Knyszyn Forest

Knyszyn Forest is a vast forest complex (second in size after the Białowieska Forest in the Podlasie Lowland) located in the Białystok Upland in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The forests cover there areas of the frontal moraine, and the Supraśl River flows along the tributary of Sokołda. Supraśl is the seat of the Knyszyńska Forest Landscape Park. The area of the Forest is about 1050 km2, but as a result of afforestation of former agricultural land, its area increases every year. This process is particularly visible in the eastern part of its area. The forest is dominated by pine, spruce, and birch, alder and oak. There are bison refuges in the Knyszyńska Forest (since 1974). In the Knyszyńska Forest in 1988, the Knyszyn Forest Landscape Park was created.