'' is a genus of ferns, seedless vascular plants in the family Ophioglossaceae. ''Botrychium'' species are known as moonworts. They are small, with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. One part of the leaf, the tr ...

dactylorhiza majalis ''Dactylorhiza majalis'', or the broad-leaved marsh orchid, is a terrestrial Eurasian orchid. Subspecies include the western marsh orchid (''Dactylorhiza majalis'' subsp. ''occidentalis'') and southern marsh orchid (''Dactylorhiza majalis'' sub ...

iris sibirica ''Iris sibirica'', commonly known as Siberian iris or Siberian flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous plant, herbaceous perennial plant, perennial, from Europe (including France, Italy, Switz ...

platanthera chlorantha ''Platanthera chlorantha'', commonly known as greater butterfly-orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus ''Platanthera''. It can be found throughout Europe and Morocco. The name ''Platanthera'' is derived from Greek, meaning "broad anthers", ...

and others. Also, 15 regionally rare

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are subjected to protection in Lviv region. The fauna of the park is represented by various species. Among mammals, in particular, marten stone,

weasel Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slend ...

, ermine,

badger Badgers are medium-sized short-legged omnivores in the superfamily Musteloidea. Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat bodies and adaptions for fossorial activity rather than by the ...

, river otter,

wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...

red deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or Hart (deer), hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Ir ...

, European marten,

fox Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species ...

European beaver The Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber'') or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020. The Eurasian beaver was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur ...

, gray hare can be distinguished. In general, representatives of all classes of

vertebrate Vertebrates () are animals with a vertebral column (backbone or spine), and a cranium, or skull. The vertebral column surrounds and protects the spinal cord, while the cranium protects the brain. The vertebrates make up the subphylum Vertebra ...

s, among which are 117 species of birds ( black millstone, western nightingale, gray crane,

black stork The black stork (''Ciconia nigra'') is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. Measuring on average from beak tip to end of tail with a wingspan, t ...

white stork The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to en ...

) can be seen. The significant dominance of nesting birds is present.{{Cite journal, last=Dubovyk, last2=Bokotey, date=June 2020, title=Representativeness and conservation of bird fauna in the Regional Landscape Park «Stilske Gorbogiria», url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343791086_Reprezentativnist_ta_ohorona_ornitofauni_Regionalnogo_landsaftnogo_parku_Stilske_Gorbogir'a, journal=Proceedings of the Forestry Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Main objectives

* to preserve precious natural complexes and objects; * to create conditions for effective tourism, recreation and other kinds of recreational activities in natural environment while remaining protective over natural reservation complexes and objects; * to promote ecological education; * to conduct scientific researches; * to sustain general ecological balance over the region. File:Вигляд з платформи на Камені Диравці.jpg, View from platform of "Diravets Stone" natural heritage site File:Вихід скельної породи з печерою на схилі гори, Камінь Диравець; вигляд з дороги.jpg, Diravets Stone File:Вихід скельної породи біля села Дуброва 1.jpg, Rock formation near Dubrova village File:Старорічище, урочище Турків Кут.jpg, Tract "Turkiv Kut" File:Урочище Видний Берег.jpg, Tract "Vydnyi Bereg" File:Скеля біля села Дуброва, загальний вигляд.jpg, General view of rock formation near Dubrova village File:Скельна порода біля села Дуброва.jpg, Caves near Dubrova village

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References

Protected areas of Ukraine Parks in Ukraine Lviv Oblast